Hi Ernie,
If you are playing in a church I'd suggest Northumbrian small pipes
(alternatively 'smallpipes' or 'small-pipes' . . . there are several usages).
Anything that indicates that these are not as loud as GHBs will probably be
useful in the circumstances.
Best wishes,
Francis
On 5 Jan
If you are playing in a church I'd suggest Northumbrian small
pipes (alternatively 'smallpipes' or 'small-pipes' . . . there
I'd agree with this suggestion (and the spelling smallpipes, coz they're not
just any old pipes that happen to be small).
I also think it's more conventional to write
Hello all,
As I got lots of nibbles, but no bites, I am re-listing this set of
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Well, that's what Peacock Wright called them. Seems good to me.
Francis
On 5 Jan 2010, at 15:38, inky adrian wrote:
I've always called them the Northumberland small-pipes as did the NPS
in the old days.
Inky-adrian
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I'd go with that.
Problem with Northumbrian is that it may appear that it refers to where
the artist comes from (as in Colin Hill, Liverpudlian small-pipes player).
;-)
Northumbrian piper may suggest a piper from Northumberland who plays
bagpipes (any).
Northumberland small-pipes player
Strange, isn't it? You're right, but I can't recollect ever seeing the
Scotland bagpipes mentioned, nor yet the France bagpipes.
Yours in puzzlement, but Happy New Year anyway,
Richard.
P.S. Not being very tall, I suppose I'm a small piper, or at least
aspiring eventually to become one.
Ii is one of the quirks of our wonderful language that the names of our
counties can also serve as adjectives.
Think of Durham, Yorkshire, Norfolk etc.
Whereas France /French
Germany / German
and so on
Barry
On 5 Jan 2010 at 20:48, Richard York wrote:
Strange, isn't it? You're
What a wonderful language we have.
A small piper. Is that under a certain height then?
I defence of things, I suppose that whatever we say will, to the
uninitiated, cause confusion.
Scottish piper? A piper from Scotland or a player of the Scottish bagpipes?
How about small pipes of Northumbria
or the difference between a Scottish smallpipe player and a small
Scottish pipe player
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BUT it's not the county, it's the Kingdom! Thus Mercian, Northumbrian,
Cambrian etc! We had a Golden age once long ago! Jim Grant.
Barry Say wrote:
Ii is one of the quirks of our wonderful language that the names of our
counties can also serve as adjectives.
Think of Durham, Yorkshire,
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