On 2 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had the idea of a keyless, open-ended chanter with a flattened > seventh that would be played with NSP style fingering, primarily inspired > by Dixon tunes. Julia very kindly gave me a keyless chanter to experiment > with, but I haven't had the heart to open up the bottom or fill and > redrill the 'f' hole. It's been a lot of fun to play as is.
Before anyone gets the idea that I'm giving away chanters (I'll do a lot for the pipes, but that's going a bit far) <v. big grin>, the one John refers to was in very battered condition, barely playable, and was given to the NPS as part of a large batch of half completed pipes by a retiring amateur maker. The society has got 5 playing fully mounted keyed hire sets out of this collection, and the plain chanter very nearly became firewood, as part of the 'spares'. I offered John a new, playing one in blackwood and brass in response to his request on this list (still available for sale if anyone wants to experiment with the keyless repertoire!), but it became apparent he really wanted a gash one to mess on with. The battered one he says is ideal, so for the cost of carriage and a small donation..... I'm up for a Peacock group or intermittent session (when are you next in the NE, Paul?) - which should surprise no-one, but the secretary part of me reacts against calling it a society. Shades of splinter groups and past history.....don't get me started, as one NPS member responded when faced with the 'Room 101 tune ' section of the recent membership survey. Cheers Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
