[NSP] Re: Wannies Boxing Day session

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Sharp
Merry Christmas John, Very good, sir. The question some of the troopers have here, sir, is, when do we get into The Bigg Market Lasses? While I will certainly defer to the authority of Major Misunderstanding, I believe I can answer this question. This occurs after the session has retired

[NSP] Re: Extended chanter key positions

2007-11-01 Thread Mike Sharp
Gibbons, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even 8 pipers using conventional pipes could play the Peacock plain chanter tunes that way. Meggy's Foot might be fun ..but could they do it in tune? Recall the old joke about how one gets two bagpipes in tune. :-) --Mike -- To get on or

[NSP] George Atkinson recordings

2008-09-16 Thread Mike Sharp
From: Francis Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] You mentioned George Atkinson as a good exponent of that style. I have heard only the three tracks on the Wild Hills O'Wannie LP. I like them a lot. Are there other recordings of him? There are a two recordings of him on FARNE. (

[NSP] Re: George Atkinson recordings

2008-09-16 Thread Mike Sharp
After posting I noticed that I could only play the second recording. The first seems to be missing or incorrectly linked. --Mike - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:51:43 AM

[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread Mike Sharp
...The test was to see how rapidly they could keep tapping their index fingers... The test they are afraid to do is to see how rapidly you can tap your ring fingers without moving any other finger. :-) --Mike -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[NSP] Re: NSP and pop music

2008-12-03 Thread Mike Sharp
album [3]Ten Summoner's Tales --Mike Sharp Bagpipes Reeding fettling NSPs and SSPs __ From: Steve Bliven [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List - NSP nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 11:40:05

[NSP] Re: Rothbury 1990 CDs

2009-03-17 Thread Mike Sharp
I dug a bit further and found the web site intended for individual donations to Red Nose Day. They'll accept PayPal and credit cards. https://donate.comicrelief.com/donation/ --Mike - Original Message From: Ian Lawther irlawt...@comcast.net ... Those outside the UK can donate

[NSP] Re: Painting on ebay

2010-09-07 Thread Mike Sharp
...or maybe pastoral pipes? They've always had this style of chanter tie-in. --Mike __ From: Richard Shuttleworth rshuttlewo...@sympatico.ca To: julia@nspipes.co.uk; Ian Lawther irlawt...@comcast.net Cc:

[NSP] Re: NSP spotted on ebay UK

2012-02-15 Thread Mike Sharp
Colin Hill writes: I saw a distinct Hedworth look in the chanter but note it's brass fittings. He, I think, used NS (he did on mine) and there's more ivory on this one. I pretty sure this isn't Bill Hedworth's work. I don't see his distinctive rolled (crimped) line that he used