[NSP] Re: G sets

2007-05-30 Thread Stephen Collins
Just my 2 penn'orth (with apologies for any points remade) ... More so than Dru, I even have difficulty sealing the holes of the regular F#ish chanter I had made for club sessions. Thus, I'm effectively limited to my fully chromatic 2 octave 'hedgehog' D chanter at present. However, similarly

[NSP] Re: G sets

2007-05-30 Thread Gibbons, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2007 11:11 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: G sets Just my 2 penn'orth (with apologies for any points remade) ... More so than Dru, I even have difficulty sealing the holes of the regular F#ish chanter I had made for club sessions. Thus, I'm

[NSP] Re: G sets

2007-05-30 Thread Ross Anderson
Someone who played in our ceilidh band had a wind synth, which will do what you want. Think of it as an electric clarinet, with thumb switches to select octave, change key, and make individual notes sharp or flat. The processor has switches that let you select flute, clarinet, bassoon, highland

[NSP] Re: G sets

2007-05-30 Thread John Liestman
While we are on the topic of G sets. I keep hearing rumors or reports of wide bore G chanters being made with F chanter finger spacing but have yet to hear of them actually making it to market. Supposedly at least two makers have made them but that is all I know. Is anyone making these currently?

[NSP] Re: G sets

2007-05-30 Thread John Liestman
Yes, but I had a bit of conversation with another pipemaker that said they had made such a beast and it was working well, but I have then not heard more from them or seen the big bore G come onto the market. Maybe he had the same experience in the end. I am not sure. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: