Hello Dave and others, I see things a little differently.
Two things have happened here, the first being a move to have opinions, information and other resources made permanently available in the form of a forum. This is currently happening in the NPS Forum and the Traditional NSP Forum established by Inky-Adrian. The advantage of the forum medium is clear - it provides a growing archive where threads are easily followed and remain related to their original header. This is not so with the archived posts of this, or any other list. The second development is that there are now two separate forums. It might be argued that it's a pity that the party is going on in two different houses. My own view is that diversity is a good thing. Each forum can learn and develop from the other. It's also a good demonstration that the often-confused NSP and NPS are not in fact the same thing, and that each can exist detached from the other. I'll continue to follow and enjoy this list, though I treat it very much as a newspaper, occasionally keeping cuttings but treating the rest as daily ephemera. As a repository of useful fact and opinion, it doesn't really work. By the way, does anyone have any good ideas about the right kind of oil to use? Francis On 16 Jun 2011, at 08:38, Dave S wrote: > Hi, > It seems as though Inky has his wish. The tradition is now firmly no longer > out in the open. > This list served the purpose of introducing the beginner(shy fence-sitter to > brash young expert) to light conversation/disagreement/proposition on all > subjects around the wonderful instrument known as the NSP. It has done this > well for a good number of years, but I believe the polarisation Inky wrongly > thought was necessary to save his ideal methodology (rightly or wrongly) of > the ONLY way to play NSP has wrought more damage than can now be imagined. > I would liken it to attempting to harmonize the accents used by people in > any single country of the world. > I find it rather saddening that this has occurred - I will continue to listen > and reply to try and keep this list going -- will the rest of you out there > do the same ?? > > Inky has a good heart but perhaps a too impulsive temperament has taken over > in this case -- why not teach your method to the masses by force of > persuation, Inky, and not by force of typing. > Of course there are multiple sides in the recent situation but I hope our > love the instrument, it's possibilities and it's beatiful music will > eventually prevail over the hot tempered reactions. > > ciao > > Dave S > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
