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- Tim Benson Uilleann Pipes - Ohio native Tim Benson became interested in the uilleann pipes as a teenager. Involvement with the Ulster Project at that time exposed him to recordings of traditional Irish music, and spawned the beginning of a life long relationship with the pipes. Some of his earliest influences came through recordings of the Chieftains and of Joe McKenna. After attaining a practice set of pipes made by Michael Brennan of East Lake, OH, Tim received introductory lessons from Michael Kilbane through the Academy of Irish Music in Cleveland, OH. He later received more advanced tuition from piper Kieran O'Hare, and attended influential workshops at Scoil Acla in 2002 with Ciaran O'Malley andRobbie Hannan. He began teaching uilleann pipes at the Riley School ofIrish Music in Cincinnati, OH while attending college at Xavier University.
For several years Tim enjoyed performing at a wide array of venues around the mid-west, both independently and with Irishtraditional groups Silver Arm and with the Cleveland-based Portersharks. He recorded albums with both groups, and appeared on The Road to Riley, a recording of Riley School faculty.
Driven by a desire to acquire a deeper understanding of the instrument, Tim devoted himself to making uilleann pipesafter settling in Western New York in December 2006. Consequently he has rediscovered the simplicity, beauty, and mystique of the instrument. He is joinedin this venture by his partner Stephanie Cornelius,a fiddle player and mechanical engineer from Western New York, who provides design & fabrication support, and makes hand-stitched bags and bellows. Together they work to produce sets of all configurations in their shop located 30miles east of Buffalo.
Tim primarily works with the traditional turnery woodsassociated with bagpipe making, such as ebony, the rosewoods, and boxwood. Brass andnickel silver are employed for the metal work. He has a great appreciation for pipes made by classic makers such as Leo Rowsome and the Taylor brothers, and has been influenced greatly through the invaluable guidance of a few modern masters.
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Tim Benson
2099 Phelps Road
Basom, NY 14013
(585) 300-9201
bensonandcorneliuspipes@gmail.com
Website: http://users.bandzoogle.com/bensonandcorneliuspipes/home.cfm
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- NEW Hunter 7 key B Chanter etc. - (7 keys 1850 Coyne style with GLORIOUS sound)
Description: This is a rare oppurtunity to own NEW magical sounding Hunterpipes B chanter. Especialy since Sam & Peter waiting list is fully closed & since this is the last B made from the last Peter's piece of extremely rare Sri Lankan Ebony, which these days is banned. Finest sounding wood-stunning tone. In opinion of many there is no better sounded B chanters out there than Hunter ones. You can check also opinion of the great players like Ronan Browne, Mark Neilly… Whole chanter made entirely by hand; hand rolled&forget metal ect. Mounts are Manmade Ivory, metal in Brass. A sound mashine with glorius, rich, complex, wery beauthifull Peter Hunter B sound, Full of Toooooneeee. The wood resonates great warmth and depth, & this specialy design of Coyne gives this chanter something wery rare – a tone and character of the best 200 years old chanters, which is hard to beat. A great musician who in the past tried all kind of the wery best B chanters said, that they were all wery good, but this »OLD« Hunterpipes B chanter sound is something wery special and hard to find these days. Chanter comes with two+one original reeds (one is softer for easier beggining).
Reason of selling: FORCED SALE-FAMILY OBLIGATIONS, PROBLEMS & NO TIME
The reason of selling this chanter are huge family obligations (small babies)& problems and the fact that I don't have not time, to even finish my bellows, and even less to start practise. I was waiting wery hard for more than one year to get this great chanter, so it is not easy for me to sell it, before I even had opurtunity to start, but I have no choice at all ! I am guitar player and two years ago I heard Liam O'Flynn playing a solo in a ballad&I fall in love with Uilleann sound & so I order it, but I didn't know what kind of future I will have. It would be a big SIN if this magical sounding chanter would be there just to look. It must be played to make amazing music by someone who will devote time to it.
Price: The price is 1900 Euros! which is apr.275 Euros less that was an original price in this precious wood. The chanter is NEW-I didn't even start to practise. You will get this special B chanter without Hunterpipes waiting time, since order doors are closed. No compromises about this price! You will have to pay insured postage. Only serious, please and only in Euros please! Chanter actualy costs me much more, becouse of Bank money transfers to Engl. and traveling-fly to England, ect. Original price for this special B chanter in Februiary 2007 when I order was 1500 GBP-2175 Euros, but they were generous and lower the price for 100, since I ordered it in this last piece of S. Ebony with all keys.
EXTRA for FREE: I will also give to the new owner fully for free all other Uilleann things which I bought for beggining of my Uilleann pipes story: (Sean Potts CD ROM Tutorial, David Quinn CD »Pipes and Pipemaking«, David Quinn reedmaking book »The Piper's Despair« and I will add also two another things: a hand stiched bag which I made under Davy Stephenson supervision during my one-week staying at his workshop. It is made from top quality leather&special poly coat inside, which does not require seasoning and should give at least ten years trouble free service; Davy said that it should last for 20 years. The end of the bag neck is to long, not yet stiched to the end, so you can cut it for your own comfort. Lenght, put wooden insertion, and stich it to the end. I will give you also all parts which Davy gives me for my handstiched bellows (two Cocuswood already prepared boards, a piece of highest quality leather to last a lifetime and waxed/woven Kevlar Tiger thread, so you can glue&stich-finish it. (you can get all the instructions free on Stephenson site www.Bagpipeworks.co.uk. )
Pictures: please go to www.hunterpipes.co.uk to see the original pictures; I also made few pictures, so you can see chanter from different corners. And I add also two, where you can see also the things I will give for free together with chanter: a Book, CDs, Bag and materials for bellows.
Audio sample: You can hear sound of the same Sri Lankan Ebony Coyne B chanter on the sound clip of Hunter pipes site under 'Hunter B', and there are also some video clips of B ect.
Post: I will post chanter anywhere in this world, but you will have to pay insured postage.
Listed: 07/17/2008
Price: €1900 - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Ales Asenberger, Slovenia at divinemusic.ales@gmail.com or ales.asenberger@email.siat »
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- Seth Gallagher D ½ Set - Gallagher D half-set, 5 years old and in excellant condition. Blackwood/brass, keyless chanter. All the reeds are in good condition and play well, bellows is airtight and has cushions on both sides. Back D is taped for tuning. Was sent to Seth in October '07 to tweak into top shape in preparation for sale, and I've been procrastinating since then. I hate to lose it, but after a herculean effort (a couple of years ago), I am convinced of my inability to ever play them. Asking $3500.00. Contact Tom Lightfoot at lightfoot_tom@yahoo.com, or call 631.821.9857 (New York).
Listed: 07/17/2008
Price: $3500 - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Tom Lightfoot at lightfoot_tom@yahoo.com or call 631.821.9857 (New York) »
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- Seth Gallagher D Chanter - Seth Gallagher concert D fully keyed ebony chanter with artificial ivory mounts, nickel silver ferrule and sterling silver keys. 2 reeds, 1 by Seth and the other by Alan Burton. Both reeds play well but the original reed is a bit easy blowing for my tastes I am keeping the original chanter top, so the one included in the photos is off my 'Preshaw' chanter, the chanter top is ebony with silver plated brass ferrules. The chanter is approx 3 yrs old and has had little use as I prefer playing my Preshaw chanter. £650 U.K which is just over half price without the 4 year wait. Buyer also pays shipping.
Listed: 06/09/2008
Price: UK £650 - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Leon Ballard at el.adrel@yahoo.co.uk »
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- Various Old Pieces - Set of D drones mounted on naugahyde bag., with blowpipe and chanter outlet fitting., and on-off. Made as a copy of an Egan set which had come into Pat Sky's shop in Rhode Island in the late 70's. Aged cherry and brass, bass drone is of long continuous style in brass tubing. Trim on small drones and in resonator of bass drone is old nitrocellulose ivoroid. Nothing particularly fancy, but if you're ready to move up from a practice set without a long wait, and a lot of expense. Not sure about condition of reeds, plan on working on or replacing, set was in use, but not recently I will ship in US for the amount of $600
I also have some antique Taylor style bellows, probably made by Patsy Browne, old and creaky metal hinges, crackly leather Price ??? make offer
Also some chanters I made years ago while working with Pat Sky, in varying materials as states of finish Price??? make offer
Also, I'm considering moving along this Patsy Browne Full set in D Made in Boston 1920-1930, nickle silver, ivory, working condition more details in later ad.
Listed: 06/02/2008
Price: See Details Above - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Jon Campbell at jcampbellwampum@yahoo.com »
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- Charles Roberts D ½ Set - Chanter made from ebony with brass top piece and imitation ivory ferrules. One key, C natural. Stock made from rosewood. Completely overhauled in the last month by Eamonn Curran (resident reed maker of the Armagh pipers club). New Chanter reed and three new drone reeds. Drones stable under pressure. Chanter reed very comfortable to play and most importantly in tune!! Bag replaced also as I have issues with the Charles Roberts bag construction, bags constructed from multiple thin layers of leather glued together more often than not yield unsatisfactory results. The current leather bag also installed by Eamonn Curran is very solid.
The reason for sale is due to having another set with a further flat set on the way so I have to part with this set to recoup some of the cost flat sets tend to bring with their arrival. This was my first set so I am the sole owner.
The asking price is €1650 although all reasonable offers will be considered. I ask the above price as I wanted to sell a set in good playing order instead of the buyer receiving a set with a leaky bag and inheriting reed problems, thus i inherited the cost of overhauling them. Photos are included and if parties are intrested i will also supply sound multiple sound files.
Listed: 05/27/2008
Price: €1,650 - [o.b.o. - buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Michael Foley at mick.p.foley@gmail.com »
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- Eugene Lambe D Full Set - Great condition, regs after being recently restored. Nice chanter, just needs better reed. Selling as I have just got my new set this year.
Listed: 04/28/2008
Price: €4,000 - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Daire Doolin at dairedoolin@gmail.com »
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- Steve Vickers D Practise Set - Chanter made from brown ebony, faux ivory and brass ferrels. Bag-L+M Bellows double leather. The chanter has plenty of bite but, sweet at the same time.
Listed: 04/24/2008
Price: €1100 - [buyer pays shipping and insurance] Currency Converter »
Contact: Steve Vickers at svick@eircom.net »
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- Charles Roberts D Chanter - Charles Roberts concert D chanter - with C-nat key. Ebony with Boxwood mounts and brass cap. Chanter made in 2000, and I am the first and only owner. The chanter has been reeded by Davy Stephenson and plays well. No cracks or defects. The most recent price I found for a new chanter from Roberts is €675 = £500, in 2003. I am selling because of financial needs. See eBay item listing 320218182737.
Listed: 02/19/2008
Price: Check EBay listing
Contact: Brett Patterson at brett.patterson@physics.org »
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- Des Seery Fully Keyed D Chanter - Des Seery full keyed D Chanter - This is a Seery chanter in ebony with 4 keys, wide bore and holes, with stainless steel and fake ivory mounts and brass plated keywork. It is in very good condition and it?s Rowsome copy. I have been playing it mainly at home. This chanter is high quality although Seery is more famous as a flutemaker. This chanter has got a power response and the tuning is excellent. It has been reeded by the own pipe maker and the three reeds work properly. I am selling this chanter due to financial difficulties in the launching of my new own office, it is the best chanter I have. The pictures are not in high quality but I can send new ones on request. I'm selling the chanter to help me to pay for my new regulators. I'm asking about €1,000 for it or best offer.
Listed: 01/22/2008
Price: €1000 - [o.b.o. - buyer pays shipping and insurance to Spain] Currency Converter »
Contact: Manu Novo at manuel.novo@gmail.com »
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- Charles Roberts D Set with 4 drones 1 regulator - Small bore compact set D key ebony
4 drones 1 regulator and bellow made by Charles Robert’s (2400 euros)
Sound's great with 4 drones: 3 in D key and 1 in G
Chanter ebony made by Lorcan Dunne: Stop key also F, G & C Keys (400 euros)
Case (150 euros)
I offer case if you buy all the set.2800 euros
Buyer pay shipping
Charles Robert’s saw my pipes 3 months ago. They are in excellent condition.
I just get full set I can’t keep two pipes. I think it’s a good opportunity. I’m living in south of France
Listed: 08/02/2007
Price: €2800 - [buyer pays shipping] Currency Converter »
Contact: Véronique at uilleann@orange.fr »
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- Alan Ginsberg 'D' Full Set - This is a full set in 'D' made by Alan Ginsberg of Caernafon, Wales, thought of by many as one of the best pipe-makers in the world. The set is blackwood with brass keys and fittings and alternative ivory ferrules and finals. The D chanter has four keys. I purchased this set from Mr. Ginsberg two years ago and never really had time to learn to play. Consequently this set is essentially new. As it happened at the time, I made several inquiries about purchasing pipes from makers and though usually there is a one year plus waiting time from ordering, I was told that this set was coming out of the shop in about two weeks and the person who had ordered them backed out. The one unusual feature of this set is that it came with an artificial bag (that's the way it had been ordered, so that's what I got) which is completely airtight and doesn't require any sort of curing or care, but the purests amoung you would probably want to replace that with a traditional bag that I'm sure can be obtained from Mr. Ginsberg
Financial difficulties force the sale of this fine set before I had a chance to play them. As I said, this is essentially a new set only played twice and is in need of a good home. Along with the set of pipes I include a spool of hemp, a cake of beeswax, a leather square for stopping the chanter on your thigh, a copy of "The new approach to Uillean Piping" by H.J. Clarke and a hard-shell case (formerly a generic tenor sax case in which the set travels quite nicely). The current price for such a set (and of course there would be that waiting period) is £3,700 GBP or about $6,500 U.S.
Listed: 02/10/2006
Price: Serious inquiries only please
Contact: Gene D. Jennett, Vista, CA at gjennett@hotmail.com »
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