Does this suggest that perhaps the famous Clough detached style was
caused by only wanting brief contact with said keys, then, and for the
sake of conformity the other notes followed suit?
(Ducks, runs, hides. etc.)
;-)
Richard.
Chris Ormston wrote:
I used to get itchy hands from the brass on Tom Clough's pipes - nasty
cheapo Reid things that had poisoned successive generations of the Clough
family since the early 19th Century! The health & safety conscious amongst
you will be relieved to hear that they're now encased in bubble wrap and
never see the light of day :-(
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gretton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 November 2008 18:03
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Oil and health
Be afraid! Be very afraid! But if you're into this kind of thing, you might
also like to take some time to worry about percutaneous copper and zinc
poisoning from the brass of your keys (assuming you have one of those nasty
cheapo sets - yuk! I prefer solid gold). I myself never play the pipes
without wearing at least three pairs of rubber gloves. Natural latex only,
of course!
Cheers, Paul Gretton
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard York [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 November 2008 18:41
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Oil and health
Hello all.
I'm wary of opening a debate which could possibly re-visit too many
personal differences, but would welcome any bio-chemically-minded
comment on something I found recently.
A leaflet we have describes all sorts of personal & household products
with natural alternatives, and the advantages & disadvantages of each -
with an obvious spin towards the green/natural alternatives, which
appeals to me emotionally at least.
It included the statement that petroleum-based things had carcinogenic
properties, and didn't recommend them at all. Admittedly it was
discussing what it politely called intimate personal lubricant, so it's
referring to contact with more mucous membranes than are generally
encountered by the average chanter... but it's often commented that
using different oils on your chanter does affect your hand skin, so it
does obviously penetrate the player's skin.
And it's possible to spend quite a few hours plugged into the pipes over
the years!
Any comments, preferably polite, welcome :-)
Richard.
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