Picture of my grandfather playing the pipes

**Matty Ross** · 28th November 10, 02:41 PM

Beautiful, You should concider having it restored.

**English Bloke** · 28th November 10, 03:16 PM

I'll bet you were a happy chap when you stumbled across that treasure.

**piperdbh** · 28th November 10, 03:56 PM

I agree with the suggestion to have the picture restored, especially if the restorers could take that scratch off the face.

This is going to sound nit-picky, but I don't think your grandfather is actually playing the 'pipes in the picture. It looks more like he's just holding them for the shot. I bet someone told him, "Those things are too loud to play in here. Just hold 'em and keep 'em quiet."
That's what they tell me, anyway.

**T-Bone** · 28th November 10, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

This is going to sound nit-picky, but I don't think your grandfather is actually playing the 'pipes in the picture. It looks more like he's just holding them for the shot. I bet someone told him, "Those things are too loud to play in here. Just hold 'em and keep 'em quiet."
That's what they tell me, anyway.

I am pretty sure he was just posing, but knowing my grandpa and what my mother and grandmother have said, he did play in the house quite a bit. He wasn't an a$$, he just did it for fun.

**piperdbh** · 29th November 10, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by T-Bone

I am pretty sure he was just posing, but knowing my grandpa and what my mother and grandmother have said, he did play in the house quite a bit. He wasn't an a$$, he just did it for fun.

Good on him. I've been known to serenade folks at close range, too.