Thanks, Nigel, for some very interesting postings. Hearing from old friends
and new ones is good.
For my bit, I'm still concerned with Scott-Skinner. So many tunes are named
"Mrs. Somebody's Favourite" How does this come about? Does the old dear
express her liking for an unnamed tune and from then on it becomes hers? Or
does the composer think "I'll name a tune for her and she'll give me lots of
money"?
I think it must be the latter, but what happens if the "Somebody" person
doesn't like the tune?
On a more serious note, I've ordered small pipes in both D (for local
sessions with all the melodeon players) and in A (because many good fiddle
tunes and all GHB tunes are in A) - the set has interchangeable chanters.
After Philip's Border Gaithering I was hooked. Two more weeks to wait for
their arrival.
Jan Lane (Bedfordshire, U.K.)
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