Jack Campin wrote:
(re Xaphoon)
Interesting idea but I don't see how anybody could play it accurately
in tune: very short, no tuning barrel, no adjustable ligature, and a
fiercely hard reed that would give you no lip control of the pitch at
all.
My demonstrator had a saoft no 1.5 reed fitted
From what I've heard either of these fiddle schools could offer what you're
after. The Taransay school has two particularly gifted teachers in Pete
Cooper and Patsy Reid, while Alasdair Fraser's long association with Sabhal
Mor Ostaig is reckoned by some to have been an important factor in the
Taransay is uninhabited for most of the year, and probably offers fewer
of the comforts you'll find on Skye.
If I were you, I'd go for Skye. Unless you like living rough.. I gave up
living rough after the Army..
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Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
- Some of those parts were totally
Toby Rider wrote:
Jack Campin wrote:
(re Xaphoon)
Interesting idea but I don't see how anybody could play it accurately
in tune: very short, no tuning barrel, no adjustable ligature, and a
fiercely hard reed that would give you no lip control of the pitch at
all.
Okay.. I have to ask.. What
George Seto wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Toby Rider wrote:
Okay.. I have to ask.. What on earth is a Xaphoon?
It's a bamboo sax. Check out the web-site Jack provided.
I'd heard of it a few years ago, but the price was outrageous for a
Canadian. The new injection molded one, is REALLY well
Wow the one that is pitched in either the key of A or D looks very
useful.. Reasonably priced as well.. This might be perfect for someone in
this house who plays woodwind instruments, and it isn't me! :-)
Toby Rider wrote:
Jack Campin wrote:
(re Xaphoon)
Interesting idea but I don't
Hard to believe it's seven years, shortly, from that day.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1382/1382022.html
I can tell that this year is much warmer, because the exact state of the
snowdrops on March 13th 1996 is something I don't forget. They are
pretty much over here now in Kelso, still
