Not electronic pipes, but NSP made by Burleigh "one year ago". The seller, who gives Falkirk as home, claims you fettled them. Sounds like it may be a false claim. You can find them by searching Northumbrian smallpipes under musical instruments on ebay.
Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of rosspi...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 8:08 AM To: tim.ro...@btconnect.com Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: curious pipes on ebay I was unable to download the electronic pipes reference you posted so I have no idea what it is about: I certainly have had nothing to do with electronic pipes. I used to sort out pipes from different makers to get them playing well and in tune if the original maker was deceased or seemingly unable to satisfy the customer when having been taken back to the maker. I used to do this with Bill Hedworths pipes until I gave Bill the 'correct' hole positions which improved things and for which he was quite grateful. With David's pipes I was unable to make a similar arrangement but knew what to do mainly with the chanter tuning to get his sets working very well indeed. However I called a moritorium on these adjustments some years ago now as it was stopping my own work from being produced. It is possble that the set John Dally refers to was one of the earlier sets I did fettle and would be playing well as long as the reeds are OK. Colin R -----Original Message----- From: tim rolls BT <tim.ro...@btconnect.com> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Dally, John <john.da...@hmhpub.com> Sent: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:06 Subject: [NSP] Re: curious pipes on ebay Is there no end to Colin's talents :-) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ross-Electronic-Bagpipes_ These are in Ontario, Canada Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dally, John" <john.da...@hmhpub.com> To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent:=2 0Friday, September 18, 2009 5:27 PM Subject: [NSP] curious Burleigh pipes on ebay There is a curious set of Burleigh pipes on ebay. It's not so curious to see Burleigh pipes on ebay, but it's very curious to see a set of Burleigh pipes anywhere that have been fettled by Colin Ross. Or, at least, that's the impression I've gotten watching the scene from afar. I'd gotten the impression that Colin wouldn't go near a set of Burleigh pipes. Of course, if Colin did fettle these pipes they would be more valuable than if he hadn't. Anyone know anything about them? They're in Fife. 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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.104/2379 - Release Date: 09/17/09 15:55:00
