I don't know if there will be a spare set in WV but we can certainly
make sure you get a chance to try a set....even if it is only mine!
Ian
Matthew Boris wrote:
Greetings,
Just joined the list and thought I'd introduce myself. I live in
Northern Virginia currently, previously lived at various points in the
US, Newfoundland, and the Middle East.
I'm not an NSP player myself, but it's a subject of interest to me and
joining the List seemed the best way to learn more. I currently play
sackpipa (Swedish bagpipe), and have both an E/A mouthblown cast-resin
set by Hamon, and am about to take receipt of a D/G bellows-blown set
by Boris Favre of BC. I also just picked up a Cushing bellows-blown
SSP for variety, though I play it with open-fingering.
I've always liked NSP, ever since I was a teenager skipping class at
the University of Washington to go listen to old vinyl in the archives
and stumbled across an old Billy Pigg album. To this day I still use
"Wild Hills o' Wannies" as a stock tune on sackpipa, Appalachian
dulcimer, classical guitar, and pennywhistle.
I'm not totally sure whether I'll take up NSP at some point. They do
seem rather fragile, and the kind of pipe you have to play or mess with
every single week to keep them hale (which is hard with the sheer
number of instruments I muck about with). On the other hand, their
sound is incredibly distinctive, and the complicated drones and
multi-keyed chanters do offer a ton of flexibility.
I will be up at the Upper Potomac Piper's Weekend in West Virginia in a
couple weeks, so hope to maybe be able to try out an NSP there, as well
as get as many folks as possible to try my bellows-blown sackpipa.
Hope to meet some of you there, and look forward to learning more from
the List,
-Matthew
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