[NSP] Re: D chanter on AU ebay

2011-03-24 Thread Colin
Sorry, meant to add it was sold on Friday 25th March (hence the attempt at a joke) for 950 AU. Still like to know if those notes were right or if it was a "special" though. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Colin" To: "NSP group" Sent: Th

[NSP] Re: D chanter on AU ebay

2011-03-24 Thread Colin
Listing has ended anyway (Australia is ahead of us on time so it's tomorrow there today) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Gibbons, John" To: "John Dally" ; "NSP group" Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:38 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: D chan

[NSP] Re: Has there ever been an NSP with _all_ keys (no open holes)?

2011-03-23 Thread Colin
as well?). Slippery slope here. Really interesting discussion though. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "NSP group" Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:34 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: Has there ever been an NSP with _all_ keys (no open holes

[NSP] Re: Has there ever been an NSP with _all_ keys (no open holes)?

2011-03-22 Thread Colin
hones, bassoons and oboes have open holes. Flutes, of course, go a step further in having keys with holes in them . As far as I know, there is no member of the woodwind class made without open holes (discounting some bass instruments which would be impossible for the fingers to reach maybe). Colin

[NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch

2011-02-09 Thread Colin
g situation. I'll stop asking questions. I'll find a copy of that book and read it. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Philip Gruar" To: ; "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:29 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch - Original Me

[NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch

2011-02-09 Thread Colin
lucky now because we have the technology to set, say, A=440 and make comparisons for tuning, our forbears were not so lucky. The reason they traditionally/originally tune to the oboe A, of course. I wonder how many orchestras tuned to an Oboe that was several cents out? Colin Hill - Origi

[NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch

2011-02-08 Thread Colin
Which were tuned with reference to.. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 9:27 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch Before the tuning fork was invented, there were pitch pipes. John -- To get on or off this list

[NSP] Re: Tuning/pitch

2011-02-08 Thread Colin
ents that still exist show this or not? On a similar vein, what did people tune things to (prior to the invention of the tuning for in 1711). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:08 AM Subject:

[NSP] Re: Esoteric tuning relationships

2011-02-07 Thread Colin
thers) for years. They still haven't made it bigger though - although they thought about it with those metric glasses. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Paul Gretton" To: "'Colin'" ; Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:36 PM Subject: RE: [NSP] Re:

[NSP] Re: Esoteric tuning relationships

2011-02-07 Thread Colin
...). A standard should be just that - a standard. If it changes, it ain't standard! Good interesting thread though. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:45 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: Esoteric tuning relationships And I've

[NSP] Re: Rotting of The Cotton Threads

2011-01-14 Thread Colin
Did you mean "haven't written yet"? Next years competitions maybe? :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - On 14 Jan 2011, at 23:57, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote: Is 'The rotting of the cotton threads' the title of a tune I haven't learned yet? To ge

[NSP] Re: re-conditioning ... (dangers of brass tarnish?)

2011-01-14 Thread Colin
le have gold flutes so why not). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Bo Albrechtsen" To: Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:45 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: re-conditioning ... (dangers of brass tarnish?) Den 14-01-2011 21:39, [1]gibbonssoi...@aol.com skrev: ..snip With brass,

[NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...

2011-01-14 Thread Colin
leather working as a hobby) - also very good. As I played less and less, I tried Colin Ross's suggestion of medical liquid paraffin - and we need to be aware that, as said, it's not called that in countries other than the UK. I have found that to be an excellent oil and the pipes are

[NSP] Re: Intonation

2011-01-12 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
Thanks so much, John, Francis, I'll try climbing out of the ravine today. Colin On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, John Liestman <[1]j...@liestman.com> wrote: Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version! I have posted a pdf file ve

[NSP] Re: Intonation

2011-01-11 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
Thanks, I checked his book and it's pages 116 to 120 if anyone else is interested. Time to re-read it (pun intended). Colin On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Dave S <[1]david...@pt.lu> wrote: Hi, Years ago John Leistman wrote an article about balancing drone

[NSP] Re: Intonation

2011-01-11 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
flute). Consequently, a set of drones that is more stable can result in a 'sweeter' end result than one that isn't. Colin (McNaught) On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM, <[1]gibbonssoi...@aol.com> wrote: As many notes on an NSP chanter can be bent about a quar

[NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...

2011-01-09 Thread Colin
"just in case" the oil on the pipes goes hard and they stick (although the medical paraffin seems to prevent that unlike some stuff I have used in the past) as I presume that the heat will soften it. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Julia Say" To: &quo

[NSP] Re: Drone Tuning

2011-01-07 Thread Colin
an aid to tuning by ear) and showed how far out you were (I think it also had a "this is how it should sound" audio as well). Anyone remember it (I lost the URL several PCs ago) and does it still exist? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Gibbons, John" To: S

[NSP] Re: Doubleday et al

2010-12-19 Thread Colin
r, new drone stock with extra hole and low D drone) cost £36. I did have to drill a hole in the G drone to use the A as the cover was there but Bill hadn't drilled the actual hole under it). I then made my first (and last) visit to the AGM (by rail) and gawped at the likes of Colin Ross an

[NSP] Re: Doubleday

2010-12-17 Thread Colin
write it) and, if so, ignore me but I just can't see a point in comparing apples and potatoes (you choose which is which). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "Anthony Robb" ; "NSP group" Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:28

[NSP] Re: Clogging

2010-12-13 Thread Colin
seen at least three times now. iPlayer doesn't like my slow dirge of a PC. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "John Dally" To: "Richard York" Cc: "Anthony Robb" ; "NSP group" Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: [NSP]

[NSP] Re: Tempo

2010-12-10 Thread Colin
n the melodic aspect of the piece being played - choytes abounding!. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: [NSP] Tempo On 10/12/10 Colin Hill wrote: Nice to (be) reminded

[NSP] Re: BBC4 programmes

2010-12-09 Thread Colin
Nice to reminded that they are, after all, dance tunes and not attempts at a world speed record. :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "John Dally" To: "Tim Rolls" Cc: "NPS Discussion" ; Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:52 PM Subject: [NSP] Re

[NSP] Re: Help please

2010-11-17 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
rowsers above (but not iPad/iPhone): Here's the demo: [2]http://www.cciwebs.com/kocdemo/ (there are three sound files, apologies for the amateur pipe playing on the first two) Here's the media player link: [3]http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/ Contact me off list if you nee

[NSP] Re: Help please

2010-11-16 Thread Colin
players don't show at all - just a black box where they should be. It was, however, possible to download the clips using Firefox's DownloadHelper and play them off the hard disc. My system is quite old (like me). WinXP. I have no idea why the mediaplayers don't show

[NSP] Re: Looking to get started - was- My little tune sponge....

2010-11-15 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
d my first set on my 60th birthday. Contact / call off-list if you need any help advice from someone who has recently gone through the learning process without any local help. Colin McNaught Annapolis, MD 410 849 2961 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Reid Bishop &l

[NSP] Re: Where hast thou been all the night?

2010-11-06 Thread Colin
d the pressure etc on the keys - it's in the Paul Corin museum in Cornwall which I visited many times - and the difference between that and a general pianola is remarkable. I think of midi as the blank canvas on which to paint the music. Colin Hill - Original Message - From:

[NSP] Re: Where hast thou been all the night?

2010-11-05 Thread Colin
known tune that's at the same tempo would do as I really don't know that much about abc either) :-) Thanks, Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:07 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast th

[NSP] Re: Where hast though been all the night?

2010-11-04 Thread Colin
Totally agree. Information is great to have even if we don't act on it (yet). Please continue. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 11:43 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast though been all the night? My vote is that such conversa

[NSP] Re: Cymbal

2010-11-02 Thread Colin
All you need to know: http://www.hurdygurdy.farmcom.net/front.html I actually play a flatback gurdy (not by this maker) from Germany made by Helmut Seibert.. There's something about drones.. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Gibbons, John" To: "

[NSP] Re: Cymbal

2010-10-31 Thread Colin
Oops, of course a daguerreotype is a photograph so probably was accurate after all (red face). That's a hurdy gurdy she's holding regardless of what she called it. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "NSP group" Sent: Sunday, Oc

[NSP] Re: Cymbal

2010-10-31 Thread Colin
otype) so she was still alive but, of course, unlikely to be taken from life (and we do all know how accurate newspapers, journals and books are, don't we). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "NSP group" Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:1

[NSP] NSP and Hardanger Fiddle?

2010-09-11 Thread Colin Everett
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone had any experience playing along with a hardanger fiddle? If so, any general advice, or suggestions on tunes that work well with the two instruments (from either tradition)? Thanks, Colin Everett To get on or off this list see list information at

[NSP] Re: Joe Huttons pipes?

2010-04-25 Thread Colin
years after that. How interesting to know a little more about them after all these years. Thank you. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Philip Gruar" To: Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:15 PM Subject: [NSP] Joe Huttons pipes? Others will no doubt reply with much more i

[NSP] Re: The Dark Island

2010-04-23 Thread Colin
A plague in all your households. Well, not quite (and I seem not to have received most of the posts for this topic) but the next best thing http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_dark.htm Anyone brave enough to listen to the mp3. Actually, I quite like it. Colin Hill - Original

[NSP] Re: Transposing

2010-04-11 Thread Colin
ng. Then again, it was written for one drone sound so I suppose that accounts for it. Usr the ones that sound best. (Joins Helen under the parapet) :) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Helen Capes" To: ; Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:47 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: Transpos

[NSP] Re: Noises from keys

2010-03-17 Thread colin
y off - lift it off smartly (half open holes can make funny noises). Sorry, that's all I can think of from my own experience. I'm sure lots of good suggestions will follow. Colin Hill. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03 AM Subject: [NSP] N

[NSP] Re: pipe cases

2010-02-18 Thread colin
waterproof but one would have to ensure the bellows fitted in as well.. Colin Hill. PS Yeah, I remember the Dutch guy and his Pelican case. I think he also has his squad jumping up and down on it as well. All survived. - Original Message - From: "Richard Shuttleworth"

[NSP] Re: pipe cases

2010-02-17 Thread colin
een through the post a couple of times as well without problems (chanters and drones wrapped in bits of silk shirt - bought for 50p in a charity shop and contained in stout cardboard tubes). I have no idea if he made it himself or if he bought it somewhere. It'll outlast me :-) Colin

[NSP] Re: NSP Bellows

2010-02-02 Thread colin
suggest they are problematic only after having them fettled, maybe someone here could suggest a fix? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:50 PM Subject: [NSP] NSP Bellows Hi All, Not a discussion point more a cry for help!!! Having just

[NSP] Re: the Guardian today....

2010-01-26 Thread colin
Level from above means stop and hide :) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anita Evans" To: "Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site" Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:20 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: the Guardian today Malcolm Craven wrote: Hi, What is B A E tuning.

nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu

2010-01-22 Thread colin
ge and the importance of the tradition of music and thought those on this list may wish to sign. Several other music lists I am on have done so already so sorry if this is a repeat. If anyone would like to sign the petition, it's at: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/VandAchange/ Colin Hi

[NSP] Re: Warning: scam

2010-01-21 Thread colin
the description though before parting with large sums of cash for what you can get free on the Internet (and, let's face it, the Wikpedia is always 100% accurate isn't it?) - (that was meant to be sarcastic, by the way). Good for you to point it out Matt, thanks (puts chequ

[NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads

2010-01-14 Thread colin
It was indeed on your recommendation Colin that I moved to LP (and yes, I have a Hedworth set that you had to work on to get all the gunk off) and will always be grateful to you. I have had no problems with LP at all so. Thank you. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: Cc

[NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads

2010-01-13 Thread colin
the answer lies in how often the set is played/maintained as suggested by others rather than a simple "which oil is best". Colin Hill To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads

2010-01-12 Thread colin
remember to change it. Sodden bungs mess up the tuning (he says knowingly after ages of despair before some kind soul on this list put me right about wet bungs). Colin Hill Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Tom Childs" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Tuesday, Ja

[NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads

2010-01-12 Thread colin
. Here's the stuff. http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=1008&storeId=90&productId=325219&langId=-1 I'm sure we'll get a plethora of other suggestions ;) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York"

[NSP] Re: NSP

2010-01-05 Thread colin
x27;s the other one called?". It's knowing what the adjective describes, isn't it and that "Northumbrian small-pipes" is the name of the instrument? Colin Hill ----- Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "colin" ; "NSP group&quo

[NSP] Re: NSP

2010-01-05 Thread colin
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). Northumb

[NSP] Re: NSP item on BBC Radio 4

2010-01-01 Thread colin
Must be the cold weather. It plays havoc with corns. Haven't seen as much since I watched (by accident) Oklahoma. Colin Hill PS Thanks for the big grin in brought to my face :) - Original Message - From: "Francis Wood" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Friday,

[NSP] Re: From notation to music

2009-12-03 Thread colin
written down exactly and HOW they play it. Two players, same notes, different performance. On the subject of classical players, I do feel one should take into account that, when playing in an orchestra, doing one's own thing may not be a good idea :-) A time and a place for everything.

[NSP] Re: From notation to music

2009-11-30 Thread colin
etting by" with French or German whilst on holiday. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Mike and Enid Walton" To: ; "colin" Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: From notation to music A friend of a friend, who was a trained musician

[NSP] Re: Radio Mics and channel 69

2009-11-19 Thread colin
Thanks, I understand now. Fortunately, the mics in church use the license free bands, not channel 69, so won't be affected (I think/hope). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Simon Knight" To: "'NSP group'" Sent: Thursday, November 19, 200

[NSP] Re: Radio Mics and channel 69

2009-11-18 Thread colin
obsolete (and probably illegal now) frequency. Are the channel 69 mics transmitted from a central source? As you gather, I'm not that clued up about these things. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard York" To: "NSP group" Sent: Wednesday, November 18

[NSP] Re: [nsp] Barrington

2009-11-01 Thread colin
John wrote: It is a grand tune, and good for beginners - to prove to themselves they aren't beginners anymore. Or that >they still are! Yes, and the very reason I "upgraded" from keyless to a 7-key. One day I may be actually able to play it (well, I mean) :-) Colin H

[NSP] Re: Old Guy Sound Files on the web

2009-10-27 Thread Colin and Cheryl McNaught
overcome this on my systems. Maybe Vista provides an unfriendly QT environment. Playing is nice, too. Colin McNaught On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Richard York wrote: Thanks Richard, That's interesting - we like Firefox so much better in lots of ways, but it sometimes doesn't play thing

[NSP] Re: Route to piping

2009-10-24 Thread colin
Quite right Colin. Forgive me for not making that clear in my mail. I also got a warm welcome from her at the AGM and she was so pleased I had come all that way for it (but I forgot to bring my pipes, alas). Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, October 24

[NSP] Re: Route to piping

2009-10-23 Thread colin
membership (another huge sum in those days). I made the effort to get to the next AGM and was a little overpowered by those there - Colin Ross, Forster Charlton and others and finally realised who Ray was as well. I also heard Colin playing the border pipes (well, he was just having a try at

[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking

2009-10-20 Thread colin
How nice to have a little humour again. On a positive note, I shall now be operating my gentle summer breeze emulator whilst ensuring my selected harmonic pipes are, indeed, in harmony. A gentle squeeze of the cuddlesac and away we go. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "

[NSP] Re: curious pipes on ebay

2009-09-20 Thread colin
Just a coincidence on the name, I think, Colin (Made by Ross Technologies). Try this link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ross-Electronic-Bagpipes_W0QQitemZ280399408877QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item41491b6eed&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 They also have an earphone socket for "private

[NSP] Re: Cut and Dry Dolly

2009-09-17 Thread colin
gotten now. Barren whores, wrinkled old ladies?Maybe the cigar IS just a cigar after all. ;-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:51 PM Subject: [NSP] Cut and Dry Dolly Hello, Heslop’s “Northumberland Words” (1892 and 1893-4), a glossar

[NSP] Re: Tune title spelling

2009-08-19 Thread colin
rry's original message) showed up as a capital L in your reply. :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: ; "Barry Say" Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:05 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune title spelling Surely worth a go if it means more cha

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-14 Thread colin
e Society) are. Possibly there was an assumption that all were already aware of things. I honestly cannot reconcile the two posts. (second one below) Maybe I'm far to far out of the loop...my head hurts. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: Cc: Sent: Friday, Augu

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread colin
post the information. Why all the fuss then? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard Shuttleworth" To: ; ; "colin" Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available Dear Colin Hill, The NSP

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread colin
May I please apologise for filling mailboxes by hitting "reply all" and not removing the individual names and just sending one copy to the list, sorry. Colin Hill (told you I was old) :-) - Original Message - From: "Gibbons, John" To: "'Dartmout

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread colin
- Original Message - From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:53 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available No problem as you are doing it as a group activity and there is no conflict with the NPS who I am sure welcomes it. CR -Orig

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread colin
n alternative to those who wish to discuss ALL aspects of piping and where the news of a course on piping would be accepted as news regardless of who was running it? Colin Hill (Life Member of NPS since around 1972/3) - Original Message - From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 200

[NSP] Re: Composing location

2009-08-13 Thread colin
Don't get the reed wet Helen :-) My favourite place (either there or just thinking about it) is a cliff path called "The Warren" outside of Polperro in Cornwall. Slow airs and waltzes mainly as it's so peaceful. Narrow path, gorse bushes and the sea. Perfect for the music

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-12 Thread colin
nest. Now it's a point-scoring forum. I no longer look forward to reading the mails as I know what's coming. Sorry but I'm really getting fed up with reading the snide remarks these days (plus most is lost on me as I don't know the people concerned). Bah, Humbug... Colin Hill

[NSP] Re: Transposing music

2009-08-02 Thread colin
h that and saving the midi and then using a simpler program which works with XP to print the score.(plenty of trial versions of stuff around). Sorry for the misunderstanding. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: To: "colin" Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 12:05 AM Sub

[NSP] Re: Transposing music

2009-08-01 Thread colin
Well, you live and learn! Maybe I should have said "nothing affordable". Mind you, for 300-400 dollars, I think I'll stick to pen and paper :-) Good to know anyway, thanks. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Valerio Pelliccioni" To: "colin" ; C

[NSP] Re: Transposing music

2009-07-31 Thread colin
cise, musicians are not :) Unless it's a concerto, hand copying is probably the best bet or ABC, convert to midi, transpose and print out. Plenty of stuff out there to do that. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Christopher Gregg" To: Sent: Friday, July

[NSP] Re: Happy Hours

2009-06-11 Thread colin
urs". From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/HAA_HAP.htm Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Dally, John" To: Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:20 PM Subject: [NSP] Happy Hours Andy May's new CD is full of great music. I've listened to it over and over aga

[NSP] Re: ear-learners vs note-learners

2009-06-10 Thread colin
contained in them - more just the actual notes rather than the phrasing etc until I can hear someone else playing the tune and then it falls into place. Dot illiteracy, I suppose. :( Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard Evans" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 200

[NSP] Re: this list is safer now

2009-06-08 Thread colin
That's the last one I got as well. The "new" member's list appears just as quiet as well. Perhaps we've all run out of tubs to thump :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Dave S" To: Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 7:11 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: this

[NSP] Re: Alternative/extra NPS discussion list

2009-05-29 Thread colin
Quite the opposite. Roll up, roll up. Join the society and get all the fun of the fair :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Ian & Carol Bartlett (home account)" To: Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:06 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Alternative/extra NPS discussion list

[NSP] Re: Style/dots

2009-05-27 Thread colin
lly missing from the plain player-piano. I think that holds good for most music. You need dots + "something" to make music (and maybe the dots are really just a guide). Poetry is far better spoken aloud than read, isn't it? Same words. Colin Hill - Original Message - F

[NSP] Re: Pipes programme

2009-05-26 Thread colin
Thank you. I found that a really good listen. Why can't we have stuff like this on the radio now? Shame you didn't get the AA stuff from Pebble Mill as well. :) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Francis Wood" To: "pipers list" Sent: Tuesday, May

[NSP] Re: NPS President and more.

2009-05-23 Thread colin
f instant messaging and snail mail is expensive. If nothing else, maybe this debate will open up a new communications channel. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Julia Say" To: ; "colin" Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: NPS President and m

[NSP] Re: NPS President and more.

2009-05-23 Thread colin
would help? Without getting a concise record of what was said and done, we are forced to glean what we can from emails. That's not good and will totally rely on how vehement or eloquent the writer may be. Let's have it all out in the open (isn't that what minutes are for???). Colin H

[NSP] Re: Colin Ross - Hedworth Pipes

2009-05-21 Thread colin
I too have a set made by Bill from the early 70's and Colin fettled them for me (and a great job too) as there were a few things that needed tweaking as there were a few adjustments that Bill had forgotten to make (although I drilled a hole under the ring on the G drone myself as Bil

[NSP] Re: Colin Ross

2009-05-21 Thread colin
l the Spam I get is individually hand-written just for me :) As for Colin Ross. I appreciate what's been said plus the "doctor's advice" to take things easy but it shouldn't be beyond the committee to make some sort of "lifetime achievement" position avail

[NSP] Re: Colin Ross

2009-05-20 Thread colin
Thank you for putting into word what I was thinking. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:55 PM Subject: [NSP] Colin Ross Dear All What a shame Colin Ross has stood down from the

[NSP] Re: nsp

2009-04-28 Thread colin
Thanks John and Ina, that's the chap. Shame that they don't show that program again but they have probably erased it by now. It gave me a great understanding of how variable the playing of an instrument can be. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Ina Gilchri

[NSP] Re: Staccato

2009-04-28 Thread colin
t of it like that. It is, after all, the short length of the grace note that counts, isn't it? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Barry Say" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: [NSP] Staccato I feel that the word staccato has been misused with res

[NSP] Re: nps

2009-04-28 Thread colin
e, of course, "no-no's" for Yehudi. Nobody could possibly claim that these two were not masters of the violin but both styles and interpretation of the dots were very different as was their method of playing (vibrato, bowing etc). This discussion does remind me of it each time it

[NSP] Re: nps

2009-04-26 Thread colin
as already been through the process of being used to refer to a bad wailing sound soon after the French Revolution when it fell out of favour and was played (often badly) by beggars etc. We don't want that to happen to the pipes, do we? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: &qu

[NSP] Re: nps

2009-04-26 Thread colin
quot;boldly go where no piper has gone before". Bad playing is just bad playing. We can all do that - some just faster than others :-) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "what.me" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:18 PM Subject: [NSP] nps

[NSP] Re: nps

2009-04-26 Thread colin
Maybe we are heading backwards to the days of "playing" and "non-playing" members when one had to actually play the pipes before members (or send a tape if you were too far away or abroad) so they could decide if you could "play" or not. :) Colin Hill - Origi

[NSP] Re: Kathryn Tickell - Pipes Teacher.

2009-04-17 Thread colin
somewhere. Really must find it and copy to a CD before it's lost forever. I also like KTs playing when done in the style I'm more used to. Let's face it, the problem we've been discussing is all down to the fact that the reporter had probably never heard the pipes played be

[NSP] Re: Not again!

2009-04-16 Thread colin
wonderful instrument without becoming too pedantic. We're musicians first and academics second, surely? Let's not argue over which end of the egg to open :) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Thursday, April 16

[NSP] Re: Style

2009-04-14 Thread colin
either way already over in Ireland. Maybe some people want the same thing with NSP rather than play them closed and switch to Scottish small pipes for open? May sound odd to us but the right to "do our own thing" remains. We don't have to like it, of course :) We'll never all agree

[NSP] Re: Re:

2009-04-13 Thread colin
g the hosepipe and the response he got?). The general public just isn't aware of what should be done and what shouldn't. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "lisa ridley" To: ; "pipers list" Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: R

[NSP] (Fwd) Re: Jack Armstrong and Pat Jennings

2009-03-31 Thread Colin Turner
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[NSP] Re: Jack Armstrong and Pat Jennings

2009-03-31 Thread Colin Turner
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[NSP] Re: Just testing my new spam filter :)

2009-03-27 Thread colin
As it says on the box. Seems my own messages are sometimes being deleted by an over-zelous Mailwasher so just checking :) Colin Hill To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: stiff fingers and aging

2009-03-27 Thread colin
d start to seize up and others who keep going and don't. Now, where are those NZ green mussels... Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Richard Hensold" To: Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 5:11 AM Subject: [NSP] stiff fingers and aging I was appa

[NSP] Re: Mail not getting to list

2009-03-20 Thread colin
or. I actually have the server (demon?) blacklisted as I was getting hundreds of returns from emails that I hadn't sent - from cwhii@ infod@ etc so, if one was bounced, I wouldn't see it as it gets deleted from the server. Normally they appear within a few minutes. Colin Hill - O

[NSP] Mail not getting to list

2009-03-20 Thread colin
portant, I hasten to add). I'm with Orange and they do, on occasions, get blacklisted for Spam. Just wondering. Colin Hill To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Rothbury 1990

2009-03-19 Thread colin
Got mine this morning. Making donations tomorrow :) Thanks, it's great! Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Anthony Robb" To: "Dartmouth NPS" Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:27 PM Subject: [NSP] Rothbury 1990 Hellos apiece Here's the list of

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