This is probably a question that reveals me as an ignoramus. In Jenny Uglow's book 'Nature's Engraver' about Thomas Bewick - really good read by the way - she says:-
"Robert [i.e. Robert Bewick, son of Thomas Bewick] died in July 1849, aged 61. At the end of her life, Isabella [daughter of Thomas Bewick; she died c 1883] gave his pipes to a local school. 'as Miss B___ would like to have them take care of, as they belonged to a near and very dear relation of hers'. His manuscript books of songs and variations, like those of his master Peacock, are now regarded as priceless." Presumably that is the tunebook that has been published. But which school was it, and what happened to the pipes since? And does everyone else know the answer to this except me? The book contains a reproduction of a painting of Robert as a boy playing his pipes, and on page 398 a description by William Bell Scott of meeting him and hearing him play sometime in the 1840s, curiously describing him as 'carrying the union pipes under his arm'. Dru To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
