Dear all , Dartmouth is not a dedicated forum. The one on facebook is, although it's got its limits. I'd rather not have our forum on the NPS forum because they do not back what this new group stands for and I don't agree that the NPS should get the credit afterwards. In fact as I said before, the NPS lays down rules on how the pipes should look: stopped ends, no shuttle-drones and no stepped bores. The NPS does not give two-hoots on how they should be played. It does not recognise that there is a correct way to play the pipes although in the 1800's and reprinted in the 1970's (or was it the 30's?), a book was written and published for the NPS with its backing. I have never seen in writting or in any rule change that has changed the stance of the NPS on this matter. So where has the change come in and on who's authority, if there was any change on the rules at all? If there was no rule change then I think the NPS should relook at this matter as you cannot run a society when the NPS doesn't know what's happened in the past and brushed it under the carpet and forgot it, if they did. Now this is why I don't like to publish on Dartmouth , one has to answer stupid questions instead of being in concordance in another forum, where I was quite happy. You've had an invitation. Dartmouth is not the place for the new forum but it is for this posting. If you don't like it, lump it. I'm buggering of to a more pleasant forum where we have intelligentcia. --
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