Who is this piper?

Jose' Scotte' Este' · Post by **Jose' Scotte' Este'** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:10 pm

Anyone recognize this piper?

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Beauty-Of-The-I ... p1638.m122

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:24 pm

Boody · Post by **Boody** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:23 pm

Why does the cover have somebody who looks like they are wearing a kilt and playing highland pipes on it?
I thought that was an Uilleann pipe cd.

Jose' Scotte' Este' · Post by **Jose' Scotte' Este'** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:58 am

After I learn a few more tunes, I am definitely going to Ireland so I can see a green sunset. Or do they (and the Irish pipers?) just look that way after a few too many pints at the local session?

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:22 am

Boody wrote:
Why does the cover have somebody who looks like they are wearing a kilt and playing highland pipes on it?
I thought that was an Uilleann pipe cd.

It's the revenge of the Scots for the whole Braveheart thing.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:07 am

Where will the madness stop?

rgouette · Post by **rgouette** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:07 am

I think that's Pat D'Arcy..

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:29 am

Sorry, Couldn't resist.

irishpiper · Post by **irishpiper** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:56 am

The piper in the album " The beatuty of the Irish Bagpipes" looks ( just an opinion and don't know for sure ) like he is playing a Brian Boru Bagpipe... which was invented and patented in 1908 by Henry Starck, an instrument maker in London, in consultation with William O'Duane. The name was chosen in honour of the Irish king Brian Boru (941-1014), though this bagpipe is not a recreation of any pipes that were played at the time of his reign. The Brian Boru pipe is related to the Great Highland Bagpipe, but with a chanter that adds four to thirteen keys, to extend both the upper and lower ends of the scale, and optionally adds chromatic notes. His original pipes changed the drone configuration to a single tenor drone pitched one octave below the chanter, a baritone drone pitched one fifth below the tenor drone, and a bass drone pitched two octaves below the chanter, following the drone set-up of the Northumbrian Half-long pipes. Some later designs of these pipes reverted back to the Great Highland Bagpipe configuration of two tenor drones and one bass drone. The Brian Boru bagpipe was played for a number of years by the pipe band in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, as well as a number of civilian pipe bands. It is still played in Ireland but has lost most of its former popularity.
Here is a picture of said instrument...you can see a minor resembulance to the Uilleann Pipe by having three drones coming from one main stock:

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:06 pm

rgouette wrote:I think that's Pat D'Arcy..

Hey now... hold on a second... I might wear dresses but I stick to solid colors or occassionally a nice floral pattern thank you very much

PD.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:10 pm

Fascinating! I assumed it was just a non-piping graphic designer on a deadline, a Google image search, and that old serendipity factor.

Hey. When's "The Beauty of the Pakistani Pipes" due out? I wanna see that one.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:17 pm

Patrick D'Arcy wrote:
rgouette wrote:I think that's Pat D'Arcy..

Hey now... hold on a second... I might wear dresses but I stick to solid colors or occassionally a nice floral pattern thank you very much

PD.

And the four inch heels are fetching as well