Others will no doubt reply with much more information, but what little I
know may be of interest. Julia will have all the historical information and
can correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I can remember, Joe's ivory and
silver pipes were made by Errington Thompson, a very good amateur maker,
sometime around 1880. He was a professional man - architect or doctor I
think. In the early nineteen-eighties, Denis Nesbitt, a distinguished
professional cellist living at the time in North London bought an ivory and
silver seventeen-key chanter in a Sotheby's sale (Graham Wells will confirm
if I remember this correctly). This chanter was by John Baty of Wark-on-Tyne
who had worked with Errington-Thompson on making pipes, and the chanter was
identical to the one in Joe's set. The chanter needed a certain amount of
restoration - nothing much more than cleaning and key re-padding, plus
fitting a reed. Denis then commissioned me to make a set of six ivory and
silver drones, stocks, bag, blowpipe etc to go with the chanter and turn it
into a full set. The obvious thing was to copy Joe's set as closely as
possible, which involved visiting Joe, photographing and measuring the
drones, and of course I still have the photo's and drawings. With all due
modesty I think I can say I produced a very beautiful set of pipes. When
Denis died, the set was bought by one of the London-based pipers, and the
last I heard was still playing well. If the owner reads this, he can reveal
himself if he wishes!
Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Morgan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 3:36 PM
Subject: [NSP] Joe Huttons pipes?
Does anyone know what happened to Joe Hutton's Ivory pipes? Iv heard
the name Errington mentioned, any info on the Errington connection
would be much appreciated.
Peter.
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