[NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale

2011-05-18 Thread barry07
Quoting Anthony Robb : Hello Vernon If we stick with Barry's fruit analogy idea, Richard Suttleworth was comparing apples past their sell-by date with fresh ones. Pardon. Where does tradition come into this. Are Reid pipes past their sell-by dates. I do not think I said anything which s

[NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale

2011-05-18 Thread Francis Wood
On 18 May 2011, at 09:05, Julia Say wrote: > There was also a " lively discussion" with another person at the time > as to whether it was adequate. I can imagine that it was lively! But as to whether or not any pipe-making book can be adequate, that depends entirely on what one expects. A go

[NSP] Re: Heavy pipes

2011-05-18 Thread Francis Wood
Saves messing around with those fiddly reed things. And you can probably play in E maj. No problem! Francis On 18 May 2011, at 09:33, Tim Rolls wrote: > Hi All, > > Fed up with carrying around those heavy old Northumbrian smallpipes in their > bag? Learn to play the Scottish smallpipes instea

[NSP] Heavy pipes

2011-05-18 Thread Tim Rolls
Hi All, Fed up with carrying around those heavy old Northumbrian smallpipes in their bag? Learn to play the Scottish smallpipes instead. "But", I hear you say," surely they're just as heavy" Sorry, forgot to say, you can now play them virtually on your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad http://www.trad

[NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale

2011-05-18 Thread simon
Were these wiki leeks! My apologies in advance. Simon -Original Message- From: "Julia Say" Sender: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:05:19 To: Vernon Levy; Reply-to: julia@nspipes.co.uk Subject: [NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale On 17 May 2011, Vernon Levy wr

[NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale

2011-05-18 Thread Anthony Robb
--- On Tue, 17/5/11, Vernon Levy wrote: I also have the Cock and Bryan book and the unrealised ambition to make a set of my own. Hello Vernon If we stick with Barry's fruit analogy idea, Richard Suttleworth was comparing apples past their sell-by date with fresh ones. The Co

[NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale

2011-05-18 Thread Julia Say
On 17 May 2011, Vernon Levy wrote: > Leek growing was another area of > expertise where tempers ran high when secrets were shared and custom and > practice > challenged. I witnessed many vehement arguments regarding the growing of > exhibition > leeks and wondered how grown men could allow t