Philip Gruar wrote; Colin Ross, in particular, was always completely free and open with all help and advice, and very generous with his time. At one time he also used to teach an evening class in pipemaking.
Helo Philip I thought about this myself when Barry asked about the NPS lending out D drills. I was Hon Sec just before the time Colin and David B turned to full time making and do not recall any instance of advertising the loan of these drills nor being aware of any request for them. I do recall, however, being one of a number of people warmly wlecomed to use lathes, D drills etc. in Colin R's garage (before he had a dedicated workshop) and being given instruction in the use of this equipment followed by the oportunity to make the G chanter that Carole used on "Cut & Dry Dolly" and a set of very long (3 section) D drones playing from very low D through low A up to what is normally bottom D. This experimentation was encouraged and supervised over many weeks by Colin in the early 70s, with all offers of monetary recompense politely refused! It would not surprise me to learn that the NPS itself was not active in lending our D drills but that Colin did on an ad hoc basis to fellow enthusiasts. Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
