The 'What Does X Play?' Thread

[bdh]

Hi all,

There are a bunch of posts asking "what does X play?" or "who made X's set?" scattered throughout the forum, but I'm wondering whether it might be worthwhile starting a more comprehensive listing here.

So, with that in mind, could we put together a list of recorded pipers, along with: the maker(s) of their set(s); the wood(s) and other materials used; the chanter key(s) and bore(s); and any other relevant information (e.g. do they make their own reeds? do the sets have interesting provenance? pillar-mounted or ring keys? etc)?

Of course it's the always more to do with the player than the set, but my personal (and not insubstantial!) wishlist (in no particular order) would be to know more about the sets played by: Paddy Keenan, Liam O'Flynn, Mick O'Brien, John McSherry, Jarlath Henderson, Michael McGoldrick, Eliot Grasso, Cillian Vallely, Davy Spillane, Jerry O'Sullivan, Brendan Ring, Brian McNamara, Ronan Browne, Robbie Hannan, Díarmaid Moynihan, David Power, Todd Denman, Eamonn Dillon, Marco Pollier, Sylvain Barou, Tiarnan O'Duinnchinn, Brendan Wade, Kieran O'Hare, Eoin Dillon, Mick Coyne, Donnchadh Gough, Flaithrí Neff, Sean Gavin, Gay McKeon, Sean McKeon, Barry Kerr, Padraig McGovern, Michael Cooney, Emett Gill, Neil Martin, Martin McCormack, Louise Mulcahy, John O'Brien, Dermot Hyde, Dickie Deegan, Eoin O'Riabhaigh, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran, Joe McKenna, Martin Nolan, Joe McHugh, Loic Blejean, Mikie Smyth, Ciaran O'Dongaile, Neil Mulligan, Ronan Le Bars, Sean Potts, Michael Horgan, Tommy Keane, and Hanz Araki.

[mukade]

Threads tend to get cluttered.

Why not add the information to a wiki?

For example...
http://www.nwup.org/uiwiki/index.php/Main_Page

[boyd]

Paddy Keenan Koehler box chanter
Liam O'Flynn mixture
Mick O'Brien now has 4 sets by Froment, the D set is a modified Rowesome
John McSherry Koehler box chanter,
Jarlath Henderson D set by Williams,
Michael McGoldrick Williams,
Eliot Grasso B set by Rogge,
Davy Spillane..... oooh!!....go read the many threads on Spillane
Jerry O'Sullivan Koehler box,
Brian McNamara Geoff Wooff C set and Koehler/Quinn D set,
Ronan Browne various sets ...has some old ones, see the NPU DVD
Robbie Hannan old B set by ?Kenna, Rogge chanter in B,
David Power Froment C,
Mikie Smyth Wooff C#
Sean Potts Rogge D and B

[bdh]

@ mukade -- Good idea. Maybe once there's more to add?

@ boyd -- Thanks! Had no idea so many were playing Koehler chanters.

[The Sporting Pitchfork]

Hanz Araki plays a flute by Peter Noy.

[uilleannfinlander]

Ronan Le Bars :Williams

[Kramden]

Kieran O'Hare:

Concert pitch D - Kirk Lynch
Flat set in B - Andreas Rogge
Flat set in C - Joe Kennedy

BTW, I believe Elliot Grasso started out playing a concert pitch set by Kirk Lynch. Not sure if they're still his main concert pitch pipes, though.

[uilleannfinlander]

Barry Kerr :boxw. Rogge
Diarmaid Moynihan:S.Ryan
Tiarnan O'Duinnchinn:Williams+E.Curran boxw.chanter

[Brazenkane]

Eamonn Dillon: Q/K concert chanter. MacAloon Drones
Seamus O'Rochain: Willie Clancy's Bb set

[Kevin L. Rietmann]

The 'What Does X Play?' Thread

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[Podge]

Seamus O'Rochain: Willie Clancy's Bb set

They're B (not Bb).

[Brazenkane]

yes B

[BoneQuint]

From http://www.MartinNolan.com:

"Martin plays Andreas Rogge uilleann pipes, Cillian O’Briain low whistles, and Syn whistles"

I recall him saying his drones had brass reeds.

[uilleannfinlander]

Flaithrí Neff :Froment

[bdh]

Ronan Browne: (from his website)

1. James Kenna set of union pipes circa 1780
2. Denis Harrington set of grand union pipes circa 1845
3. Ronan Browne concert pitch set of uilleann pipes from 1995

"The Ronan Browne set was made in the mid 1990s with great help from the wonderful flute maker Martin Doyle who gave me full access to his workshop and tools and furthermore manufactured new tools whenever they were needed."

"Although I made a chanter for the set, I never bothered reeding it past the first day as I am spoiled with a lovely Leo Rowsome chanter given to me by Andy Conroy and the chanter I play much of the time, a Peter Hunter from 1985. I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had an ongoing relationship for many years where Peter gave me new chanters whenever he felt he had made something special and I now have chanters from him in D, C#, C, B, Bb and of course the famous blunderbuss G chanter."