Jim Grieve was a civil servant who?travelled abroad alot He told me that his job was setting up banks &?new currencies for former UK colonies as theybecame independent. His regular absences abroad meant that he was an infrequent visitor to NPS meetings but on his retirement became more involved with the society and credits for his work appear in at least one tunebook.His popularity was such that when it became known that he was terminally ill a party was arranged for him, in a church hall in Ponteland and a memorable night it was with Adrian and Pauline being the stars. His wife was called Beatrice.They had no children. This would be around 1980/81. Regarding the pipes I know nothing about the ivory set but,re the Half Longs?Jim did tell me they had belonged to Anthony Charlton. They were unusual in that the drone standing parts??had chased silver overlays. They are of Robertsons manufacture and are revived half longs from the 1930s so could be said to be "old". Anthony Charlton was I belive a publican, primarily a highland piper who was recorded on NSPs?for the pipes of 3 nations record notorious for his ' dripping tap" gacing style, which we eventually learned was called choyting. I can remember trying a set of his Northumbrian pipes which were at least partly made by Jim Bryan and being bowled over by the sweetness of the chanter.I understood this set had been sold not long after Jims death so it may not be the one in the sale. If?I see pictures I may be able to help further. ? Steve Barwick
-----Original Message----- From: Jim McGillivray <[email protected]> To: Dartmouth NPS <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Oct 25, 2010 11:15 am Subject: [NSP] James Grieve Hi Folks: Recently a friend of mine picked up some sets of pipes at an auction house -- an old Border set, an old keyless NSP in ivory, and another keyless set as well. I bought the Border set and a friend of mine bought the ivory NSP. (I've attached a photo of the Border set.) One of them is still on ebay I believe. We'd like to try to figure out some history on the pipes. Here is the only information we have: I got the pipes all from an auction house in the north of England. They were obviously all submitted by the same person and the name James Grieve is on a label on one of the boxes. I spoke with the auctioneer after I bought them and tried to get some information but all that they would tell me is that they came from a house clearance of an old lady who had recently died and everything was carried out under the instructions of a law firm. Does anyone know anything about Jim Grieve's collection? The Border set in the photo is very much in the style of Hugh Robertson, but could be a reproduction from the late 1800s as two or three of the large GHB firms were making reproductions of Hugh Robertson's Border pipes. I don't have a photo of the ivory NSP at the moment but will try to acquire one. Thanks, Jim ~McGillivray Piping~ www.piping.on.ca www.pipetunes.ca -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
