[NSP] Question
Thank you for accepting me on the mailing list Wayne! Have one question: How do I find out where I can see a Northumbrian Smallpipe specifically made by my great-great grandfather Robert Hall of Hedgeley, Powburn, Alnwick, NBL? He made very unique handcrafted ones, (year about 1840s or 1850's) and I'm very curious if any exist in today's world - possibly in a museum??? Can anyone guide me in some sort of direction how I find out about this. I would appreciate any info on this. These Northumbrian small pipes are really beautiful and I watched a youtube video of a gal playing one; the song was so beautiful and sweet and cheerful and warmed my heart. Loved it! Sincerely, Jenny To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Hi Jenny - there's a set attributed to Robert or James Hall in Edinburgh: http://hdl.handle.net/10683/17806 (James was Robert's son and was also piper to the Duke about 100 years ago) I don't know what EUCHMI is or whether the collection is viewable I used to be able to search the Northumberland museum service archives but I can't seem to get to it anymore. Someone will no doubt be along shortly with a list of any Hall pipes in the Bagpipe museum in Morpeth (BTW - there's more traffic elsewhere these days: http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/ ) cheers Rob Quoting IMPERIAL GLASS ALUMINUM LTD. jenh...@shaw.ca: Thank you for accepting me on the mailing list Wayne! Have one question: How do I find out where I can see a Northumbrian Smallpipe specifically made by my great-great grandfather Robert Hall of Hedgeley, Powburn, Alnwick, NBL? He made very unique handcrafted ones, (year about 1840s or 1850's) and I'm very curious if any exist in today's world - possibly in a museum??? Can anyone guide me in some sort of direction how I find out about this. I would appreciate any info on this. These Northumbrian small pipes are really beautiful and I watched a youtube video of a gal playing one; the song was so beautiful and sweet and cheerful and warmed my heart. Loved it! Sincerely, Jenny To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Question
On 14 Jun 2012, rob@milecastle27.co.uk wrote: Hi Jenny - there's a set attributed to Robert or James Hall in Edinburgh: Someone will no doubt be along shortly with a list of any Hall pipes in the Bagpipe museum in Morpeth There are about 10 Hall sets known of in total. 2 at least I believe are in private hands, with the families of those who bought them from the makers. Others are still with immediate family. There is an article about the pipemaking Halls in a back issue of the NPS magazine (about 12 years ago?), written in co-operation with local descendants. If the one in Edinburgh to which Rob refers is ivory and a relatively recent acquisition, then it changed hands at least twice before it got there. I'm not sure offhand if there is one at the Chantry museum in Morpeth, but I think it highly likely. The best person to ask might be Dr. Graham Wells who recently completed a thesis on historical Northumbrian smallpipes. Although the Halls were not the immediate focus of his attention, I suspect he would know better than most folk where the sets are. I hope this helps Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Rob, The Woodhorn pictures are still visible, but I could not link to the search engine either. Off to the day job John From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of rob@milecastle27.co.uk [rob@milecastle27.co.uk] Sent: 14 June 2012 08:35 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Question Hi Jenny - there's a set attributed to Robert or James Hall in Edinburgh: http://hdl.handle.net/10683/17806 (James was Robert's son and was also piper to the Duke about 100 years ago) I don't know what EUCHMI is or whether the collection is viewable I used to be able to search the Northumberland museum service archives but I can't seem to get to it anymore. Someone will no doubt be along shortly with a list of any Hall pipes in the Bagpipe museum in Morpeth (BTW - there's more traffic elsewhere these days: http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/ ) cheers Rob Quoting IMPERIAL GLASS ALUMINUM LTD. jenh...@shaw.ca: Thank you for accepting me on the mailing list Wayne! Have one question: How do I find out where I can see a Northumbrian Smallpipe specifically made by my great-great grandfather Robert Hall of Hedgeley, Powburn, Alnwick, NBL? He made very unique handcrafted ones, (year about 1840s or 1850's) and I'm very curious if any exist in today's world - possibly in a museum??? Can anyone guide me in some sort of direction how I find out about this. I would appreciate any info on this. These Northumbrian small pipes are really beautiful and I watched a youtube video of a gal playing one; the song was so beautiful and sweet and cheerful and warmed my heart. Loved it! Sincerely, Jenny To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
