One maker having lots of influence again, or rather previously!
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francis Wood
>Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:31 AM
>To: Paul Gretton
>Cc: [email protected] group
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch
>
>
>On 9 Feb 2011, at 07:20, Paul Gretton wrote:
>
>> So in fact the variety of pitches for the NSP is extremely
>traditional! Two
>> hundred years ago it wouldn't have been thought in any way
>remarkable.
>
>Hello Paul and others,
>
>I must say, I disagree here.
>
>It's often forgotten that the the NSP of two hundred years ago
>- the conventional fully keyed form - was the product of a
>single workshop and was played in a relatively narrow
>geographical area.
>There's no reason to suppose that Robert and James Reid were
>careless about the consistency of pitch of their products. No
>doubt, they would be extremely surprised to know of the
>latitude in pitch (and indeed tuning) of many of today's pipes.
>
>Francis
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