The American uilleann pipe maker Patsy Brown made uilleann pipes with
keys on all the holes. The only picture I can find on line is rather
small but is at
http://www.lemccullough.com/LEMcCullough/Music-Biography_files/PatsyBrown-filtered.jpg
A larger copy of this appears in Patrick Sky's uilleann pipe tutor and
the keys can be seen to hinged from above the hole using a pillar and
rod system. This other picture from the uilleann obsession website shows
that the upper keys were hinged from the side (see top most chanter).
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/photos/boston_pipers/16.jpg
What the benefits, if any, of this were I do not know.
Ian
inky-adrian wrote:
Hello all,
yes, it's in the Bowes museum. A bagpipe, part Northumberland-all
keyed and part Union.
Adrian
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