[NSP] Re: What oil to use?
Francis -- how about neck oil for the many and gunpowder lapsong for the few Dave Francis Wood wrote: 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: 270.12.39/2134 - Release Date: 05/25/09 18:14:00
[NSP] Re: What oil to use?
Praps some would prefer oil of vitriol. Just kidding. -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Francis Wood Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:50 AM To: pipers list 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
[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 oatenp...@googlemail.com To: pipers list nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu 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: What oil to use?
Confucius, he say: Flee argument; seek peace, quiet, harmony. Rodney King, he say: People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? NSP Committee, they say: Come all without, come all within, You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quin. Francis Wood, he say: I'd like to teach the world to sing, In perfect harmony. I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company. I'd like to see the world for once All standing hand in hand And hear them echo through the hills 'Ah, peace throughout the land.' And then comes that bugger Hegel and says: FIRST the dialectic, folks, and ONLY THEN the synthesis! (baby) Cheers, Paul Mr Nasty Gretton -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Francis Wood Sent: 26 May 2009 07:50 To: pipers list 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
[NSP] Re: What oil to use?
On 26 May 2009, at 12:17, Paul Gretton wrote: Francis Wood, he say: I'd like to teach the world to sing, In perfect harmony. I'd rather it spent some time learning proper closed fingering. And hear them echo through the hills . . . As long as it's not 'Rothbury Hills', which is far from being my favourite. Francis 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?
I don't use oil. I like it dry; no seeping of moisture where it can travel down the bore and spread it's oily film of corruption and interfere with other parts, where it can't get on to ones tight detatched fingers, making them slack and letting the chanter slip away from beneath. Adrian 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?
Please may I suggest that whatever form the Great Reformed NPS takes, it should be inclusive rather than exclusive? The traditional ways of playing are necessarily vital. They have informed the instrument and the music, and they only survived because they are very good music; but there are people who play in various different ways, some of which are very attractive to many. It's mainly an amateur tradition. Music is kept alive only by its players, and they have to like what they're playing, otherwise they won't play it. Amateur - literally, in the best sense of the word: because we love it. If the society admits only a One True Way, I feel the tendency of the others will be to be aggrieved and simply write the Society off as stick-in-the-mud. These may include very good creative musicians. As Philip Gruar wisely said, it would be like the various forms of some churches fragmenting into ever tinier mutually exclusive groups, which is ultimately not good for the health of the whole faith, nor attractive to the rest of the onlooking world. If on t'other hand all creeds are admitted, the One True Way is accessible and promotable to a greater number of people, played by welcoming people who make it attractive, rather than grumpy and exclusive: it then stands much more chance of surviving. Presumably we do want people to want to join, in order to have future carriers of the instrument and its tradition. It may take some people a long time to come to the One True Way, and they may need to work through other stuff first to get there, (perhaps, shock horror, even a few choytes and slides), but at least they still may feel it's their society, including the players of the proper traditional music, rather than that miserable old lot who didn't want them, so bother their music too. Hopefully it's less inflammable, Francis, but it won't cure squeaks! Best wishes, Richard P.S. I meant to send this much earlier, sent it straight to Francis instead - sorry! Francis Wood wrote: 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
