[NSP] Re: flat chanter in the middle
Hi Kevin I would agree with the detail of Philips advice. When the octaves are in tune with each other and the fifth is flat then the reed is too long. You need to shorten the reed by half millimetre cuts(or less) until the intervals are correct. I use a cut throat type razor for this, on an endgrain hardwood block ( boxwood). A heavy craft knife would do on some firm surface, but you have to be careful as you can give yourself a nasty cut if the slightest slip occurs. Tuning the chanter to proper pitch is a whole different ballgame! Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Kevin" To: "Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site" Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:20 PM Subject: [NSP] flat chanter in the middle Hi to All, Can anyone advice me on the tuning of my chanter to the drones. The top G and the bottom G are in tune with the drones but the middle notes especially the D is a fraction out of tune, a little flat. is this rectified by moving the reed, if so which way? or opening the reed or closing it? the chanter has been in tune in the past but since changing the reed i find these problems, it is either the top/bottom notes are out or the middle notes are outany advice? thanks kevin -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug
Anthony Robb said I've been reluctant to vote on this since our house is fighting back whilst we put in a new kitchen, downstairs loo and new wee studio. Anthony, I know older men can become obsessed with the toilet, but a wee studio? Dave To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Mr Dunk - Inspector of Public Nuisances
Thanks for that Julia. It helps to see the full ms and makes perfect sense. The music is at least arranged spacially the way I have suggested and the double length symbol in the last bar shows it to be a slowed finish, again as suggested. Writing music longhand is a slow and precise process. I have mistakes in my own handwriten manuscript books from the pre computer days and wonder how on earth did I miss that when I wrote it. I feel that Dunk was distracted before he finished the piece off with the playing symbols and sent it away unaware it was incomplete. We shall never know. It is a little clunky and overcomplicated in places and if it had survived in this form in the repertoire it would have changed in a generation or so anyhow. Also, Francis said I look forward to hearing Dave Shaw's recomposition of the piece. It's formatting, not recomposition. Cheers, Dave To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Mr Dunk - Inspector of Public Nuisances
Francis Wood said; I must say, I greatly prefer Gilbert Askew's re-working of this tune to the reworking of the abc below! Well you would, it has the familiarity of long association. What Dunk submitted in manuscript to the NPS was no scribble. Its appearance looks plausible and musically literate and >there's no doubt at all as to the intentions of its content. The problem is that it remains musical nonsense. I haven't seen the original ms, but in the abc of it the "traditional" tune form is immediately obvious. As I said , all that is missing is the punctuation. The question must therefore be why did Askew choose to re-write the tune or could he not see what should have been staring him in the face either. And Barry; I would like to hear an audio clip of your version. I for one do not read well enough to appraise your ABC I'll give it a run through on the pipes in the next day or two and try to record it. So far I've only played it from the abc file on the computer (melody assistant) as Rapper dancing at a very wet Rothbury festival has left little time available this weekend. I did run into Hamish Moore though who was playing bodhran with the Irish dancers band. Pipe makers on their days off eh? If I get it done I'll stick it on some web space and let you know. I'm not going down the utube route. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Mr Dunk - Inspector of Public Nuisances
Francis Wood wrote; I'm not convinced that this is anything else other than nonsense. It starts familiarly but then goes completely mad ( a brief allusion to 'Il est né, le Divin Enfant' creeps in) and goes all over the place. I agree, though . . . a very interesting character! Mr Dunk was heavily involved in the highbrow music scene He may have thought he was, but did the highbrow music scene agree? Well, the educated musicians of Dunks day tended to be snobbish and condescending towards "folk" music and musicians. We would do well to avoid that pitfall in return. Having looked at Dunks ms in abc then it does appear on the surface to have no merit. If however you realise that the thing has no musical punctuation at all then you have a way into the piece. His ms may have been a work in progress, and handed over with a few verbal instructions which were never passed down the line. Add normal form to it and bar 9 needs a first part repeat, with 10 for the second time thro. Same for bars 18 and 19. This left the end still confused but I realised that bars 26 abd 27 were the first time and 28 and 29 the last time thro, played slowly for a big finish. Probably you would play the piece 2As, 2Bs over with 2Cs to finish with a flourish. Here it is, amended. I hope it reads ok as melody leaves a lot of dross which I had to edit out. Pay more attention next time, because it works ok even if a little unfamiliar. Cheers, Dave X:Music edited by Dave Shaw T:Whin Shields on the Wall C:John L. Dunk Q:1/4=104 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G d2 |:B2G2 G2B2 |A2D2 D2D2 | G2G2 GABc |d3B d2g2 |e2c2 c2e2 | d2G2 G2AB |c2E2 E2FG |[1ABcd e2fg :|[2 decB ABGF |:G3E G2B2 |e2B2 B2e2 | d3A d2e2 |a2e2 e2f2 |g3e g2f2 | e2d2 c2B2 |A2d2 d2fd |[1A2d2 e2fg :|[2 a3g gfed |:B2G2 GABG |A2D2 D2EF | G2G2 GABc |d6 g2 |e2c2 c2de | d2G2 G2AB |[1c2B2 A2G2 |dedB GAGE :|[2 c3F Fd2G-|G3E G4 |] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Differences in Tradition
Hi all In respect of Kennedy Norths comments, I reeded up Tom Cloughs Reid pipes for Chris Ormstons recording sessions with Celtic music, way back when the Clough family still owned them. At that time the drone reeds were cane, some of them dyed black with ink. The finger holes on this chanter were deeply scalloped, but this appeared to be deliberate rather than wear. It makes the tone very sharp, and reduces the contained volume of air. I also reinstated a flea hole at the base of the chanter, and with two reeds provided, one for concert F and the other for sharp F the instrument proved itself formidably sharp and crisp with a very fast response. In the case with that set was what was obviously Cloughs prototype chanter for his 17 key design. The keys were all brazed up from brass rod and many of the holes adapted or moved with boot eyelets and piano key ivory inserts. A most interesting piece of piping history. I haven't heard of it since. I do have 2 Clough chanter reeds, one is almost small enough to run a modern G chanter, the other built on a Goose quill staple is large enough to be a concert F reed and seems capable of playing. I intend to try it in a Clough chanter in my care when there is time to repad and clean it. Brass drone reeds had their day, but I always found the tone unbearably harsh. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: even more on G and D
Hi Anthony Any idea what the E major reel was? It would be fun to give it a go. Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:36 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: even more on G and D On Tue, 17/5/11, inky-adrian wrote: Dear all, Who is this Allis thingy person? What are you on about, Anthony? E major..no! She can't do it-unless it's crap Adrian Hello Adrian I'm wonderting if you need to get out more? Alice Burn is a piper from Beal near Holy Island who has been studying music at St Mary's School Edinburgh and is gaining a good reputation among those lucky enough to hear her. She is at home both with the north Northumbrian tradition and modern approaches. For me she is rather special because her ego is in inverse cubic proportion to her talent. Believe me, neither she nor Catriona Macdonald do crap! Perhaps this might be a case of if the crap fits... Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch
I was under the impression that if cavities get carved inside a bore (not just pin-pricks of drill points) with the cavity around the sound hole area, it will reduce the pitch of that particular note to a slight extent in the bottom octave (and more so in the second octave, which is out of scope for NSP), so it may save a chanter fill and re-drill operation by "spooning" in the bore around the hole (let's say a bottom E that is too high). In an Irish chanter bore if you enlarge the bore round a tone hole, the first octave sharpens and the second octave flattens. Getting the right balance in the octaves is one of the great pleasures of making Irish chanters. I find the right balance when the second octave is a few cycles sharp of the first, so it will be in tune with the drones at the slighly higher pressure. Reids Irish chanters mostly seem made to a pitch about 7mm short of modern concert D at 582mm (approx),(15-20 cents sharp) but I have measured several made at an apparent pitch length 7mm longer than modern concert. So that would be 15-20cents flat of modern pitch. I don't think I' measured two the same. Hole positions, body lengths and bores are all different. John Dunns Irish chanters seem to show much more assured work. I think Reid must have had considerable hands on reed fudging skills and may have been able to reed his pipes, of both kinds, over an adequate range for his customers requirements. Just remember that concertinas were available from Wheatstones, right up to the 1950s, in five different pitches. Cheers Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: nsp on ebay & elsewhere
Hi Julia I believe that Soefirne was the trading name of Dave Evans and Christine Sheard, largely making Irish pipes in Shrewsbury. Dave retired in the last five years or so and sank(so to speak) all his money into a boat to sail round the Med. That would explain the Irish influence perhaps. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Musette drawings
Hi Bob If you meant a nine slide shuttle (I think it has 17 bores) then it sounds very like the drawings done by Robbie Greensitt , of the Musette in the Cocks collection at the pipes museum. I have a somewhat faded copy, but you can just see the graph paper squares in the background. It has a beautifully made concertina pleat bellows (pre dates concertina so another name may be appropriate) which I think was not drawn. I have made three bellows based on that, but it's a fearful lot of work! Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Bob Salter" To: Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:15 PM Subject: [NSP] Musette drawings I was trawling through an old folder, stuff I downloaded and scans of old books when I came across a fairly complete set of drawings of a musette. Where I got them is lost in the mists of time however I am curious how good they are. They are scans of drawings drawn on graph paper and include both chanters and keys and a nine bore shuttle. I have no reed data with them and no written text. Does this sound familiar to anyone and if so are they tried and tested or suspect. Are there any other musette drawings out there? If so I would be most interested in them. Is the C and B book ever going to be reprinted, indeed is it available in any form now? Cheers Bob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2673 - Release Date: 02/07/10 07:22:00
[NSP] Re: Pipe making
Are the C and B drone stocks still good to use or has anything changed? Also do all you makers use the same woode for the stocks as the rest of the pipes? Hi Bob C&B stocks are not bad. My own main is bored 1.5" and the ferrule is 42mm int diameter as I like a bit more room for my drones. I also put the tying in groove about half way down the body instead of at the end. The drones balance better. The others are OK but I would make the base of the blowpipe stock wider, so the bottom of the groove would measure say 30mm. It ties more securely and resists the stresses of blowing better. The chanter stock could be flared towards the inside to give the reed a bit more room. I use matching woods for the chanter and blowpipe stocks, but various others for the drone. Hard maple and Laburnum are two favourites but any wood that isn't too porous will do. Laburnum stained black with spirit dye is a good match for blackwood. These days I dry the drone stock blocks thoroughly in the microwave before boring and fitting. The drone ferrule will not come loose on a block treated this way. Its amazing how much water you can remove from wood you've had for years. Instruction can be had off the web, but I have no current references. Don't overheat the wood tho or the oven will get a funny smell and you won't be popular. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: bag shape
Hi again Whilst pondering if the old style stitching could be related to the production of wineskins, and tanning skins as a stitched up bag I found the following vid, how to make a wineskin. www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-wineskin It shows it being stitched apparently wet and turned inside out thro the neck. Interesting. Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: bag shape
Hi all I've just returned from teaching beginner smallpipes and Irish pipes at Glasgows Celtic connections festival. Whilst I am a big fan of the Tear drop bag for my own pipes, all my teaching pipes are on Dagg style sausage bags. For whatever reason these are easier to casually fit to more generously bosomed ladies. I also carry a box full of blowpipes ranging from one to six inches in length so that all my students can be comfortably accomodated in the pipes. Sometimes 2 or 3 have to be tried out during a days instruction as the student settles in. Regarding fitting a bag I try to get the following ; If the elbow is place back against a wall and the fingers bent at the middle joint measure from the wall to the end of the bent joint. I then make the distance from the middle of the blowpipe stock hole to the whipping on the chanter stock equal to that length or a centimetre or so longer. Usually this will give a very relaxed grip on the chanter for the left hand. All the best Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Respringing a key
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 spring could then be soft soldered in place, taking care to clean off all flux residues. This is not an approach I've actually used but in the circumstances it will probably work. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Ian Lawther" To: "nsp" Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:51 AM Subject: [NSP] Respringing a key 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 maker here in the US to do it (a couple of options - more if I consider other local folk woodwind makers) or trying to do it myself. In considering doing it myself I have "Cocks and Bryan" and Mike Nelson's website as guides but both are aimed at making keys not refitting them. Mine is chrome plated and I don't particularly want to drill through to put a new rivet in. How do people usually do itis it feasible to use the stub of the original rivet to mount the spring? Any thoughts and advice welcome Ian www.bagpipediscs.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2443 - Release Date: 10/17/09 13:08:00
[NSP] [NSP]website
Hi all I was sent the following link to a website in Japanese. [1]http://blog.arukikata.co.jp/tokuhain/glasgow/2009/09/post_76.html I know it will interest a few of you so I'm passing it on. My translation machinery did a fair job on it. Cheers, Dave [2]Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk -- References 1. http://blog.arukikata.co.jp/tokuhain/glasgow/2009/09/post_76.html 2. http://www.daveshaw.co.ukhttp//blog.arukikata.co.jp/tokuhain/glasgow/2009/09/post_76.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: GUTS?
"Among traditional musicians nothing is so noticeable as the absence of uniformity of style or system" Captain Francis O'Niell, Irish Folk Music: A fascinating Hobby, 1910. Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: what do pipemakers do on their day off?
Is this as dangerous as it looks? Not really, although it can take something of a toll on the hands. I had my left first finger main joint ripped wide open when a sword jammed on a nail in the stage at Durham Miners Gala during the jump figure. I still finished the dance but the others weren't too happy about the blood spattered all over their white shirts. There is also a certain excitement when a sword breaks , which happens with a sharp crack and no prior warning. Strangely this doesn't happen when the swords are under maximum stress, but afterwards in a less stressful part of a figure. Tho in the present context it's probably safer than admitting to liking KT ;-) I've always got on well with Kathryn and still get a hug and a kiss when we meet. It doesn't mean I feel I have to like everything she plays tho'. All the best, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] what do pipemakers do on their day off?
I noticed the following on you tube, [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA3_MHwzZc I'm dancing number four (with the long hair). A little take on the traditional in my lifestyle . Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles [2]www.daveshaw.co.uk -- References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA3_MHwzZc 2. http://www.daveshaw.co.uk/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: What oil to use?
Wail oil might be appropriate. Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Francis Wood" To: "pipers list" Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:50 AM Subject: [NSP] What oil to use? Can anybody suggest a suitable oil to pour on these troubled waters? Ideally, it should be capable of spreading evenly and fairly as well as making the tone of everything seem much brighter. Should lubricate roughened areas. Capable of curing squeaks as well as growls, howls and other distressing noises. Must be totally non-imflammable. Non-oxidising would be nice too. Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.37/2131 - Release Date: 05/24/09 07:09:00
[NSP] Re: NPS President
I would like to support the views of Ann Sessoms and Francis wood as they reflect my own but are so much more eloquently put. There seems to be an orchestrated Gadarene rush towards what is essentially a vote of no confidence in the elected committee. Where will it all end if they take the hump and resign en masse? Dave Shaw Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: "Fenwick" tutors
Hi Julia, Tunes in '74 edition of Fenwick are as Edition 1 below. For anyone interested, a PDF of the '31 edition owned by Bill Hedworth can be found here; http://www.jaydax.co.uk/northumbrianpipes/ Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: To: ; "Matt Seattle" Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: "Fenwick" tutors On 29 Apr 2009, Matt Seattle wrote: is it not the case that the Fenwick tutor (which I can't check because I don't have it) has respectably traditional sets of the Holy Halfpenny and Felton Lonnen variations? Edition 1 has Coquetside as in N. Minstrelsy, Holey Ha'penny (as in NPS1 - copied from the tutor, presumably), Jackey Layto (ditto), The Barrington Hornpipe (so possibly Fenwick had direct contact with Thomas Todd?). Felton Lonnen is also as reproduced in NPS1. Bonny Pit Laddie is (significantly) in D and is marked "from Mr Thompson's collection", and with a note that he was the organist of St. Nicholas 1797-1834. Apart from that there's just a couple of exercises. IIRC these differ from previous written sources but have a close relationship to the Clough versions, which indicates that Fenwick was not at all out of touch with the tradition, Well, I've only just made the possible connection with Thomas Todd, but if Fenwick was Todd's pupil then yes, obviously that puts him close to the mainstream of the time. The Minstrelsy editors, on the other hand, appear to have had no contact with or understanding of the piping tradition, Dr. Bruce had contact through his lectures but appears to have had a very patronising attitude to the working man & his abilities. I have deep suspicions of both his and Stokoe's musical competence, as I'm sure Matt has. There are no tunes in the 1931 Cocks & Askew edition. I don't have the 1974 one to hand but am assuming that as most of the tunes appear in NPS1 (1970), they were not reproduced. Can anyone confirm this? Tommy Breckons told me that all the Clough exercises were contained within four tunes (Jackey Layton & Felton Lonnen included above plus Nae guid luck and Fenwick o Bywell) so there is significant practice material there - but which was omitted in both C20 editions. 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.7/2085 - Release Date: 04/28/09 18:02:00
[NSP] Re: nps
Hi all, I seem to be missing out on some of the posts on this subject. However, futher to the Fenwick gracing advice I've checked the 1931 reprint as well as my 1974 edition and it has the following words below the section on stacccato; "The learner should note that the staccato style of playing should not be overdone. Excessive cutting of the notes though at times lending a meretricious brilliance to a performance, is not in accordance with good small-pipe style" It is interesting that this was left out of the '74 reprint. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: nps
Hi all, I've just come back from a fine w/e of Cuban salsa to find the NSP box whingeing and groaning as usual. So it is that I'm a little late in the argument. Adrian wishes to use the Fenwick tutor as his bible to prove that only plain closed fingering is admissible. Between the music reading and tunes section of this book, however, there is written the following: (see) http://www.daveshaw.co.uk/Fenwick/ To me this is a categorical endorsement of all forms of musical embellishment. It also shows that staccato playing has to be specifically shown in the music. We did cover all this ground in the same way a few years ago. At that time the separatist group was the "Northumbrian session club" if I remember correctly. Where did that go? The older styles of playing dance music formed when there was no P/A to pump up the volume. The use of silence and space in a tune is very important to convey the rhythm to the dancers. It makes for a spartan but very effective musical form. I like to be able to hear the dancers above the sound system otherwise I'm not really playing for them. In the pub, however, in a session with other musicians I will play the same tunes quite differently if I choose as the rules are not the same. On a different tack, the child prodigy is going to come and see me with a view to being supplied chanter reeds. I shall, as usual, be able to form my own opinion. Please enjoy your own piping in your own way. Anthony, I've enjoyed your contributions so stick around. Bye Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: NHMS
Hi all. Noel Jackson is the current chair of th NMHS. I do not now hold an official position there. As Adrian is in receipt of unsolicited goods then he could I suppose keep or return them as he sees fit. I suspect a letter to Lance would be the best way to nip it in the bud. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw Maker of Northumbrian Smallpipes, Scottish Smallpipes, Shuttlepipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adrian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:06 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: NHMS > On 15 Jun 2008, Adrian wrote: > > > 2 days ago I received a package from the Northumbrian Musical Heritage > > Society . I do not wish > > to correspond with LR or become part of anything to do with him. > > Dear Adrian > > I believe Dave Shaw is the current chairman of the NMHS. I would > suggest you return the package to him, or get in touch with him about > it. > > I hope this helps > > Julia Say > NPS Hon. Sec. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[NSP] Re: NSP Low E key squeak problems
You should check that the reed isn't loose in its socket.A slight leak there is a first class speaker. Also check that the reed isn't touching the inside of the stock ever so slightly. Another check you could make is for foreign bodies under the upper keys. I once got a piece of bag fluff under my top B key (stuck on the oil) and it was very difficult to spot and so cure the squeaking. Apart from all the other advice you've had the reed may have cracked or ingested debris from the bag. Good luck, Dave Dave Shaw Maker of Northumbrian Smallpipes, Scottish Smallpipes, Shuttlepipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
