[NSP] Re: key question
The only fitting response to this seems to me to picture the Charlie Brown cartoons - the image of Charlie with a sort of horizontal but wiggly line for his mouth - know the one I mean? Richard. On 15/12/2010 12:09, Francis Wood wrote: On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote: But Rob illustrates a simple feather duster - the 17 keyed ones are musically far more versatile... Is that a Peacock feather duster? Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Last orders....
I've had a mini-avalanche of sales orders for NPS publications in the last couple of days. Last post for Christmas in the UK is Saturday, and I'll do my best to fulfil any last-minute requests, but I fully expect to have no electricity (and therefore internet / web) for an unspecified chunk of tomorrow, and I'm busy Sat. If you were thinking of placing an order please do so asap. In addition I don't like posting anything between Christmas and the first workday after New Year (that's Jan 4, 2011) as I've had stuff go missing on several occasions. And I've got to dismantle my office at the weekend. Normal service for booksales etc will be resumed as soon as practicable. Thanks Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] 7 keys
John Dally recently wrote: I have a friend with a very nice seven key lignam vitae chanter that doesn't get played very much. I'll have to offer to help him keep in in working order. ;-) Many thanks! Hello John The chances are it will be a goodun, but just as (for me) Del Gesus have the edge over Strads it doesn't mean that there aren't a few exceptions! Good luck with it and I hope you find it a delight. The other point is, of course, that some totally dedicated players make a very good fist of playing 17 key sets fluently. First that comes to mind is Alice Burn - but then for 5 years the pipes were her first instrument at St Mary's Music School. She would travel 240 miles for her lessons (taking at least 6 hrs in total) and practice up to 5 hours a day. I remember offering gentle encouragement in the early days (she would be about 13) and she said, Anthony what you're saying is that I need to put in another twenty hours at least on that tune. That's Alice for you! My comments were directed more towards us ordinary mortals who do not have the luxury of that much time to spend or the young fingers to stand up to that level of use! Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
