On 3 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It would be interesting to hear what the pipemakers have to say about > keyless chanters with a flattened seventh. In looking at my own scabrous > keyless chanter one the reasons I've held off on filling in the f hole and > redilling a flattened seventh is that unless the hole is drilled at an > extreme angle the f hole will be too close to the e hole to finger on an F > chanter.
Exactly. Colin R. has made one of these - whilst it plays, it is almost impossible to finger (I've tried, and I can manage a G chanter no problem) - the e and f nat holes are so close, it can't possibly have been an instrument of choice in previous centuries. Having tried it and experienced the problem, I wouldn't bother making one myself - another case to my mind of "Why reinvent the wheel" Others may differ - that's fine. Cheers Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
