One obvious response is that playing finger holes on NSP is faster and more 'positive' than playing keyed notes. Half of this may be down to the poor dexterity of the little finger, but I can't play even thumb-keyed notes as crisply as open-holed ones. There's something in Tom Clough's writings about most players being less fluent on keyed notes, so it isn't just me.
Now the 20 open-holed keyless chanter played by two telepathic people with small hands might be worth a go.... John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
