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Sean McKiernan of Galway: 1 Taylor set that belonged to Patsy Touhey. of Watertown, MA.: 1 Taylor set in excellent condition. holes on the Fitzpatrick pipes that Standeven gave to his student had sliding holes like the Kildare pipes mentioned by Craig Fischer" This set was sold by Mark Hillman in 2008Īnonymous owner of Paddy Fitzpatricks Taylor set. Both sets were completely disassembled and in a cardboard box. I got the set in the late 80's along with an ivory mounted Rowsome set. "I sent the Taylor chanter to David so he could measure it or whatever. Mike Gallagher made 2 78 rpm records in the 20's or 30's, one solo, one with chanter and piano backup" This set was for sale in April, 2008 on the Uilleann obsession web site for $16000. Kevin Rietmann: "Mark Hillman's pipes have a chanter with keys in blocks. Mullin with his name inscribed on a silver plate on the stock, that had belonged to Mike Gallagher who died in 1972. Mark Hillman owns a 3/4 Taylor set, originally made for A.J. McCormack of San Francisco, and later by pipers Paddy O'Neill of San Francisco and his pupil Denis Brooks. John Walsh of Canada: 1 Talyor set previously owned in all probability by P.E. Old set of tiny narrow reeds possibly original. Owned by two collectors and unplayed for many years.
#BRENDAN CHIFF AND FIPPLE UPDATE#
May 2019: I've started to update this page as sets of pipes have changed hands since 1998, new information was come to light, new photos, new information about the Taylor brothers tooīill Ochs of New York: 1 Taylor set purchased in 1976 previously It's largely a result of questions asked via the internet during the winter of 1997-98 and a visit to Miltown Malbay 1998. The list of Taylor pipes below is not a static list. Alan Moller made a sucessful reed, but the only way to get C-natural was by using the C-nat key. It is in excellent condition and does not seem to have been interferred with in any way.
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The chanter pictures are of a Taylor chanter I saw in the piping workshop at Miltown Malbay in July 1998. Billy Taylor was said to have been been an excellent piper and the Taylors seemed to have had a passion for experimenting with the uilleann pipes, as regards both construction and the type of materials used. I believe the Taylors must have made more than thirty sets. 29 sets and 15 chanters have been located so far. However, with the help of the aforementioned Irish minstrels and musicians, some back issues of An Piobaire, and the invaluable assistance of uilleann pipers and pipemakers via the uilleann list, notably Malcolm Sims, Tom Wilsbach, Craig Fischer, Ken McLeod, Pat Sky, Pat Mitchell, Kevin Rietmann, Wally Charm, Eion O'Riabhaigh, Kieron Concannon, John Walsh, Rolf Knüsel, David Quinn & Michael Dooley. I must add I live in Sweden and had never seen an instrument by the Taylor's in real life before July 1998. So I set myself the project of attempting to find out. Intrigued by this somewhat small number, apparantly no records have survived and the Taylors didn't sign their works, I started to wonder just how many Taylor pipes and chanters have survived to this day. In the autumn of 1997 I browsed through my copy of O'Neill's Irish minstrels and musicians and noted that in the years between their arrival in New York, 1872, and their deaths in 18, Billy and Charles Taylor were reputed to have made only thirty or so sets of uilleann pipes.