G'day Ralphie (and Cap'n),
I knew Geoff only from when he arrived in Melbourne, where he sold me my MacCann duet that I'm still trying to get going. It's my finger-brain connection that's the problem, not the instrument; I'm really an Anglo player trying to broaden my abilities. Geoff never mentioned playing in a band and was rather good on the Northumbrian small pipes; he went on to be a uillean pipe player and maker of serious renown. His then wife, Joan, did a lovely piece of leather skiving (kangaroo) to restore the bellows on my Jeffries without replacing any of the original and leaving the gold tooling on the endpieces intact.

Ralphie, I gather from various threads here that you're a bit good on the duet; keep it going.

Cheers, Rowan