Sadly Julian, the link you have posted requires a password.
Barry
On 11/22/2012 02:53 PM, Julian Templeman wrote:
I have a set of shuttle pipes that are surplus to requirements. The
shuttle drones are by Dave Shaw (see
http://www.daveshaw.co.uk/Shuttle_Pipes/_shuttle_pipes.html) and they
have
Oh that is really sad. I will do what I can for next year. It will
depend on where I am. About all I can be sure of is that I will be overseas.
Just as an encouragement to others; for all the possible short falls of
a competitive situation, the benefits of putting in the preparations for
these
On 21 Oct 2012, Helen wrote:
Oh that is really sad. I will do what I can for next year. It will
depend on where I am. About all I can be sure of is that I will be overseas.
Just as an encouragement to others; for all the possible short falls of
a competitive situation, the benefits of
That's a great shame the so many had no entries this year - especially
the overseas players. Hopefully things will pick up again.
Colin Hill
On 20/10/2012 18:24, Julia Say wrote:
I have posted the results of these on the NPS forum at:
One of the problems with the NSP forum is that there seems to be no
addressing of well discussed problems. The stuff is spread over too
many sub forums some of which are just vanity areas for a couple of
people to bang on about stuff that interests only them.
I understand that
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 14:14
Subject: [NSP] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
Thanks Matt, Anthony, John and Kevin for your thoughts on these tunes.
I will try the ideas you guys have suggested and I guess go with what
works best for me.
I guess it a matter
Well, somewhere along the line I totally missed the fact that there even
was a forum!
Thanks for bringing the subject up again, I've registered now.
Colin Hill
On 17/08/2012 12:04, Matt Seattle wrote:
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Bilbo Hill [1]bilbo_h...@email.com
wrote:
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Matt
Seattle [theborderpi...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 17 August 2012 12:04
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: facebook and the forum
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Bilbo Hill [1]bilbo_h...@email.com
wrote:
The stuff
Gibbons, John wrote:
The trouble is - all us monomaniacs followed the Forum, and nobody joined us.
Are they trying to tell us something?
'Here's a lovely forum to have your discussions in', then they tiptoe away
quietly and have a great party somewhere else.
John
Yes, John, a very good
--
From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:32 PM
To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
On 15 Aug 2012, Matt Seattle wrote:
And neither does playing Cuckold
If I have the right one (and that's far from certain as I don't
understand facebook at all) it's
http://www.facebook.com/groups/131491660229952/
at least that's what's on the URL bit at the top of the page.
Colin Hill
On 16/08/2012 19:44, Richard Evans wrote:
Barry Say wrote:
More happens
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Anthony Robb
[1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote:
Here is what Forster Charlton, Colin Ross and Roland Wright put
in the
introduction to the second edition to the NPS 1st Tune Book:
Small Coals and Little Money and Cuckold Come Out
, and certainly doesn't sound nasty, which is the only sound argument
against any musical idea.
John
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Matt Seattle
Sent: 15 August 2012 11:28
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re
On 15 Aug 2012, Matt Seattle wrote:
And neither does playing Cuckold or Peacock on NSP against A drones
sound nasty, but it does miss a lot of the musical effect of these
tunes, the contrasting minor/major strains
Coincidentally (yes, really) I spent part of this afternoon playing
To my ear the best thing about the Peacock with Gg drones is the
prominent clashing f#, which resolves to a d; it is a strongly
emphasised note in the 'C major' strains. BP would have a high g nat
here instead but Peacock was stuck with f# on NSP and seems to have
gloried in it.
Hello Derek'
In a way you've answered your own question.
G D drones would presumably have been used originally for these tunes
as they probably precede the development of tuning beads but they don't
sound right to many people.
Here is what Forster Charlton, Colin Ross and
What is this email about? Doesn't seem to have anything to do with
Piping.
Marianne.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:36:20 -0400
To: barne...@gmail.com; edt1...@cox.net;
carol...@ticklehallcross.co.uk; pbtand...@gmail.com;
nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; amca...@cox.net;
Quite simply, it's spam. This particular email appears to be doing the
rounds at the moment on many groups including Google and Yahoo.
Someone, somewhere, has had their address book hacked.
Any mail like this should be deleted and not opened. I doubt anyone in a
group would send a link with no
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
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
]
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
It says The Late Duke of Windsor and I always assumed this was the former
Edward VIII who succeeded to the throne in 1936, abdicated so he could marry
Wallace Simpson, and died in 1972 after spending the rest of his life in
France. According to Wikipedia, the title Duke of Windsor was created
The Late Duke of Windsor was quite proud of the fact that he could play
the Highland Pipes. Although since Victoria and Albert fell in love
with the Highlands and bought Balmoral, there had always been a piper
who woke them up every morning, in their day it was definitely an NCO
job. When the
Not our pipes, but has anyone else seen this morning's Scotsman?
[1]http://www.scotsman.com/news/pipes-play-music-of-love-for-edinbur
gh-zoo-pandas-1-2209167#
An excellent April fool, and obviously written by someone who knows
something about the subject
--
References
1,042,012 Naira? That's 3/4d isn't it?
Wait for the next edition Rare panda commits suicide in zoo
Colin Hill
On 01/04/2012 16:45, Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote:
And is this an opportunity to do a kindness to the victims of political
violence, by allowing your bank account to assist the widow of a
I don't know of any recordings played at proper rapper speed but you
might not want to start there anyway! One thought might be to look for
some rapper videos on youtube and capture the sound to your computer.
Ian
DEREK LOFTHOUSE wrote:
This is a little off topic, but i am looking for a
On 7 Mar 2012, Gibbons, John wrote:
Bruce was one of the 2 editors of the Northumbrian Minstrelsy, though Stokoe
was the
main editor for the tunes. Both were not ideal - but many of the earlier
Ancient
Melodies Committee, particularly William Kell,
Last week I went through the Ancient
On 6 Mar 2012, Matthew Boris wrote:
The life and letters of John
Collingwood Bruce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Just though this may be of interest to other folks interested in
history. . Hope someone else might enjoy this as well.
If that's the one written by his son, it's one of
I once wondered if the ballad fits the tune - can you sing it in 9/4?
The answer is a tentative yes... But it isn't as obvious as I'd like.
I have not checked every verse.
The ballad seems to be a local analogue of a Robin Hood one, with
Carlisle for Nottingham etc,
Adam a
If anyone wants the dots of the Dixon version, they're in 'The Master
Piper', available from NPS. If they need to transcribe it into G before
playing it that will be a useful exercise.
See the credit for the photo of the Edinburgh pub sign 'Jingling
Geordie' which appears with the
: [NSP] Re: March 2012 TOTM: Adam a Bell selected by Julia Say
If anyone wants the dots of the Dixon version, they're in 'The Master
Piper', available from NPS. If they need to transcribe it into G before
playing it that will be a useful exercise.
See the credit for the photo
Sorry about the spelling. ;-)
Wouldn't anyone somewhat familiar with the tradition assume Dixon's
collection to be smallpipe tunes just by perusing the table of
contents? It's after reading your insightful text, Matt, that one sees
the connection to Border pipes. Your proof
-Original Message-
From: brimor bri...@aol.com
To: theborderpiper theborderpi...@googlemail.com
Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 3:48 pm
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: March 2012 TOTM: Adam a Bell selected by Julia Say
It certainly is also useful to read in G and play in F, if you are a fiddler
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:46 PM, John Dally [1]dir...@gmail.com
wrote:
Sorry about the spelling. ;-)
Wouldn't anyone somewhat familiar with the tradition assume Dixon's
collection to be smallpipe tunes just by perusing the table of
contents?
From the titles, yes, but not
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Gibbons,
John [1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk wrote:
There is also the question of what did Dixon intend by his blank key
signature?
Did it mean 'this tune is in Gmix/Cmajor or Adorian'?
Or did it mean, as with Highland pipe music,
'I
From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on
behalf of Matt Seattle [[4]theborderpi...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 29 February 2012 23:01
To: Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: March 2012 TOTM: Adam a Bell selected by Julia
Say
On Wed
Hi All,
The ivorycould possibly be walrus. Goeff Wooff used old walrus pieces
that I think he bought in NZ years ago in the limited number of sets
of pipes that he made. Then again am happy to be proven wrong!!
Regards,
Guy T
--- On Wed, 15/2/12, John Dally
A lot of the ivory actually came from old billiard and snooker balls as
well and a lot of of them (and other ivory work) came from mammoth tusks
from Russia. Europeans used ivory mainly for piano keys and cutlery handles!
I remember being advised to look out for them to make some bits for the
If that recent footage of a mammoth-shaped object fording a river in
Chukhotka in the Russian Far East turns out not to have been faked,
then presumably the species goes on the CITES list pretty sharpish, and
carrying smallpipes across borders gets harder...
John
In a
From: Mike Sharp mike_sh...@pacbell.net
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 22:28
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP spotted on ebay UK
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
I didn't look at the larger images :(
Quite different and, as you say, especially the keys. Bill's are a work
of art in themselves. Should really have looked at my own set before
replying.
The only other chanters I have seen (and not that many) have been rather
heavy and thick which made me
First of all, I must apologise to Anthony for sending my first reply to
him rather than the list. This was a finger slip.
What I wrote was:
As far as I can see, these pipes bear none of the features I would
expect in Hedworth pipes. In particular,
Anthony Robb wrote:
His style is
On 15/02/2012 16:23, John Dally wrote:
[1]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Northumbrian-Smallpipes-/120858672456?pt=UK_
Woodwind_Instrumentshash=item1c23bcfd48
Can anyone identify the maker?
I am not associated with the sale or interested in bidding on them.
Just curious.
Doh! I did reply but sent it to the original sender instead of well
you know the rest.
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 always thought of Bill's as very neat and slim so
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
Gets the approval of the grumpy old Border pipers on their lunch break
Matt Bill
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Anthony Robb
[1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote:
Hello all,
Here's my offering.
[1][2]http://youtu.be/sfiCRPct9vQ
Warmest best
Anthony
And this one too - though the lunch break hasn't yet started, alas
John
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Matt Seattle
Sent: 09 February 2012 12:18
To: Anthony Robb
Cc: DartmouthNPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: TOTM
Gets
Great choice. Thanks Anthony.
On 2/1/12, Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com wrote:
Hello All,
John Dally has kindly invited me to choose the TOTM for February and it is:
The Keelman Ower Land
This tune has been a favourite since 1973 when (according to Johnny
Handle) Carole
Hi John,
That sounds like a great proposal, brilliant learning possibilities and
history background too
Super
Dave S
On 12/14/2011 9:40 AM, John Dally wrote:
How would the group feel if we changed the present tune/topic/theme
selection process? There must be better ways to make the choice
On 8 Dec 2011, Julia Say wrote:
This is an untitled Kathryn T composition.
Thank you to the various people who responded offlist. I now know that the
title
is Andy's Slip Jig, but whether I can get a stop press change in the book I
don't
know - the printers have gone home.
Julia
To
A puzzle - are there any ethnoorganologists out there who can identify the
thing?
John
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of John
Dally [dir...@gmail.com]
Sent: 06 December 2011 22:29
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] ebay
I just told them that it was not a Northumbrian bagpipe, just a European
one.
The box for typing in the reasons doesn't allow many letters.
Certainly does look like something maybe from Spanish-influenced areas
like Morocco or that area (they have smaller single drones, in general).
Wouldn't
I have reported this to ebay as a misleading title.
If others wish to do so this might not be a bad idea.
I have not yet been able to tell them what is wrong, it is a rather
tick-box approach, but I will see what happens.
Barry
John Dally wrote:
Some sort of euro-pipe, very expensive for
To: cwhill cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2011, 18:26
Subject: [NSP] Re: 4mm or 6mm staples
Colin's interesting account of making staples from sheet metal is a
very good reminder that this was the staple [pun
Hello Kevin
First off, I'm assuming you mean tube and not rod? I follow Mike
Nelson's advice on this and use model aircraft aluminium fuel tubing
- 4mm internal, 4.75mm external diameters.
This is very easily cut to length with a large scalpel/sharp Stanley
knife ( simply roll it
Anthony Robb wrote:
- 4mm internal, 4.75mm external diameters.
That is as near as d*mn*t 5/32 id and 3/16 od which is the size of
brass tube I use. So no argument there.
Personally, I suspect this fuel tube originates in the US where,
thankfully, the traditional sizes are alive and
Colin's interesting account of making staples from sheet metal is a very good
reminder that this was the staple [pun unavoidable] method of making staples
for historical reeds - they generally relied on the binding to keep them
airtight.
No reason why that shouldn't work perfectly well today,
The obvious topic is tunes with a reference to the season (winter,
soltice, Christmas, Hogmany, New Year). I suggest we pick a tune we
all want to play and then combine it with one or more other tunes,
as
suggested by Barry Say.
Here's one we prepared earlier, John, I
2011 13:54
To: Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: December TOTM
The obvious topic is tunes with a reference to the season (winter,
soltice, Christmas, Hogmany, New Year). I suggest we pick a tune we
all want to play and then combine it with one or more other tunes
Yes!
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:41 PM
To: Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site
Subject: [NSP] Re: flat chanter in the middle
Hello Kevin and all
I noticed
Thanks for the link -- time in 1h12'ish to 1h33 on the one I played
Dave S
On 11/18/2011 11:44 AM, Di Jevons wrote:
A fiddler friend of mine has sent me a BBC iplayer link to a Radio
Scotland programme Travelling Folk featuring Chris Stout from Fiddlers
Bid.
Also on the same
Hello Kevin and all
I noticed this in Kevin's email:
...so i closed the G hole with glue at one side until it was in tune.
I'm wondering why you put the glue at one side rather than the top?
Putting glue at the side will flatten the note by making the hole
smaller but this
...@daveshaw.co.uk
To: Kevin tilb...@yahoo.com; Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site
nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 10:16
Subject: [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
have!
John
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Kevin
[tilb...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 16 November 2011 08:57
To: Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site
Subject: [NSP] Re: flat chanter in the middle
Many thanks to all who wrote
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
that a reed that
is TOO strong in the sides will squeak more easily on the low notes.
Philip
From: Gibbons, John j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk
To: NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 10:32 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: flat chanter in the middle
Kevin
If it is a 7-key
Hi Kevin
Do you know what pitch you are tuning at. Is it the same as before?
Do you know what pressure you're playing at. Is it the same as before?
You could have a reed which naturally gives a flatter d .
My guess would be to open the reed a fraction and increase your playing
pressure
'Our Kate' can be found on be [1]JC's ABC Tune Finder and
[2]www.thesession.org.
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On 11 Nov 2011, Geoff Jones wrote:
'Our Kate' can be found on be JC's ABC Tune
Finder
Thanks, Geoff. Stupidly, I assumed that because it is still in copyright
(obviously) it would not be on such sites.
I'll hijack it from there and get it checked.
Julia
To get on or off this list see
I now have several copies in two different keys and am getting them checked by
the
composer.
Thanks, one and all.
Julia
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Nice playing, John. I have tried fading out with my pipes for years but never
succeeded!
Michael
- Original Message -
From: John Dally dir...@gmail.com
To: NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 7:53:19 PM
Subject: [NSP] triple hornpipes
This is a follow up to
It's a great set - Glen Aln is a grand tune that deserves more outings, and
itgoes well into the Marquis of Lorne; the Redesdale rounds the set off nicely.
I liked the snaps here and there in the Marquis and the Redesdale.
John
From:
Original Message
From: allerwa...@hotmail.com
Date:
02/10/2011 12:23
To: marianne.h...@tinyworld.co.uk, Guy Hallguy.
h...@tinyworld.co.uk
Subj: FW: Piping videos
Date: Sun, 25
Sep 2011 13:13:34 +0100
From: timr...@btinternet.com
Subject: Piping
videos
To: allerwa...@hotmail.com
Very nice Anthony! The pipes sound great and there's some fine phrasing
in the playing.
For a relatively different aesthetic, and a different reading of the
word 'hornpipe', see All The Night I Lay With Jackey In My Arms, the
middle tune of this duet set
Thanks for keeping this going.
We could try anything by Billy Pigg?
I could be beastly and suggest 'Billsmoor',
but 'Raylees' is perhaps more user-friendly, and deserves more airtime.
Another argument for this is that we haven't done any hornpipes yet, either.
John
On 24 Sep 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
I could be beastly and suggest 'Billsmoor',
giggle
but 'Raylees' is perhaps more user-friendly, and deserves more airtime.
And there's a piper there once more, albeit in a barn conversion not the
farmhouse
itself.
But John D's folio idea is also
: 24 September 2011 12:01
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: October TOTM suggestions?
On 24 Sep 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
I could be beastly and suggest 'Billsmoor',
giggle
but 'Raylees' is perhaps more user-friendly, and deserves more airtime.
And there's a piper there once more
Good result, Anthony!
This lovely item can be heard for the next 6 days at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014fj7j
Emily and Alice's slot is at 1.09
Francis
On 13 Sep 2011, at 22:58, Anthony Robb wrote:
Some might be interested to know I sent a couple of tracks
recorded recently
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Richard
(Puzzled in Quebec)
- Original Message -
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Alice Burn Emily Hoile
On 16 Sep 2011, at 13:18, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Richard
(Puzzled in Quebec)
Because that is the first item on in the programme.
For Alice and Emily go to 1.09 (hours and minutes).
Good luck
Francis
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On 16 Sep 2011, at 13:18, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Richard
(Puzzled in Quebec)
Because that is the first item on in the programme.
For Alice and Emily go to 1.09 (hours and minutes).
Good luck
Francis
Ah, I was thinking minutes and seconds not hours
I agree, and the playing great, I hope it continues to reach new heights
and directions for NSP. As was said, it is a chamber instrument ---
Dave S
On 9/16/2011 2:47 PM, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
On 16 Sep 2011, at 13:18, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 5:07 am
Subject: [NSP] Re: Alice Burn Emily Hoile
Good result, Anthony!
This lovely item can be heard for the next 6 days at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014fj7j
Emily and Alice's slot is at 1.09
Francis
I had thought the ban was due to crop failures after Laki erupted
catastrophically -
but Napoleon is a likelier culprit with this date, 10 years after it quieted
down again.
John
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of
, researched
and arranged by Serge Hovey. A deeply moving experience. It's now available
on DVD. See it.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Rob Say
Sent: 13 September 2011 19:43
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re
Thanks, all, for the many interesting and informative responses!
Francis
On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:54, Francis Wood wrote:
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in the Gow
5th collection states:
This tune alludes to prohibiting the making of Whisky in 1799.
It is
Hello Francis
Can't help on that front but I'm told Jack Armstrong would launch into
that tune when his glass was empty.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 13/9/11, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Farewell to
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Francis Wood
[1]oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
Can anyone provide anything more specific about the relevant
circumstances in 1799 - 1801?
Sorry, Francis, no. I do know about Matt Seattle's Farewell to Whisky,
but it is not relevant here as
As an aside, my wife found long ago that they go well together as a
sequenced pair with a story to tell, on small harp!
Richard.
On 13/09/2011 17:54, Francis Wood wrote:
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in the Gow
5th collection states:
This tune alludes
Hi Francis - I looked in to this one a while back for some track notes -
here's a summary
My understanding is that comment is attributed to Nathaniel and is in
the published collection of 1819 (The Beauties of Gow).
( Interestingly the fiddler's companion has words from 1804:
My powers of Google are strong this evening:
Agricultural Returns and the Government during the Napoleonic Wars
http://www.bahs.org.uk/01n1a5.pdf
describes wet seasons, harvest failures, and the government reimposing
restrictions on the use of grain. There's also in depth analysis of the
large
On 13 Sep 2011, Rob Say wrote:
This book on the haggis:
http://www.avrf23.dsl.pipex.com/The%20Haggis%20TYPESET%2016%20feb-2.pdf
Both references grain prices and crop failures for the period:
1790s Harvest Failure, 1799 Price of corn was more than double the
level of the 1790s, Harvest
Ian Lawther wrote:
I was playing through Tom Clough's Bobby Shaftoe this evening and
realized that the 6th part is identical in pattern to the 4th part
of the highland pipe march The Barren Rocks of Aden (P/M A MacKeller
c. 1843).
A very interesting observation, Ian!
Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant?
Francis
On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote:
I wonder when someone will develop the double action bellows - one to inflate
the pipes, another to fit a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think
about it could look
On 9 Sep 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant?
On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote:
t a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think about it
could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long open ended
Ever had one of those moments when you realize you've been working in
the wrong direction all along? I've been working hard so that my
piping would NOT suck.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Julia Say [1]julia@nspipes.co.uk
wrote:
On 9 Sep 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
the
streaming eyes and waterfall nose generated by the Northumbrian
grassland on that day entirely surpassed all my previous experience.
Horrible isn't it? and it's not just (Northumbrian) grassland. I used to suffer
from dustmites all year round until a suitable treatment was found.
Enough
On 08/09/2011 10:07, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
I used to suffer from dustmites all year round until a suitable treatment was
found.
I wonder when someone will develop the double action bellows - one to
inflate the pipes, another to fit a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if
you
Would we get round to organising them, though, Julia?
Happy diverting-from-whatever-you're-supposed-to-be-doing :)
Richard.
On 08/09/2011 11:17, Julia Say wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011, Richard York wrote:
Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking
diversionary
gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
The inspiration develops from the next day onwards but is relieved with
antihistamines
My first major hay-fever attack came on a school trip to Chesters fort.
Although I had been a sniffely and sneezy youth up to that point, the
streaming eyes and
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