I do agree with John and Michael that the different purposes of the
two lists should be observed as far as possible. I also agree
wholeheartedly that nastiness is completely unacceptable under any
circumstances. Are we also saying that in objecting to individual
instances of this we are fur
John wrote: "Every time someone makes a post on this forum about the
NPS I wait for the inevitable nastiness. Even though I delete some
posts without reading them I know from experience that another bit of
silliness is going on. Speaking as a long time participant on this
newsgroup
Every time someone makes a post on this forum about the NPS I wait for the
inevitable nastiness. Even though I delete some posts without reading them I
know from experience that another bit of silliness is going on. Speaking as a
long time participant on this newsgroup, with all due respect, I
Dear Colin
I am deeply saddened that you find it necessary to make such
derogatory comments in a public forum. I am responding in this way
only because you have done so.
Malcolm was the MC at the competitions: a job he performed
competently, but lightly. The day progressed smoothly with his
On 19 Oct 2009, at 12:54, rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
You should have checked this with the Secretary before making a
report which could have been left to be included in the Newsletter
Much nicer to eat the cake when it is freshly baked, I think.
I welcomed Malcolm's informal news about a succ
rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
I see that you are already taking over the role of Chairman in
pre-empting the Secretary's report on the Competitions. You should have
checked this with the Secretary before making a report which could have
been left to be included in the Newsletter along with other vie
For God's sake Colin! Malcolm's message came in on the Dartmouth list (as
did Julia's message that it adds to). So any publications by the Society are
irrelevant - not all of the list members get them or read them. Moreover,
the kind of bureaucratic procedure that you advocate is just the sort of
I see that you are already taking over the role of Chairman in
pre-empting the Secretary's report on the Competitions. You should have
checked this with the Secretary before making a report which could have
been left to be included in the Newsletter along with other views on
the Comps that othe
Dear Ian,
It seems that you have become another victim of the chrome or nickel
plated keys syndrome. What I mean by that is to do with the hardness of
the plating compared to the spring material which even if it is nickel
is much softer that the nickel deposited by plating.
If the bending of th
I am away from my office until October 22 and may not be able to respond to
your email until after that date. Thank you.
Honor Hill
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Ian Lawther wrote:
> One of the springs on my chanter has become very weak and is, I fear,
about to break. I have the choice of returning it to the maker for
respringing (a trans Atlantic posting job), getting a
Hi Ian
It comes to mind that if you could break off the original spring leaving the
rivet intact
then you could dress the underside of the rivet head square and fit a spring
with a "keyhole"
mounting hole.
The larger part could fit over the rivet head to slide the smaller round the
stem.
The
Very interesting stuff! You'd be locked up for giving that kind of lesson
nowadays. (Fifty years ago, I had a chemistry teacher who actually showed us
how to make various explosives. I think his attitude was that it was better
for us to do so under his supervision than experiment on our own.)
One
Quick chemistry lesson. The acidic "essence" of acids (hydoxonium ions)
are very poor attackers of natural materials. I used to demonstrate
this by pouring concentrated hydrochloric acid, fuming and pungent
straight from the bottle into my cupped hand and I'd leave it there for
30
Hello John,
I think with orchestral instrument pads the main issue is one of
consistency in industrial production. Additionally, leather will
always require more attention in fitting.
The important question with any new material is not only how well it
works but how long it will work. My
Ian,
If you don't want to send the key back to the maker, I suggest that you
look for a local maker/repairer of baroque woodwinds - specifically
baroque. Various baroque winds use the same kind of keys as the NSP and
someone who works with them may well have experience of fixing e
I think there is another aspect of this debate worth raising which is,
for want of a better word, aesthetics. It is a source of satisfaction
and pleasure that all of my chanters have at least one key padded with
some superb leather given to me by an ancient Italian shoe-maker
work
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