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 drilled at 45 degrees downward from the top and upward from the bottom of the chanter he may be able to spread the holes to make it possible for him to play in F. The holes on a bassoon are drilled this way to make it possible to cover the holes but in the other way,i.e. upwards for the top holes and downwards for the bottom holes. Cheers, Colin
-----Original Message----- From: Helen Capes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 8:29 Subject: [NSP] Finger spacing Ok this is a bit technical, for those who understand the link between bore width and finger spacing.? I have been approached by a man who would like to learn to play the NSP but he really cannot squash his fingers onto an F chanter.? One solution would be a D chanter, but that doesn't give him the future of social playing with other pipers that he was looking for.? He has made some very nice practice chanters for the GHP and wondered if anyone could supply some ideas on how to make a keyless F chanter for the NSP with wider fingers spacing.? Helen ? ? To get on or off this list see list information at? http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. --
