On 7 Feb 2011, at 11:21, Gibbons, John wrote:
A compromise might be a pair of e's, one a true 6th above G, for
playing in G;
another - a perfect fourth above the B, and keyed, for playing in E
minor.
The low E might be harder to arrange practically, but may not be as
critical acoustically??
As the most prolific and also one of the best pipemakers both produce
in F+,
and most others too, I don't see much benefit in arguing who's to
blame for the emergence of this de facto standard.
CB
And I've been telling people it is because all notes have got gradually
sharper over the last 150 years, and that the Reid 'ur-pipes' were made
when G was somewhere between where F and G are now. Have I been wrong
all this time?
Dru
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