[NSP] Re: thumb injury
John, The last time I came off my bike I only broke a collar bone. And guess how many of my aquaintances came out with the usual ''why dont you wear a helmet?'' duhh. A couple of suggestions come to mind in addition to those made by others. There's a lot more highland pipers in the world than nsp players and some of these must have had some mishap affecting their (left) thumb, and I guess some of the mechanism involved is similar for either thumb. Maybe there's an internationally recognised Pipers Thumb specialist? More seriously, not having seen Hamish Moore for a long time, and, and not even knowing if he ever recovered from his finger disability (and of course aware this is different from your ailment), nevertheless I wonder how he got on with therapy, and if he could give any useful advise ? Good luck Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: [NSP] thumb injury Last Saturday I crashed on my bicycle avoiding a couple of dogs at the bottom of a long downhill. The worst of my injuries is a torn ligament between my thumb and forefinger on my right hand. I was in the drops when I hit the pavement and jammed my thumb against the handle bar, pushing it in the opposite direction of its normal bent. It requires surgery to reattach, which I'm scheduled to have next Monday. The orthopedic doctor gave me some very bad news about how this will effect the movement of my right thumb. He said I need physical therapy to do regular things like typing on a key board, so I'm very concerned how this will effect my ability to hit keys with my thumb. Has anyone here ever had this injury and how did you get back up to speed on the pipes after surgery? I hope the doctor was just giving me a worse case scenario. all the best, John Dally -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3
I managed to listen to the broadcast this week also. As Richard mentioned, the pipes were quite subdued in the mix, and that was disappointing. Enjoyed it anyway. Bill - Original Message - From: Richard Shuttleworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bart Blanquart [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Matthew Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:24 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3 Thanks for the heads-up. I managed to catch it but was quite disappointed. The pipes were under-recorded most of the time and were often drowned out by the orchestra. The second (slow) movement raised my hopes for a while but sadly missed a golden opportunity to showcase the pipes, almost as though to composer didn't really know how to treat the instrument and tried to bend it into a classical mold instead of taking advantage of the traditional gendre that the pipes could have made available to him. None of the above detracts from Kathryn's playing, she was superb! Just my 2 pence work, Richard Matthew wrote: It's working right now as I'm in the middle of the relevant piece. Probably won't be available after today though, as they take them down after seven days - may not even be available later this evening. I'm in no position to comment on Kathryn's playing style but it certainly doesn't sound like the sort of pipe music she usually plays on her albums. Of course, on her albums she's not got the Northern Sinfonia playing with her either. Tis good. On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 23:47 +0200, Bart Blanquart wrote: WILLIAM REEDER wrote: Was this program ever archived? I seem to be completely unable to find it. The BBC seems to be having difficulty with the archiving feature; they have 'Performance on 3' archived for all days this week but friday. At the top of their radio player (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio3.shtml) it currently says We regret that many programmes are unavailable. We are working to restore normal service... so hopefully it'll show up soon. Bart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
[NSP] Re: Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3
Was this program ever archived? I seem to be completely unable to find it. Thanks! Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 5:26 AM Subject: [NSP] Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3 Kathryn will be playing Peter Maxwell Davies 'Kettletoft Inn' tonight on Radio Three from the Sage Gateshead. It should be available on the Internet on the BBC website for the next week I beleive so that it can be heard internationally. I haven't heard it so it will be interesting to hear what other folk think of it. Cheers, Colin Ross -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
