On 10 May 2011, at 14:08, Rob Say wrote: > My thought is that there aren't enough long chanters and extended range > players to form a solid judgement at the moment.
I agree totally, Rob. And would add only this: that there are even fewer'extended range players' than there are 'long chanters'. Philip's question remains a good one: it's important for a maker to be able to discuss the options in a responsive way. However an experienced and expert player probably already knows what they want and the options have been well explored in this forum in recent responses and earlier postings. A less experienced and able player might well ask themselves how well they can manage a seven-keyed chanter. Francis ( a long-term 7-key user and still working on that!) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
