Well, I'll take it back to three keys. Philip has made me a three key Bb Lydian chanter for Dixon tunes (and any other border or highland repertoire). Let me explain.
It's more convenient (for me anyway) to play highland and border music as written on nsp, that is with the tonic A at five fingers rather than six. On a normal nsp chanter this involves using two keys: high A for the upper tonic and C#. But if you want a specialized chanter you don't need a Cnat, so you can retune the hole to C#. So only one key is required for highland repertoire. Border tunes however occasionally use high B and G#, so two more keys seemed desirable. It's a Bb Lydian chanter because it has a C mixolydian scale from the five finger tonic but pipes are generally described by their six finger scale. The Cmix scale is to go with the D Drones on my F set of pipes. I hope this is all clear! Colin has pointed out to me that this is the same setup as the Irish Brian Boru chanter. Cheers, Ewan. Ewan Barker School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences University of Ballarat (CRICOS Provider Number 00103D) PO Box 663 Ballarat Victoria 3353 AUSTRALIA ph (03) 5327 9274 >>> Francis Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04-Oct-06 4:46:32 am >>> Its fun to watch the rapid evolution of this little instrument. What began as a keyless chanter (Paul, on Sunday) has gained one key (Edmund, on Tuesday) and now three more (Philip, also today). Im sure well get to seven soon. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
