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Píobaire, An, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 2

Píobaire, An, Volume 1, Issue 20, Page 2
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Na Píobairí Uilleann
periodical Editor
Chairman, NPU
periodical Title
Píobaire, An
volume Number
1
issue Content
(127)2 A GENTLEMAN ALTHOUGH A PIPER Hereunder is transcribed the last letter written by CaptainONeill to a correspondent in Ireland.Chicago. 1912.Your kind letter .iust received, and. my haste in acknowledg-ing it is due to my desire to forbid you sending me anymore records. Unfortunately I buried my last son in19Oof spinal meningitis. He was five years in the JesuitCollege, l years old and the last of five sons. He was afine violinist, had anavrage of 9 in literary compositionprose and poetry. One as his poems, highly imaginat ve andoriginal I find published in periodicals. I had a Ji..ttlechoir of my own with four remaining daughters Since hisdeath I have not sounded a note of music in ny own house,out of respect to his mothers feelings. Occasionally thegirls play a little passing modern fancy, which has nocharm for me. I have no machine on which to play Andrewspieces and the Edison cylinder phonograph which I purchasedto hear Touheys tunes on is at a friends house. I ammore than thankful for your kindness already experienced andyour good intentions.I r. Andrews couldnt hold a candle to some of the pipers Iknow - Barney Delaney as a player of dance music is simplyindescribable. As an honourable man or one having a germof gratitude or appreciation of picking him off the streetor tavern and making him what he is, he is intolerable.He retired iiarch 1st ult. on a pension of $55 or 1l permonth and leaving house and tenants in the hands of anagent moving to Ocean Springs 900 miles away on the Gulf ofMexico. He sold his machine and records to a stranger al though planting himself and his wife on my hospitality fora few days before his departure.Touhey as I said. plays in the Threatres altogether and musthave loud pipes to impress an audience. On account of theway he must play into horn the drones pointing off at atangent are not in evidence in the records 0 Had I any otherform of dissipation (Cant drink or smoke) I would be cor ipelled to give pipers and fiddlers a wide birth, There isto be no bill..........Touhey is a gentleman aitho a piperand I dont need the money, ji,000 would not cover myexpenses on music and I am not through yet. Pardon thishasty letter and believe me Yours most sincerely,Francis ONeill.00 00ooo0oooA WORK BY A MEMBERInBagpipes and Tunings Theodor H. Podnos presents a wealthof detail about the instrument in a worldwide setting. Onechart, for example, estending, with its relevant referencesto twenty-five pages, deals with location construction andincludes several hundred names by which the pipes are known.One is fascinated by how neatly all has been fitted intoplace, as if intended for instant retrieval.Information Coordinators (Detroit) $ .OO (paper).
issue Number
20
page Number
2
periodical Author
[Periodical]
issue Publication Date
1975-02-01T00:00:00
allowedRoles
anonymous,guest,friend,member

Píobaire, An, Volume 1, Issue 20

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