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 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
Hi Francis,
I joined the NPS in 1991 as expat, the magazine was really the only
contact I had with piping. Later the problems of payment caused so much
hassle I left perhaps 10 years later. I joined the LBPS because they
had payment by bankcard and they were more towards
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
rubbing or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
green
IPA will degrease everything in sight, but is a bit drastic. Sold in the UK as
a
computer cleaning
I think it's called denatured alcohol.
Martin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:31 +, Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
rubbing or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
rubbing or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
green
IPA will degrease everything in sight, but is a bit drastic
and sonic delight so I'm very happy
to take his word on this.
Anthony
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Mike Dixon msdi...@btinternet.com wrote:
From: Mike Dixon msdi...@btinternet.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
To: 'Northumbrian Small Pipes' nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date
Den 14-01-2011 13:42, Anthony Robb skrev:
Hello Mike
Ian Corrigan recommends lemon oil as a pleasant, not too viscious
cleaning liquid.
It also, he reckons, gives wood a near invisible but protective coat. I
haven't tried it but think it might be worth a try. The border pipes he
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
/Julia is perfectly right/ in exclaiming her gh !
Thank you, I have been well trained!
Vegetable oil such as the cold press, extra virgin etc in time any such
oil will change
from being an oil and into first a gummy substance
...which
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
To: 'Northumbrian Small Pipes' nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 14:33
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen
Den 14-01-2011 15:27, Julia Say skrev:
snip...
Paraffin oil/liquid paraffin etc
etc is a mineral-oil product which is cheap, not drying and does not
smell at all. It does tend to evaporate however very slowly over time
I have observed a tendency for it to start causing rotting of the
On 14 Jan 2011, at 11:31, Julia Say replied:
( a while ago i remember there was some discussion of oils. . .)
And then another one, and then another one. Its one of the
recurrent topics.
It's one of those things that has no definitive answer. Almost every option has
a
to the bellows.
Or helium if that isn't enough.
John
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Francis Wood
Sent: 14 January 2011 15:16
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Cc: Northumbrian Small Pipes
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning
Den 14-01-2011 16:43, Gibbons, John skrev:
A way of coaxing the extra few cents out of a flat chanter would be to hook a
nitrogen cylinder up to the bellows.
Or helium if that isn't enough.
John
Hmm - this opens up a whole spectrum of technologically exuberant
solutions for tuning your
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
Hmm - this opens up a whole spectrum of technologically exuberant
solutions for tuning your drones and chanter with a battery of small
pressurized gas bottles and a multi-valve setup for variable continous
mix-gas administration. Should look nice made
THANX Julia and Colin!
I finally had the courage (had nightmares of the wood splitting apart)
to pull out the heat gun.
it worked easily! within a few minutes the joints let go ... aahhh
...
there were 3 frozen joints - 1 is the joint with the valve that
attaches to the
On 8 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
my pipes have sat for too long
1 - the weather here is very damp
Where is here (roughly)?
turns out the joints are stuck.
any suggestions on how to unstick them - without waiting for the right
brief immersion in hot water or gently heating with a
Hello - thank you John - very kind.
I must of course point out that it's half NSP and half concertina - I
don't actually have any tracks with both!
If you're on this side of the pond, it's available from the record
company (Veteran: www.veteran.co.uk), the Chantry have a stock and it's
also
Some years ago, Joe Crane used to turn up at the Chantry in Morpeth
towards the end of the evening with a pair of Hardanger fiddles. When
we repaired to the local hostelry after the meeting (The Chambers or
The Joiners as I remember), Joe would induce Colin to play one of
them. We didnt play
There is a band with posts on Youtube (if you google) which uses
Hardanger fiddles and NSP. They are the same musician on different
tracks. The band name is Lonely Reivers
Zack Arbios
On 9/11/2010 1:19 PM, Barry Say wrote:
Some years ago, Joe Crane used to turn up at the Chantry in Morpeth
Stringing of baroque violins is another can of worms since tension varied
widely according to local conventions and personal preferences. There is also
the question of equal tension versus progressive tension and whether wound
strings should be used for the G and/or D. It is, or at least used
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Di Jevons
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:44 AM
To: phi...@gruar.clara.net; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; BIRCH
Christopher (DGT)
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Hi there
I play fiddle regularly with NSP at Alnwick Pipers' Society
and find that my
fiddle
the pipes less. Please don't let that affect the response of anyone who has
heard me play, fiddle or pipes!
Tim
- Original Message -
From: christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu
To: phi...@gruar.clara.net; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet
This is interesting to me as I have an unreconstructed
baroque violin from about 1820
Sorry Tim, but it ain't baroque . .
True, this is very late to be referred to as baroque, but if it's
unreconstructed it's probably closer to the baroque setup than a real modern
violin. Maybe it was
;-)
Hey, it's ca. 1660. we'd better start using wound strings!
c
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of tim rolls BT
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:42 AM
To: Francis Wood
Cc: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other
On 10 Feb 2010, at 10:42, tim rolls BT wrote:
However, what about the rest of my questions?
Hi Tim
Your other questions . . .
Am I right in thinking that before 1920ish and the current standardised
concert pitch at G that many instruments' G was lower anyway, which would
have led to
I have a smallish fiddle with a neck very similar to what is seen on
baroque instruments. I have beenold by a luthier friend, however, that
it probably doesn't even predate 1900.
I don't think makers and players have ever been all that conscientious
about fitting in with the history books ;-)
Francis Wood wrote:
Also is pitch purely dependent on tension?
The danger with such a question is that one might receive a full and
comprehensive answer, which in such cases is usually to be regretted!
This is one case where I think the answer is simpler than one might expect.
Quoting
Thanks Barry.
Returning to the core topic of piping, do similar principles apply in human
behaviour terms?
In NPS Committee meetings for instance, if you double the evident tension in
the meetings does this result in a proportionate decrease the frequency of
meetings?
Similarly if you double
but the approximations are easy, and *fairly* good.
John
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Barry Say
Sent: 10 February 2010 12:38
To: NSP group
Cc: Francis Wood; tim rolls BT
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Or the pitch of the discussion could rise...
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Francis Wood
Sent: 10 February 2010 13:01
To: Barry Say
Cc: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Thanks Barry
Gibbons, John wrote:
Barry said
If only pipes were so simple
The formula for strings:
f = (1/2L) * sqrt (T/mu)
neglects all sorts of effects, such as the bow or the finger, the rigidity of
the string, the speed of tension waves in the string, etc. And we haven't
thought of the motion of
From John Dally 9th Feb:
There are not many fiddlers
around here who are interested in playing with NSP, or SSP for that
matter, but it would I like to find one who is willing to tune down
the way Willie Taylor did in order play with Joe Hutton.
Mmm...
Willie Taylor hated
Anthony is absolutely right about Willie Taylor's dislike of tuning down a
fiddle; the 'knicker-elastic' comment is one he used frequently.
When I'm playing duets with Andy's nsp, I always tune down. For me, I've
spent a long time trying to find the right fiddle and strings so it doesn't
sound
As Matt has said pipes/fiddle duets (and combinations of pipe/fiddle with
other instruments) are
''not at all unusual '' and the various people mentioned especially the High
Level Ranters as Colin R has pointed out pioneered in this.
I have played duets (and in bands) with a fiddler (Peter
On 8 Feb 2010, Bill Telfer wrote:
This type of duet (and playing in a small band), though hard work is for me
one of the most satisfying ways to use the pipes.
Hear, hear. Both all pipes, and pipes / fiddle.
I looked up in the society records, and the first mention of a pipes / fiddle
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes Sophie Ball's
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I
And apparently agony
Best wishes.
Steve
On 2/8/10 3:30 PM, gibbonssoi...@aol.com gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 07/02/2010 13:39:07 GMT Standard Time,
i...@gretton-willems.com writes:
But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
of people
thanks, Matt!
When playing with NSP in F do you tune your fiddle down or play in F
and C? Have you heard Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin o Raghallaigh? I
think Caoimhin must tune his fiddle down to be in tune with Mick's
flat set. Perhaps what I like about these duets is the fiddle being
tuned down.
On 7 Feb 2010, at 13:38, Paul Gretton wrote:
Paul Gretton
(who just this morning booked his tickets for the Cologne Opera's Ring
next June.
Paul, could you report back on whether Siegfried ever does get his reed problem
fixed?
Auf dem dummen Rohre
gerät mir nichts. -
. . . . .
On
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Matt Seattle
theborderpi...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM, John Dally dir...@gmail.com wrote:
I've 'always' - since taking up guitar at age 13 - played with other
instrumentalists.
Sorry if I gave the impression that I thought playing in
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes Sophie Ball's
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I alone am responsible, and with which others
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I alone am responsible, and with which others may find they wish to
disagree.
This is their right, just as some people love Wagner's Operas and I
don't,
Haven't tried cyanide, but did do Wagner with passionate Wagner-phile
'A' level Music teacher many years ago.
Sorry, Paul, it was as a result of that I got to dislike them... but
hope you enjoy The Ring Cycle!
Best wishes and apologies to all for another OT excursion!
Richard.
SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually works.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=291889707722ref=searchsid=695896937.2624794321..1
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Bill Carr james...@online.no
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:58 AM
Yes, Bill, that URL does work. And allow me to say that you may win
some sort of award for Most peculiar profile photo!
Alec
In a message dated 2/7/2010 8:32:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
james...@online.no writes:
SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually
Well it's an old photo. I don't use the Up and Go's anymore... you should
see me in a kilt though :-)
Bill
- Original Message -
From: cal...@aol.com
Yes, Bill, that URL does work. And allow me to say that you may win
some sort of award for Most peculiar profile photo!
I play my D NSP set with a fiddler quite a bit, as well as with a mandolin
player, and as long as you have the key sig discussion before you start,
everything will go fine.
Depending on the fiddler and the liveliness of the room you are playing in,
there can be some volume issues sometimes,
Hi John, Steve and all,
Would you say that this conforms to the limits of the list?
Hopefully,
Sheila
-Original Message-
From: bri...@aol.com
To: dir...@gmail.com
Sent: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 6:51 pm
Subject: Re: [NSP] NSP duet with other instruments
Hi John,
Yes, as Matt
-fe.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP Bellows
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 3 February, 2010, 0:13
What problems are you having?
Although you probably know more about it than me,
I do remember being rather embarrassed when I had problems with my
bellows
What problems are you having?
Although you probably know more about it than me,
I do remember being rather embarrassed when I had problems with my bellows
after I did a little maintenance on them. I thought they were leaking and
it turned out the valve was upside-down so not closing.
As you
@nspipes.co.uk; NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Richard
York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Sent: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:50
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Interesting comments.
As I said, I've used a few oils (usually flavour of the month on this
list) over the past 38 years
be a
fresh dose of LP.
One for John Liestman perhaps?
John
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Hilary Paton
Sent: 12 January 2010 23:56
To: Dartmouth NPS; Tom Childs
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Hi
On 13 Jan 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
I can't see LP getting too sticky - I have never noticed that happen.
There isn't much chemistry can take place
I think we are neglecting, or perhaps underestimating would be a better term,
the
effect of individual players' finger surface chemistry.
I
perhaps?
John
-Original Message-
From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Hilary Paton
Sent: 12 January 2010 23:56
To: Dartmouth NPS; Tom Childs
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Hi
... Liquid parafin
Now about all this oil stuff . . .
Olive oil, neatsfoot oil, almond oil. All these vegetable or animal sourced
substances are pretty variable depending on how and where they have been grown
and how they have been processed. They will for example have varying levels of
acidity and capability of
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
You haven't played the nose-flute, then?
Francis
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.
Linseed and peanut oil are used in wet bore instruments and I understand are
not suitable.
-Original Message-
From: amble skuse amble.sk...@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:46:19
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
I was advised to use
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
amble skuse
Sent: 13 January 2010 10:46
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
I was advised to use linseed oil on a flute, is this a big no-no for
pipes?
2010/1/13 John Liestman [1]j...@liestman.com
Well, since you
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer research unit in the 90s, and the word
@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
You haven't played the nose-flute, then?
Francis
To get
: Francis Wood
oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Cc: julia@nspipes.co.uk; NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I
, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it
before,
You haven't played the nose-flute, then?
Francis
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Yes - thanks!
R
Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer
Interesting comments.
As I said, I've used a few oils (usually flavour of the month on this list)
over the past 38 years (since I got my set of pipes) and almond oil was
always my favourite followed by pure lavender oil (both medicinal quality)
although the latter resulted in some odd looks
I can attest to extremes of skin chemistry. At a gig once where I was
playing electric guitar another band asked to borrow our gear for a
song or two. I lent their guitarist my newly-strung instrument, and
when he returned it a few minutes later the strings were rusty and
dead.
Hi Tom,
I'll let others advise on the oil, but the bottles are gained by boldly
walking into a nail and beauty salon and asking for either an unused one
or an empty, then applying loads of acetate to clean it up.
Best wishes,
Richard.
Tom Childs wrote:
Hi all,
I know this question has
On 12 Jan 2010, at 19:04, Richard York wrote:
then applying loads of acetate to clean it up.
Hello Richard,
That's what I did, though I think you meant acetone. It's pretty awful stuff
and needs to be treated with care. One source of small quantities is nail
varnish remover.
Francis
To
Errmmm, no actually I got lots of sheets from an overhead projector and
wiped it until or there again I'm just getting old and forgetful
and meant acetone all the time. Whooops.
Thanks, Francis.
Richard.
Francis Wood wrote:
On 12 Jan 2010, at 19:04, Richard York wrote:
; NSP group
nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:58 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Errmmm, no actually I got lots of sheets from an overhead projector and
wiped it until or there again I'm just getting old and forgetful
and meant acetone all
Sorry forgot to mention, pipe cleaners are very handy if you don't want to
use the nail varnish brush method. They reach everywhere including the bore
(via the holes) and into those hard to get places near the keys.
It's pretty easy to get a tiny bottle for the oil.
To avoid getting too much
/1/10, colin cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
From: colin cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 12 January, 2010, 21:34
Sorry forgot to mention, pipe cleaners are very
No, its what frightens the dogs on Bunfire Nicht.
Wasn't Sodden Bungs one of those British rock/blues bands from the 60s?
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Hi
I managed to buy little bottles with brushes and a wider neck (easier to
pour oil in) on ebay-they're used for aromatherapy.
Just to add to what has already been said on oils, I have gone through the
various suggestions over the years and have come back to neatsfoot oil.
Olive was OK.
I'm partial to almond oil. Very light and easy to apply and wipe off
the excess. Never gets rancid or makes clots.
Alec MacLean
In a message dated 1/12/2010 9:56:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
tomspip...@hotmail.com writes:
Hi all,
I know this question has probably
?
As aye
Anthony
--- On Tue, 5/1/10, gibbonssoi...@aol.com gibbonssoi...@aol.com
wrote:
From: gibbonssoi...@aol.com gibbonssoi...@aol.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP
To: j...@millgreens.f2s.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 5 January, 2010, 23:03
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP
Thin ice here,I think, John.
Leaving aside the century in which the unique sound of the pipes was
created and whether the addition of keys improved this sound, there
are real problems, these days, with the appellation Northumberland.
You rightly point out
On 6 Jan 2010, at 12:09, tim rolls BT wrote:
Surely the Tyne and Weary pipes appelation should only apply to
developments since 1973.
Well, the Appelation pipes, then?
Francis
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Wrong mountains Francis
How about Cheviot pipes
Neil
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: tim rolls BT tim.ro...@btconnect.com
Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP
On 6 Jan 2010
: [6]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: NSP
Hello Tim
Guess you're thinking about developments such as concert G chanters and
high C keys. It would be accurate but silly as we both know.
Clearly the pipes have growing
BT tim.ro...@btconnect.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com, j...@millgreens.f2s.com,
gibbonssoi...@aol.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010, 16:31
I guess we may have to consider allowing Durham,
CHAPELRY
; [[3]4]gibbonssoi...@aol.com ; [5]tim rolls
BT
Cc: [[4]6]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: NSP
Hello Tim
Guess you're thinking about developments such as concert G chanters and
high C keys. It would be accurate but silly
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Hello Tim
Guess you're thinking about developments such as concert G chanters and
high C keys. It would be accurate
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Sorry Matt and all,
Hadn't thought to look off the bottom of the page, just hit the reply all
button. Will try to do better.
Tim
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Perhaps we should do away with names altogether? We could come with an
appropriate symbol, perhaps something from the Lindesfarne Gospels, by which
our pipes would be known. In conversation we would refer to them as the pipes
formerly known as Northumbrian Smallpipes. The NPS would have to
Thanks for the reminder, Matt, and my apologies.
Richard.
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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
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