1. Description: Des Seery Pipes – 5 years old – see attached images
2. Condition – completely renovated by Des August 2007 to ensure that set is in ‘perfect condition’ for sale – bag retied and sealed, new staple on reed, new end on bass drone – slight difference from images- everything completely checked and working correctly..
3. Any issues – completely renovated by Maker August 2007 to ensure that set is in perfect condition
4. Materials the item is made from – leather bag & bellows, silver colored ( nickel?) drones and stock ( see pictures) hardwood Ebony chanter with no keys but space for them if desired.
5. Reason for sale – don’t play them much any more
6. Asking price €2000 -
7. Photos – yes -general chanter type from Seery, pipes pics c & b,
8. Audio sample – not available yet

1. 1 practice set €1000 by Eugene Lambe, Ireland
2. 1 half set €3000 by Hevia, Espagne

1. John Walsh Bellows-Blown A/D 2000 convertible with hard case. Virtually never played. Cost around $1400.00 new. Sell for $1000.
2. SOLD: M & E Polymer D keyless Irish Flute. Cost $435 new. Sell for $300. Like new. Indestructible.

1. The chanter top is perfectly sealed with cork ring.
2. The reed seat is enhanced with a brass tube and the reed can be easily moved up and down in this tube, which makes tuning the chanter easier.

Fully reeded, with two extra chanter reeds and extra drone and regulator reeds as well. Fully chromatic chanter. The G#, Bb, and F keys come in really handy when playing with fiddle or accordion settings of tunes (Altan CD's, for instance). The chanter plays easily right up to the third octave D. I hate to have to part with them, but a neck/shoulder injury has prevented me from being able to squeeze the bag for the last five months, and w/o health insurance I am in deep financial dung up to my neck.

I do not play professionally, and the set has never left my music room, which is temperature (67F) and humidity controlled (70%) year-round.

A new set like this from Brad is $7700.

There is a fourth baritone regulator that I had Brad make for me, ($1100) that is included with the sale of the set. It has an E key on it. It is great for playing tunes in E minor (such as The Kid on the Mountain, The Tarbolton, Scatter the Mud, etc.). It is a quick swap for the normal bari reg. The E key sits opposite the G key on the tenor reg so that you can clearly define an E minor chord with a B in the chanter (impossible on normal reg setups) with E and G in the tenor and bari regs, or a G in the chanter (also impossible on normal reg setups) with the E on the bari reg alone. (The extra regulator's keys are thus D, E, F#, G, A, instead of the normal D, F#, G, A.) You can also clearly define (not just suggest) a C Major chord with a C in the chanter (again impossible on normal reg setups) with the E on the bari reg plus the G on the tenor reg.

In some of the pictures I realized I took them with my Cillian O'Brien bellows. I will give you your choice of Cillian's bellows or Brad's "old style" bellows. The old style bellows with a thin strap of leather as a hinge takes some getting used to, but I don't really prefer one over the other. For performing, the O'Brien bag is safer-- the thin leather strap hinge on the old style bellows tends to wear and suddenly break, and of course, there's never an opportune moment for this to happen, but since I don't play professionally, it doesn't matter to me.

If you're a serious piper, you know of Brad's artistry and perfectionism. The sonic balance of power is perfect-- strong fat drone sound, regs that don't overpower the chanter or sound like car horns, and a gorgeous chanter tone that is a pleasure to hear, even for people who think they don't like bagpipes. This instrument never ceases to surprise those I play it for. (My D 3/4 set, on the other hand, which I am keeping to retain some pipering chops, makes some people cringe in a reflective room. It is really too loud, unlike the Angus set, which is pleasant, strong, and controlled.)