Billy Roleston smallpipes

pancelticpiper · 05-03-2020, 05:16 AM

Some items stamped Roleston have come up on Ebay.

Smallpipes with Brian Boru style chanter

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Billy-ROLES...wAAOSw5B9erYF5

Brian Boru style smallpipe chanter? practice chanter?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Billy-Roles...r/114208496076

I'm not familiar with him as a maker, or with the fingering system his chanters use.

You can search "roleston" here on Dunsire and see him discussed in several threads.

Big Tone · 05-05-2020, 01:51 PM

That seller is also selling a few sets of pipes. Are they old? The bags on some of them might suggest so.

They're selling a lot of piping related stuff but don't seem to know too much about it.

Raibeart · 05-06-2020, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Tone

They're selling a lot of piping related stuff but don't seem to know too much about it.

They've got two sets of GHBs and the blowpipes are switched between the sets. I've messaged them -- hopefully they'll switch them so that the buyers get matching parts. One of the auction listings says "...acquired in a joblot from the late Billy Roleston..." and the seller's name is "vintagetools...". If I were to hazard a guess, I'd guess he bought the contents of Roleston's workshop at auction for the tools and got these in the bargain.

Ian Lawther · 05-07-2020, 09:23 PM

I remember seeing adverts for his "Irish smallpipes" but a can't remember where. Also came across his name online here
http://www.angelfire.com/music3/oreg...and/pipes.html
http://www.angelfire.com/music3/oreg...d/history.html

I seem to remember seeing one of his products at the Bagpipe Music Museum in Ellicott City, MD and got the distinct impression that his "friends in the trade" who "manufactured these pipes after Henry Starck retired" were in Sialkot.

05-03-2020, 05:16 AM	#1
pancelticpiper Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: WV to the OC Posts: 10,259	Billy Roleston smallpipes Some items stamped Roleston have come up on Ebay. Smallpipes with Brian Boru style chanter https://www.ebay.com/itm/Billy-ROLES...wAAOSw5B9erYF5 Brian Boru style smallpipe chanter? practice chanter? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Billy-Roles...r/114208496076 I'm not familiar with him as a maker, or with the fingering system his chanters use. You can search "roleston" here on Dunsire and see him discussed in several threads. __________________ proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; Son of the Revolution and Civil War; first European settlers on the Guyandotte Last edited by pancelticpiper; 05-03-2020 at 05:20 AM.

05-05-2020, 01:51 PM	#2
Big Tone Forum Member - Shy or Quiet Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: U.K. Posts: 20	Re: Billy Roleston smallpipes That seller is also selling a few sets of pipes. Are they old? The bags on some of them might suggest so. They're selling a lot of piping related stuff but don't seem to know too much about it.

05-07-2020, 09:23 PM	#4
Ian Lawther Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sammamish WA Posts: 5,860	Re: Billy Roleston smallpipes I remember seeing adverts for his "Irish smallpipes" but a can't remember where. Also came across his name online here http://www.angelfire.com/music3/oreg...and/pipes.html http://www.angelfire.com/music3/oreg...d/history.html I seem to remember seeing one of his products at the Bagpipe Music Museum in Ellicott City, MD and got the distinct impression that his "friends in the trade" who "manufactured these pipes after Henry Starck retired" were in Sialkot.

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