Thanks for all the kind and interesting responses about Fred Ord. Clearly, he
was very much liked. I wish I had met him!
Francis
On 8 Nov 2010, at 14:00, Francis Wood wrote:
An interesting set of pipes has been passed to me for restoration and
fettling. A nicely made classic 7 key set in
My youngest daughter (10) has always been a little bit of a tune sponge
though she has refused to join the school choir (much to the teachers
disappointment) and only recently took up an instrument (flute). Last
night she was whistling something from Holst's The Planets which she
picked up
Hideeho,
I am new to the nsp list serve. I play fiddle and a few other
stringed instruments in various Celtic trad styles. My love of Celtic
music began when I was 12 listening to Scottish pipers. I am turning
40 this month and have decided at long last that I want to pipe! I
play
Hello Reid,
Well this sounds like a very finely balanced decision which might not take much
to tip it in one direction or the other!
So taking a clue from your address, it's known that Audubon visited Thomas
Bewick and listened with great pleasure to his son Robert playing
Northumberland
Hello Reid,
You can find help through the Pipers' Gathering which holds a convention in
early August each year in Vermont. Visit www.pipersgathering.org for all
the basic details. We have two sets of Northumbrian small pipes and two
sets of Scottish small pipes available for rent (although
