[NSP] Re: re tunes and speeds of playing

I have been trying to indicate the timings in all the new publications of the NPS as a guide based on my experience as a player for dancing over the years but these are only a guide as the nature of the tune is as important as its suitability for dancing in deciding on what tempo it should

[NSP] Hen's teeth

Dear Piper's, I have a G concert pitch set for sale if anyone is interested. It has one of my own chanters with seven keys, along with a set of three drones by Bill Hedworth. There is a set of bellows with it also by Hedworth. I think a price of GBP650 would be fair as the chanter has a pari

[NSP] Query from Gerrit re List

Dear Gerrit, I have no idea why you are not on the List or rather not getting information from it. I have copied this to the Pipers List to see if anyone has any ideas. Colin -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Electronic Tuners

I use a Korg AT-120 which has a large analogue dial 2,1/2" square which gives all the info you are likely to need. I use it for initial setting up the pitch and relative tuning of the notes but after that use the lug to set the tuning against the G,D and A drones. It is also useful for settin

[NSP] Re: NSP Low E key squeak problems

Apart from the problem of not striking the E key positively enough you should look at the reed which has probably hardened up and might need a gentle scrape on the sides to ease it up sufficiently to prevent it squeaking on the low E or other notes on the chanter. If the reed does not break i

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed end smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretary - has said this already. Therefore 'competition' style or any other style does not exist

[NSP] Re: reprint

Dear Adrian et al, Despite what I said about 'anything goes' as long as it helps towards what the player is trying to express in their playing I still think that the 'default' method of playing the closed end NSP chanter is detached or staccato or whatever you like to call it as Chris Ormsto

[NSP] to choyte or not to choyte

My interpretation of the word 'choyte' is that it refers to gratuitous gracings applied on the small pipe chanter in the manner of the highland pipes. It is interesting that the word 'teuchter' (pronounced chookter), that is applied to Highlanders speaking in the Gaelic in Glasgow, referred

[NSP] Re: whole body vibrato

The most effective vibrato is obtained by having an assistant standing behind you pressing the bag at the desired rate. The trouble with this method is that the pipes sound like a Hammond organ but effective nevertheless. CR -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs

[NSP] choyters choice

We had our monthly Monday meeting last night at the Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth and in trying to demonstrate the ideal choyte discoverd that the Keel Row was the best tune to show it in all its pure choyteness. In fact you can hear this on the Pipes of All Nations 78 which featured Anty Charlt

[NSP] Re: boring discovery

If you wish to extend the bore depth of the cotton bud you could glue it on to a thin knitting needle or a length of 1/16" welding rod. I wrap the end of a 1/8" welding rod with cotton that I seal with shellac varnish to stop it from un-wrapping and use this for oiling and also french polishi

[NSP] Re: boring discovery

If you want to get some liquid paraffin try your local vet as they still use it on animals. CR -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] old pipe orders

I have been clearing my order board of emails dealing with orders for sets of pipes that I never got round to making due to lack of feedback from the folk who contacted me in the first place and being busy making sets for folk who kept in touch. If there is anyone out there who is still inte

[NSP] Re: Which way should drone reed tongues face?

Face the reeds with the tongues towards the centre of the stock to avoid the tongues beating against the inner wall of the stock:there is a fair degree of movement on the large drone tongue for example. If the stock just has holes drilled thru a solid piece of wood then it is still advisable

[NSP] Re: Bag holes

Try putting a spot of super glue into the hole as this will set in the presence of oil. I have found it works very well. Colin Ross -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] peacock pipes

The three drone, plain chanter set was one of the first sets I made and I enjoyed playing it for the same reasons as Paul. It was so light and easy to play and of course ideally suited to playing most of the tunes in the Peacock Collection which is why I called them the Peacock Pipes and even

[NSP] Re: Northumberland Fusiliers pipe band

Dear John, The pipes look like GHB although they did play the Half-longs as made by Robertson from the 1920's. I remember seeing a couple of tea-chests full of them at Glens waiting for adjustment in the 1960's with silver plates attached to the drone stocks saying they were the Fusiliers s

[NSP] Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3

Kathryn will be playing Peter Maxwell Davies 'Kettletoft Inn' tonight on Radio Three from the Sage Gateshead. It should be available on the Internet on the BBC website for the next week I beleive so that it can be heard internationally. I haven't heard it so it will be interesting to hear wha

[NSP] suppliers

I had a call from Mr Scott of Scotts Leathers this morning to let me know they were still in the business of supplying leather for bags and bellows. This was in response to a call I made to the firm last week wondering if they were still operating. He said they had rented out the majority of the

[NSP] Re: c# crow

The way I approached developing the G and D chanters was as you say to scale the chanters in proportion and then try them out and adjust the hole positions to get the chanters in tune. I also made the decision to use the same reed for the chanters for simplicity in providing reeds to cover the v

[NSP] Re: reed making

Dear Richard, I was hoping you would come into the discussion. Anita's method is certainly different in the initial stage of tying the cane on to the staple but I think the main thing to be looked at is the rubbing down and final scrape of the cane. I aim for a gradual thinning of the cane toward

[NSP] Re: c# crow

Dear Dave and the list, I think that you are dead right about how making the reeds for the Irish, or in my case the Border pipe, gives more insight into the nature of the beast as you have to adapt the technique you have learnt for the small pipe reed to suit the taper bore to produce a reed tha

[NSP] Re: G Set

Hi Klaus, I am responding to the transposition into different keys on the pipes. Dick Hensold plays in G on his D chanter all the time. It is like playing in C(Bb) on your standard pitch G(F) chanter. Tom Clough used to play this way and Adrian Schofield used to do it as it was handy for me a

[NSP] Re: G sets

Hi John, Remember when we both tried the idea of increasing the bore diameter to raise the pitch? I made up two sticks with F# spacing and bores at 3/16" and one worked but the other resolutely stayed in F# pitch which was what you found as well I think. Even if you get the rise in pitch, wh

[NSP] SSP in Bb

If anyone is interested in purchasing a set of Scottish small pipes I have a set for sale. They were made by myself in 1988 and are in blackwood with brass ferrules and alternative ivory end pieces. The drone arrangement is bass with two tenors with the chanter in Bb. They are with bellows and a

[NSP] Re: Extended chanter key positions

The arrangement of the lower keys can never be standardised and it is a question of customising for each individual depending on the number of keys and the pitch of keys required. The alternatives that Julia mentions are ones that I have tried myself and each has its merits and drawbacks. If st

[NSP] Re: Extended chanter key positions

?With the practical experience I have had over the years I thought it may help the discussion to give my views on the problem of positioning the lower keys once you start to extend the range downwards. Even what you may call the standard 17 key that was developed by Reid had an either-or positi

[NSP] Re: Cotton and the end plug

The original remedy to correct tuning and excessive vibrato on the top notes was to insert a small cane G reed into the end of the chanter and move it in and out until an optimum position was found. It was then cut off at that point and the end piece replaced. This would satisfy Chris's complain

[NSP] Re: Finger spacing

Dear Helen, I actually made a D set for someone with larger fingers which was comfortable for him and didn't worry him as he was not intending to play with other F pipers and to be realistic might be the only way to fix him up with a playing set he can manage. However if the finger holes are dri

[NSP] Re: Finger spacing

Dear Richard, Sound reasoning re the bores but at 4mm bore (5/32") it could be a little quiet altho I have found it sound the same tone and volume as the regular 4.4mm (11/64"). The sharpening effect does work at 3,8mm (3/16") but can sound a little too loud altho once again I have found it OK a

[NSP] Re: reeds

Dear David, It is not that I am too busy to make reeds fro you it is just that I do not make reeds for other makers sets especially if they are still alive. I had to call a moritorium on reeding Burleigh pipes some years ago now because of the demand on my own reedmaking and pipemaking activit

[NSP] Rusty Gulley

For all of you who read Anthony's letter in the NPS Newsletter can I correct what he said about the title Rusty Gulley where he said it should read Busty Gulley because of confusion over the lower loop on the letter R as it occurs in the original MS of the Vickers Tune Book. It is not the cleare

[NSP] Rusty Gulley

Actually not about RG but to mention that Bert Lloyd had me play My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up (Adam Bell) in 3/2 3/4 rhythm on The Iron Muse (Topic) instead of the straight 9/8 as written which I managed quite well but it got the jazz bass player Jim Bray some time to get the 1-2-3-123 beat in hi

[NSP] Re: Plaid 'n stuff

Earliest example of anyone going over the top re plaid I can think of was Sir Walter Scott who wore trousers of the stuff woven in the Border mills probably at Linlithgow. A bit like the gadgee who comes to the Morpeth Gathering. I think that anyone commenting on 'Choyting' should be a player o

[NSP] Re: Plaid 'n stuff

Hi Matt, As far as?I am concerned Linlithgow is at least Lowland if not Border but I suppose if it is not technically in the Borders Region I admit I am mistaken. It could be to do with those pipers in the LBPS who need to separate the Border piping from the Lowland if we are to get anywhere w

[NSP] Plaid, by gad, sad or bad?

I was reprimanded quite rightly by Matt for saying that Linlithgow was in the Borders in a recent e-mail when I meant Innerleithen which is on the Tweed in between Galashiels and Peebles. This was where I bought a length of black and white plaid at the mill which had been specially woven to comm

[NSP] Re: Choyting - possible source of word and Plaid

As one who is married to a Scot and being half Scotch myself I am familiar with the 'choocter' (teuchter) word which I was told referred to sound of the Gaelic language spoken in Glasgow by all the Highlanders and Islanders who came looking for work. It was thought to sound like chooky birds (he

[NSP] Re: More choyting!

What about the Three Tenors doing doing all that warbling at the end of O Sole Mio. It was done in fun and because they could do it and it went down a storm. Why can't we do the same thing on our pipes if we want to for fun and mischief to get laughter and response from our listeners?which is pr

[NSP] tchuning

If you can be bothered to read this after all that has been going on it concerns the use of the 'lug' to tune the chanter and little theory. The notes to be tuned are the three that make up the Major Triad or Doh,MeSo,or Tonic,major Third and Fifth intervals. Start with the G drone on and do

[NSP] Re: tchuning

Dear Sam, The 'lugs' are a pair of devices situated on either side of the head as in ' If yi divent shurrup aal giv yi a belt across the lugs.'?You may need to look it up in a Geordie Dictionary. I am afraid that NSP's come with a bit of local jargon known as 'Geordie' since they were develope

[NSP] Re: tchuning

Dear Mike, The pragmatic technique is to regard all the accidentals as thirds or fifths?to a particular drone pitch. ?e.g. D# against a B drone as a third or fifth against a G# drone ?? Fnat? ""??? C# Bb "? ?? G# E

[NSP] Re: Drones and tuning

Dear Ross, I have just had a set of drone reeds I tongued with plastic returned to me for re-tongueing with cane. The player had compared the tone against a cane tongued set and did not like the tone. There are a good number of folk out there with educated ears (lugs) that can hear the differe

[NSP] Re: tchuning

If you tune the middle B against an E drone to be a perfect fifth it will sound sharp against the G and other drones. The middle E even tho it is tuned as a perfect fifth against the A drone does not sound too sharp against the G and D drones strangely enough. Theory is all very well in tuning c

[NSP] Re: tchuning

Dear Chris, The tuning of the low E I find is most effectively tuned also against the A drone as a fifth or its inversion. This is also an octave to the top E so it can be checked both ways. The 'third' way is to use the tuning meter which I find to be the quickest way to tune most of the note

[NSP] Re: Peacock's Wylam Away

Dear Richard, The Peacock Collection was printed in facsimile 'warts and all' so there were some of the original mistakes on the page.That was in 1980, but in the reprint (1999)?the music was reset and corrections were made so that particular bar in Wylam Away was altered to scan properly. C

[NSP] Re: Peacock's Wylam Away

Dear Matt, I agree with you about the 'slipshod editing' except I would say it was ignorance of the pipes and how to write out the music that came into it as well. Examples being one of the tunes being printed upside down and The Hen's March being printed in the wrong key and of course the fir

[NSP] nps saturday meeting

For those of us who live locally and were thinking of coming to the Chantry?this Saturday,?Maureen Davison has offered to host us for this meeting at least. Her address is in the Handbook. Colin R AOL Email goes Mobile!

[NSP] Re: Choyting again (was [Etymology of the 'C' word - 2)

Dear Paul, I think you have made the right distinction between 'gracing' and 'cutting' but it is the cuttings which are not neccessary on the small pipe which are the 'choytes'. The gracings, if done neatlyand discretely, are a part of playing any instrument which includes the NSP. Colin R

[NSP] George Atkinson

George Atkinson used to attend the NPS meetings when I was there in the early days and he used to be the only fluent piper that came to our meetings. I remember him playing Athole Highlanders and the Remember Me hornpipe in a very clear and articulated style that we knew was what we had to aim f

[NSP] Re: George Atkinson

Dear Adrian, Come on let's get?some musical sense into all this. The fact that I have not competed does not mean I do not have any idea of the nature of the instrument. My experience of playing the pipes both as an amateur and semi- professional as well as my broader experience of music other

[NSP]

HI Julia, This is the e-mail he sent me under his 'what me' address. I assume it was Adrian? Just read your long reply to the detached note debate with that quote from Clough which was right on. There is always something to be learnt from other folk in whatever field they are working which h

[NSP] Re: solo vs. group playing

OK Barry, At our regular Monday meeting last night in Morpeth at our temporary venue in the Methodist Hall I thought I would try out the solo piping idea with every one present and of the nine who were there only a couple said they would rather not play solo. There was no crticism of their ind

[NSP] Re: solo vs. group playing

Dear Richard, Thanks for the support and fair assessment of what happened at the Monday meeting. I am afraid that Barry has his own axe to grind and cross to bear?and in trying to support his idea I have fallen foul of his antagonism against me again when I was trying to build a bridge between

[NSP] Re: Transporting pipes

Dear Neil, I have taken my pipes with my hand luggage on a number of flights without any problem with the drones and chanter enclosed in plastic piping and wrappred in cloth to prevent them rattling which will also help to stablilise humidity variations. With the pipes in the cabin there shoul

[NSP] Re: Solo playing

Dear Margaret, I went along with Barry's idea on trying to encourage more playing by oneself only to get knocked down by him but it is something I will be trying out at our meetings in future if people want it and in an atmosphere of encouragement as you recalled at the earlier meetings. I h

[NSP] Re: Correct grade of oi l?

It looks as though I have been missing a dot in trying to send messages to the List. Here goes again with dot. CR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:21 Subject: Fwd: Re: [NSP] Re: Correct grade of oi l? It looks

[NSP] Re: re music for a funeral

Although Derwentwater's Farewell is an excellent to play as the mourners are coming in or going out at a funeral as well as playing for the committal, it is fraught with danger of squeaks when playing the lower notes on the chanter. Much safer to play The Rowan Tree which does not use the keys a

[NSP] Re: re piper's pitch v. concert pitch

Dear Peter, When I came into piping very few pipers could play together because of wide variations of pitch so when I took up pipemaking I determined to establish a standard pitch with my pipes. As the pitch was between F and F# I chose F as the standard as at least it was a key that was reaso

[NSP] Re: water gauge

? ? Dear Jolyon, I see that you have an answer to your question but can I say again that the playing pressure for most bellows pipes is between 14 and 15" water guage and some times even less. The trouble is that pipers coming to bellows pipes from Highland pipes tend to play highe

[NSP] Re: Rants and reels

Exactly. The stress is on the second beat in 'tomato' whichever way it is pronounced which is not incorrect in that respect but it is a long syllable which is incorrect. It is essentially? a short lead in beat followed be three short? beats like quaver, crotchet,crotchet,crotchet, like the fir

[NSP] Re: Rants and reels

-Original Message- From: rosspi...@aol.com To: john_da...@hmco.com Sent: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:54 Subject: Re: [NSP] Rants and reels Dear John, I am glad you enjoyed reading the Journal which is designed to stimulate thought a wee bit more that the Newsletter. The article which w

[NSP] Re: Ranting and raving

The start of the rant beat is the opposite of trochhee and more iambic with two extra strong beats following the iambic te-tum. i.e. te-tum,tum,tum. CR -Original Message- From: Paul Gretton To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:25 Subj

[NSP] Re: Ranting and raving

Yes, an iam followed by a spondee. CR -Original Message- From: christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu To: rosspi...@aol.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:10 Subject: [NSP] Re: Ranting and raving So an iamb followed by a spondee? Let's just stick to the ever cle

[NSP] Re: Ranting and raving

Dear Paul, The system of showing stresses in speaking is shown up very well in Stephen Fry's book ' The Ode Less Travelled' where is where I got my information from and I think the example you gave of  'a red,red rose'  from Burn's poem is about the best vocalisation of the rant rhythm. That

[NSP] Re: Tune Request

What is all this about the 'big'? pipes,Malcom. I thought you were making smallpipes. Colin. ? ? ? To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 0:07 Subject: [NSP] Tune Request Happy New Year to all my readers. Can anyone recommend a medley of Scottish tunes that'll do

[NSP] Re: Jimmy Allan traditional (?)

Er, excuse me but am I being a bit thick here or maybe intellectually challenged in not finding any connection between the tune Jimmy Allan and Tullochgorum. First of all they are a different rhythm and secondly the chord structure is different and then basically they do not even sound similar.

[NSP] Re: Jimmy Allan traditional (?)

I have had it brought to my attention that it was the REEL of Tullochgorum?that was in question. The renaming of tunes of tunes due to ignorance or wilfulness has been something that has gone on for hundreds of years. Just look at our Peacock Follows the Hen, known as Mad Moll,etc, since Elizabe

[NSP] Re: Jimmy Allan traditional (?)

? Please sir, what is a 'gob-stopper' rhythm? If it is anything to do with tomato soup I think I may be sick. I had never seen that D version of the tune before but I now have a strong suspicion that Powrie had something to do with it most likely as the composer as it is a very good dance

[NSP] Re: Jimmy Allan traditional (?)

I think this business of expressing rhythms in terms of word s or word groupings is fraught with difficulty as it depends on the emphasis with which you say the words. Any actor will tell you it is possible to say words or groups of words in many different ways and although it may be fun to use

[NSP] Re: Reel of Tullochgorum

Hi Colin, Pete asked me to make left handed chanter for him and I have made one or two since I have been making pipes including tying the stocks in the other side of the bag. Colin R -Original Message- From: colin To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu

[NSP] Re: Am I tone deaf?

-Original Message- From: rosspi...@aol.com To: muse...@tiscali.co.uk CC: n...@csdartmouth.edu Sent: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:06 Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Am I tone deaf? I haven't tried the test yet but as far as I am concerned the tuning I do is always in relation to a fixed drone when the b

[NSP] ivory pipes

If anyone out there is interested in an ivory set made by Hedworth and adjusted by me let me know. The price range would be around £3,000, Cheers, Colin Ross AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on

[NSP] malcom's final solution

I have published in my Technical Advisors report in the forthcoming Newsletter a list of hole positions with diameters as the result of my own research into the tuning of chanters that is the result of forty years pipemaking and which is about 90% right. I think that Malcom should name the maker

[NSP] plastic pipes

The best person to comment on this would be Richard Johnstone who has been using them in schools on loan from the Sage, Gateshead who had them made from a grant awarded some years ago where they had £25,000 to make 100 sets which obviously limited what could be done with £250 per set. What turn

[NSP] Re: tuning tapered bore chanters

Dear Alec,  The secret is to stick to one reamer that is inserted to exactly the same position for each chanter you make and you may get consistent results as you jockey the hole positions around with subsequent chanters you make. Even then the quality of the wood will affect the tuning so y

[NSP] first 30 tunes

The NPS has just published a small tune book inpsired by the Boulting brothers who found they couldn't join in at a session I was leading at the North American Pipers' Convention at Killington in 2007. They asked a number of pipers to contribute their collection of 30 tunes that they thought sh

[NSP] Re: First 30 tunes

Dear John, When I was saying that I thought the tunes in the 'First 30 Tunes' might be better played on some other instrument than the small pipes to give an idea of how the tune went it was to avoid the copying of pehaps bad playing technique from pipers who had contributed tracks for the CD.

[NSP] Re: Measureing Tips

Dear Malcom, I wish you could ask pipemakers about your ideas before putting it on the List. The idea of measuring from the shoulder was the original way of marking the hole centres and I used it in my class for some time before discovering that pupils' ideas of what was 5/8" varied from an 1/8"

[NSP] Re: Chanter hole spacings

Just to mention that Mike nelson used my hole spacings on his chanters which he graciously acknowledged on a diagram of chanter hole spacings he produced in the early days. Colin R -Original Message- From: Anthony Robb To: Dartmouth NPS Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 8:14 Subject: [NSP]

[NSP] Re: Measureing Tips

The reason for measuring from the top of the chanter I already have explained but the statement that 'historically' reed seatings were parallel is not strictly accurate. Forster Charlton had a parallel reed seating so he could adjust his reed to play in tune with his duet partner Colin Caisley

[NSP] Re: First 30 tunes

Dear John, No, it would not do at all for me to play the tunes as I would be imprinting my own style, whatever that is, on the tunes with all the bad habits of gracing I have picked up over the years. This would also apply to other pipers who have learnt from 'the old guys' and have developed

[NSP] Re: First 30 tunes

Dear Anthony, Since you are now on the List I feel I can respond to your fascination with gobstoppers and tomato soup. I was going to comment on what you were saying about playing Rants and how deeply disappointed you were that none of the tunes in the 30 tunes collection were called RANTS. I

[NSP] Re: J Allen

Here,here! Colin R -Original Message- From: Barry Say To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:00 Subject: [NSP] J Allen On 12 Mar 2009 at 0:46, Anthony Robb wrote. Hi All, I have sent Anthony Robb a copy of my e-mail suggesting the genesis of the tune Jimmy Allen. Th

[NSP] Re: Tradition and dance forms

Thanks Paul for injecting a bit of commonsense into all this purist debate of the Wonderful World of Ranting and its exponents belonging to the Dead Ranters Society when all they were doing were playing tunes that they had not been to lessons to learn how to play but just liked playing or even

[NSP] Chris's recordings

I remember being concerned at the time that Chris's recordings were not being released by the person involved with excuses that other recordings were being released at the time and therefore it wasn't the best time to get them out. There was some other technical excuse about the editing being o

[NSP] Re: Jack Armstrong and Pat Jennings

This came to me but I can't help. Anyone out there able to. Colin Ross Dear Mr Ross   I have just found in my collection of folk music The Rout of the Blues – Robin and Barry Dransfield.   One of the pieces of music is The Waters of Tyne; unbelievable beautiful music.  On the sleeve Barr

[NSP] Re: Re:

Beware of the press. The same article had Katherine pictured in her usual langorous pose which even she might be getting a bit sick of by now. Whatever might be said of her and her style of piping you cannot deny she has ability in her fingering and compositional talents and if she keeps it up

[NSP] Re: Cut & Dry Dolly

Dear Richard, A corn dolly is something to do with the harvest that is made with corn stalks. All sorts of original and traditional designs have been made either as fertility symbols or to be worn on the lapel to show you were available for hire as a farm worker or were hired. The term 'cut and d

[NSP] Tommy Breckons' funeral

Tommy was one of the last pipers to have known the Clough's and it was a sense of the end of an era when I heard he had died last Wednesday. For those of you who live locally the funeral service is at St. Cuthbert's in Bellingham at 2pm. Colin R _

[NSP] Re: New NPS president

Julia has stated the rules re the election of a new President as they are and the Committee decided to stick to this and the secrecy involved when in my opinion it did need to be opened up to the membership and from a selection made by the Committee a small group from the executive o

[NSP] Re: New NPS president

Dear Paul, You show exactly what is wrong with the Society at the moment with two groups at each others throats due to basic misunderstandings of what thet think is the right thing to do. The main problem is that we have two groups within the Society with all the negative things bei

[NSP] Re: NPS Presidency etc

Just about my own sentiments on the present situation. I was reading Machiavelli's 'The Prince' recently and he was writing about 'malcontents' and ways of dealing with them. I am not suggesting we should resort to his methods but the problem with the Society have started with simila

[NSP] Re: this list is safer now

I am pleased to read about the respect given to Jimmy Little up at Alnwick. The group of pipers at Morpeth who mostly play from music and sound as 'flat as the paper the music is printed on' are not interested in any input from people like myself. They seem to be more concerned about

[NSP] Re: Was: this list is safer now//speed

In the original reprint of the Peacock Tunes I did not indicate metronome markings and I am not sure if I was involved in setting them for the current reprint. I had felt it was useful to indicate something for new players not familiar with the idiom and generally erred on the slower

[NSP] Re: Peacock’s Tunes Facsimile

I have one or two copies of the original reprint of Wright's book that I called 'Peacock's Tunes' if anyone is interested. Colin R -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: 7 key Evans set for sale

I think that anyone in UK who may buy the pipes will still have to pay duty on them as exemption from duty only applies to pipes being sent back to the maker for adjustment and then to be sent back to the sender. CR -Original Message- From: Patrick Jones To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent:

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

I wonder if this advert for a privately run course is allowed on this list. This is a course that is not run by the NPS but for the benefit of the person who is running it who although taking the risk and time to organise it is also taking any profit that may arise. CR -Original Message

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

Yes, for goodness sake. If Susan had come up here and run the course as a Society event that would have been the sensible, non ego- tripping, thing to do especially as she was taking advantage of running it between the Society events of the Competitions and the Concert. A lot of folk beleive it

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

The difference is that this is a course run by an individual for profit and not an organisation. CR -Original Message- From: Simon James To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:01 Subject: [NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available The Halsway

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

No problem as you are doing it as a group activity and there is no conflict with the NPS who I am sure welcomes it. CR -Original Message- From: Neil Tavernor To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:09 Subject: [NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places availab

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