[NSP] Re: Brazilian Piper

[Tim Rolls]

Hi Kevin, 

The idea is sound, the execution is still a little lacking. Below is the link 
to the pipemakers we have so far on the NPS website.
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/index.php?page=pipemakers

This would be a good opportunity to ask any makers, fettlers, teachers or 
professional performers if they would like their details listed on the NPS 
website
This service is free to all members of the NPS, otherwise its £15 per annum. 
Coincidentally, membership  is also £15 per annum!

We would like to offer on the site a world service, so this includes all those 
who are overseas from this small island.

cheers
Tim
On 13 Jul 2011, at 00:04, Kevin wrote:

 Hi to All,
 A Brazilian piper is asking to buy a set of northumbrian small pipes in D. i 
 said i would find some makers for him.
 i am no longer in the NS Society so i do not have access to any of the makers 
 addresses, professional / non-professional. 
 so is there any advice i could send him about obtaining a set in D?
 perhaps someone has a set to sell?
 or perhaps there is a maker in south america, or USA or somehwere near to 
 brazil than the UK?
 could a list of UK makers be set via the NSP web site?
 any advice,
 many thanks
 kevin
 
 
 
 
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[NSP] Re: Rants

[Anthony Robb]

   Hello Matt
   Firstly, many thanks to you and other kind bods for letting me know
   the thing got through and to Wayne for explaining the problem.
   I have to stress it isn't me but rather the etymologists at the OED who
   are suggesting that rant in terms of dance  music has a possible
   derivation from a 16th century dance. This does seem, perhaps, more
   plausible than other possibilities so far on offer.
   What I'm taken with is the idea of the gliding action - I've been to
   dances in Whittingham, Glanton, Low Barton, Bolton,
   Netherton, Wooler.and haven't seen the old dancers 'stomp' a rant.
   I'm wondering if the gliding courant was akin to that other celebrated
   gliding step the pas de bas (both in triple time). If so, a courrant
   danced to a slow Shields Hornpipe might have evolved  into a rant by
   upping the tempo a tad.
   This would explain how Shield's Hornpipe became known as the Morpeth
   Rant and why the courrant had '... hath twise so much in a straine, as
   the English country daunce'.
   Who knows? I'm merely throwing my thoughts into the pot.
   This is, for me at least, a fascinating topic but one which my
   limited experience/knowledge does not equip me well for researching.
   Undoubtedly there will be unanswerable questions but people like your
   goodself might offer more accurate/likely ideas.
   Cheers
   Anthony
   --- On Tue, 12/7/11, Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
   wrote:

 From: Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
 Subject: Re: [NSP] Rants
 To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
 Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Date: Tuesday, 12 July, 2011, 20:19

   Yes it got through but with some strange text added (EURYEN every so
   often).
   Interesting references Anthony. Do I take it you are identifying the
   Rant with the Courant(e)? Interesting how one can find diverging
   etymologies which converge strangely.
   Cheers
   Matt

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