The pipes are sold - I wanted to thank all the people who expressed interest.
- Original Message -
From: "mfk 8973"
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 9:22:17 PM
Subject: [NSP] NSP set for sale
Selling a beautiful Heriot & Allan NSP combination set D/G with 5
Quite simply, it's spam. This particular email appears to be "doing the
rounds" at the moment on many groups including Google and Yahoo.
Someone, somewhere, has had their address book hacked.
Any mail like this should be deleted and not opened. I doubt anyone in a
group would send a link with no
What is this email about? Doesn't seem to have anything to do with
Piping.
Marianne.
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:36:20 -0400
> To: barne...@gmail.com; edt1...@cox.net;
carol...@ticklehallcross.co.uk; pbtand...@gmail.com;
nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; amca...@cox.net; joe.bea...@alexandr
I don't think we need worry, no way that's a mammoth. It lacks the head
bump found in the species. Looks more like a bear with a salmon in it's
mouth to me. The "trunk" comes out of it's mouth!
Colin Hill
On 17/02/2012 22:45, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
If that recent footage of a mammo
If that recent footage of a mammoth-shaped object fording a river in
Chukhotka in the Russian Far East turns out not to have been faked,
then presumably the species goes on the CITES list pretty sharpish, and
carrying smallpipes across borders gets harder...
John
In a messag
A lot of the ivory actually came from old billiard and snooker balls as
well and a lot of of them (and other ivory work) came from mammoth tusks
from Russia. Europeans used ivory mainly for piano keys and cutlery handles!
I remember being advised to look out for them to make some bits for the
pi
Hi All,
The ivorycould possibly be walrus. Goeff Wooff used old walrus pieces
that I think he bought in NZ years ago in the limited number of sets
of pipes that he made. Then again am happy to be proven wrong!!
Regards,
Guy T
--- On Wed, 15/2/12, John Dally wrote:
First of all, I must apologise to Anthony for sending my first reply to
him rather than the list. This was a finger slip.
What I wrote was:
As far as I can see, these pipes bear none of the features I would
expect in Hedworth pipes. In particular,
Anthony Robb wrote:
His style is uni
I didn't look at the larger images :(
Quite different and, as you say, especially the keys. Bill's are a work
of art in themselves. Should really have looked at my own set before
replying.
The only other chanters I have seen (and not that many) have been rather
heavy and thick which made me thi
thony
From: Mike Sharp
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 22:28
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP spotted on ebay UK
Colin Hill writes:
>I saw a distinct Hedworth look in the chanter but note it's brass
>fittings. He, I think, used NS (he did on m
Colin Hill writes:
>I saw a distinct Hedworth look in the chanter but note it's brass
>fittings. He, I think, used NS (he did on mine) and there's more ivory
>on this one.
I pretty sure this isn't Bill Hedworth's work. I don't see his
distinctive rolled (crimped) line that he us
Doh! I did reply but sent it to the original sender instead of well
you know the rest.
I saw a distinct Hedworth look in the chanter but note it's brass
fittings. He, I think, used NS (he did on mine) and there's more ivory
on this one.
I always thought of Bill's as very neat and slim so ma
On 15/02/2012 16:23, John Dally wrote:
[1]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Northumbrian-Smallpipes-/120858672456?pt=UK_
Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item1c23bcfd48
Can anyone identify the maker?
I am not associated with the sale or interested in bidding on them.
Just curious.
-
Hi Francis,
I joined the NPS in 1991 as expat, the magazine was really the only
contact I had with piping. Later the problems of payment caused so much
hassle I left perhaps 10 years later. I joined the LBPS because they
had payment by bankcard and they were more towards musicology,
chips :-)
We all have our favourites, I suppose.
Colin Hill
- Original Message -
From: "Gibbons, John"
To: "'Francis Wood'" ;
Cc: "Northumbrian Small Pipes"
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:43 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
> Hmm - this opens up a whole spectrum of technologically exuberant
> solutions for tuning your drones and chanter with a battery of small
> pressurized gas bottles and a multi-valve setup for variable continous
> mix-gas administration. Should look nice m
Den 14-01-2011 16:43, Gibbons, John skrev:
A way of coaxing the extra few cents out of a flat chanter would be to hook a
nitrogen cylinder up to the bellows.
Or helium if that isn't enough.
John
Hmm - this opens up a whole spectrum of technologically exuberant
solutions for tuning your drones
up to the bellows.
Or helium if that isn't enough.
John
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Francis Wood
Sent: 14 January 2011 15:16
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Cc: Northumbrian Small Pipes
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-co
On 14 Jan 2011, at 11:31, Julia Say replied:
>> ( a while ago i remember there was some discussion of oils. . .)
>
> And then another one, and then another one. Its one of the
> recurrent topics.
It's one of those things that has no definitive answer. Almost every option has
Den 14-01-2011 15:27, Julia Say skrev:
snip...
Paraffin oil/liquid paraffin etc
etc is a mineral-oil product which is cheap, not drying and does not
smell at all. It does tend to evaporate however very slowly over time
I have observed a tendency for it to start causing rotting of the cot
very
kittle business.
Anthony
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Julia Say wrote:
From: Julia Say
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
To: "'Northumbrian Small Pipes'"
Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 14:33
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
>
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
> /Julia is perfectly right/ in exclaiming her "gh" !
Thank you, I have been well trained!
> Vegetable oil such as the cold press, extra virgin etc in time any such
> oil will change
> from being an oil and into first a gummy substance
...w
Den 14-01-2011 13:42, Anthony Robb skrev:
Hello Mike
Ian Corrigan recommends lemon oil as a pleasant, not too viscious
cleaning liquid.
It also, he reckons, gives wood a near invisible but protective coat. I
haven't tried it but think it might be worth a try. The border pipes he
l and sonic delight so I'm very happy
to take his word on this.
Anthony
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Mike Dixon wrote:
From: Mike Dixon
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
To: "'Northumbrian Small Pipes'"
Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 11:
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
>for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
>"rubbing" or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
>green
IPA will degrease everything in
I think it's called denatured alcohol.
Martin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:31 +, Julia Say wrote:
> On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
>
> >for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
> >"rubbing" or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
>
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
>for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
>"rubbing" or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
>green
IPA will degrease everything in sight, but is a bit drastic. Sold in the UK as
a
computer cleani
THANX Julia and Colin!
I finally had the courage (had nightmares of the wood splitting apart)
to pull out the heat gun.
it worked easily! within a few minutes the joints let go ... aahhh
...
there were 3 frozen joints - 1 is the joint with the valve that
attaches to the ba
t;Northumbrian Small Pipes" ; "Victor Eskenazi"
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:09 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
On 8 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
my pipes have sat for too long
1 - the weather here is very damp
Where is "here" (roughly)?
On 8 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
> my pipes have sat for too long
> 1 - the weather here is very damp
Where is "here" (roughly)?
>turns out the joints are stuck.
> any suggestions on how to unstick them - without waiting for the right
brief immersion in hot water or gently heating with
Hello - thank you John - very kind.
I must of course point out that it's half NSP and half concertina - I
don't actually have any tracks with both!
If you're on this side of the pond, it's available from the record
company (Veteran: www.veteran.co.uk), the Chantry have a stock and it's
also
Hi Julia
I believe that Soefirne was the trading name of Dave Evans and Christine
Sheard, largely making Irish pipes
in Shrewsbury. Dave retired in the last five years or so and sank(so to
speak) all his money into a boat to sail round the Med.
That would explain the Irish influence perhaps.
On 18 Oct 2010, Dave Shaw wrote:
> I believe that Soefirne was the trading name of Dave Evans and Christine
> Sheard, largely making Irish pipes in Shrewsbury.
Thanks, Dave - this seems to be the consensus of replies I have received to
date.
Thank you to all those who contacted me offlist as
There is a band with posts on Youtube (if you google) which uses
Hardanger fiddles and NSP. They are the same musician on different
tracks. The band name is "Lonely Reivers"
Zack Arbios
On 9/11/2010 1:19 PM, Barry Say wrote:
Some years ago, Joe Crane used to turn up at the Chantry in Morpeth
Some years ago, Joe Crane used to turn up at the Chantry in Morpeth
towards the end of the evening with a pair of Hardanger fiddles. When
we repaired to the local hostelry after the meeting (The Chambers or
The Joiners as I remember), Joe would induce Colin to play one of
them. We didnt play pipes
:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Barry Say
Sent: 10 February 2010 14:30
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Gibbons, John wrote:
>
> Barry said
> "If only pipes were so simple"
>
> The formula for strings:
>
> f = (1/2L) * s
Gibbons, John wrote:
Barry said
"If only pipes were so simple"
The formula for strings:
f = (1/2L) * sqrt (T/mu)
neglects all sorts of effects, such as the bow or the finger, the rigidity of
the string, the speed of tension waves in the string, etc. And we haven't
thought of the motion of
Or the pitch of the discussion could rise...
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Francis Wood
Sent: 10 February 2010 13:01
To: Barry Say
Cc: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Thanks Barry
the wood,
etc...
Acoustics is hard but the approximations are easy, and *fairly* good.
John
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Barry Say
Sent: 10 February 2010 12:38
To: NSP group
Cc: Francis Wood; tim rolls BT
Subject: [
Thanks Barry.
Returning to the core topic of piping, do similar principles apply in human
behaviour terms?
In NPS Committee meetings for instance, if you double the evident tension in
the meetings does this result in a proportionate decrease the frequency of
meetings?
Similarly if you double
Francis Wood wrote:
Also is pitch purely dependent on tension?
The danger with such a question is that one might receive a full and
comprehensive answer, which in such cases is usually to be regretted!
This is one case where I think the answer is simpler than one might expect.
Quoting f
I have a smallish fiddle with a neck very similar to what is seen on
"baroque" instruments. I have beenold >by a luthier friend, however, that
it probably doesn't even predate 1900.
I don't think makers and players have ever been all that conscientious
about fitting in with the history >books
On 10 Feb 2010, at 10:42, tim rolls BT wrote:
> However, what about the rest of my questions?
Hi Tim
Your other questions . . .
> Am I right in thinking that before 1920ish and the current standardised
> concert pitch at "G" that many instruments' G was lower anyway, which would
> have led t
th the history books ;-)
Hey, it's ca. 1660. we'd better start using wound strings!
c
>-Original Message-
>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of tim rolls BT
>Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:42 AM
>To: Francis Woo
>> This is interesting to me as I have an unreconstructed
>baroque violin from about 1820
>
>Sorry Tim, but it ain't baroque . .
True, this is very late to be referred to as baroque, but if it's
unreconstructed it's probably closer to the baroque setup than a real "modern"
violin. Maybe it w
a fiddle maker named Coulson from Stamfordham
However, what about the rest of my questions?
tim
- Original Message -
From: "Francis Wood"
To: "tim rolls BT"
Cc: "NSP group"
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other
On 10 Feb 2010, at 10:25, tim rolls BT wrote:
> This is interesting to me as I have an unreconstructed baroque violin from
> about 1820
Sorry Tim, but it ain't baroque . .
>
> Trouble is, if I tune down the baroque, which i prefer to play, I'll play the
> pipes less
Well, if it ain't baroq
ch i prefer to play, I'll play
the pipes less. Please don't let that affect the response of anyone who has
heard me play, fiddle or pipes!
Tim
- Original Message -
From:
To: ;
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
Str
t;[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Di Jevons
>Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:44 AM
>To: phi...@gruar.clara.net; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; BIRCH
>Christopher (DGT)
>Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
>
>Hi there
>
>I play fiddle regularly with NSP at Alnw
me to get a lot
more out of the tuned-down fiddle than the Dominant strings which I
generally use on my 'normal' fiddle.
Di Jevons
- Original Message -
From:
To: ;
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
String
Stringing of "baroque" violins is another can of worms since tension varied
widely according to local conventions and personal preferences. There is also
the question of equal tension versus progressive tension and whether wound
strings should be used for the G and/or D. It is, or at least used
Anthony is absolutely right about Willie Taylor's dislike of tuning down a
fiddle; the 'knicker-elastic' comment is one he used frequently.
When I'm playing duets with Andy's nsp, I always tune down. For me, I've
spent a long time trying to find the right fiddle and strings so it doesn't
sound li
Anthony Robb wrote:
Speaking of Willie T, thanks to Francis for directing me to the Mike
MacDougall material. The similarities between his story and Willie T's
were so eerie it brought me close to tears. Everything from the
distances travelled (less in Willie's case but then he walke
From John Dally 9th Feb:
There are not many fiddlers
around here who are interested in playing with NSP, or SSP for that
matter, but it would I like to find one who is willing to tune down
the way Willie Taylor did in order play with Joe Hutton.
Mmm...
Willie Taylor hated tu
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Matt Seattle
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM, John Dally wrote:
> I've 'always' - since taking up guitar at age 13 - played with other
> instrumentalists.
Sorry if I gave the impression that I thought playing in duets with
other instruments is unusual. I
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM, John Dally <[1]dir...@gmail.com> wrote:
When playing with NSP in F do you tune your fiddle down or play in F
and C?
It doesn't happen often, and I don't retune the fiddle, just struggle
in F. When Chris used to occasionally play GHB in Border Dir
t Wagner, if that is one.
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Francis Wood
Sent: 08 February 2010 21:09
To: Paul Gretton
Cc: 'Richard York'; 'NSP group'
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
On 7 Fe
On 7 Feb 2010, at 13:38, Paul Gretton wrote:
> Paul Gretton
> (who just this morning booked his tickets for the Cologne Opera's "Ring"
> next June.
Paul, could you report back on whether Siegfried ever does get his reed problem
fixed?
> Auf dem dummen Rohre
> gerät mir nichts. -
. . . . .
>
thanks, Matt!
When playing with NSP in F do you tune your fiddle down or play in F
and C? Have you heard Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin o Raghallaigh? I
think Caoimhin must tune his fiddle down to be in tune with Mick's
flat set. Perhaps what I like about these duets is the fiddle being
tuned down.
And apparently agony
Best wishes.
Steve
On 2/8/10 3:30 PM, "gibbonssoi...@aol.com" wrote:
>In a message dated 07/02/2010 13:39:07 GMT Standard Time,
>i...@gretton-willems.com writes:
>
> But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
> of people who say that t
In a message dated 07/02/2010 13:39:07 GMT Standard Time,
i...@gretton-willems.com writes:
But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
of people who say that they "don't like Wagner's operas" have never
actually
heard or attended one? ;-)
Cheers,
Pa
On 8 Feb 2010, at 12:20, Gibbons, John wrote:
> "some people love Wagner's Operas and I
> don't, despite a classical musical education"
>
> 'Because of', surely??
Quite.
Nobody mentions the medical risks of these things either. Surely deep vein
thrombosis is a significant one.
Francis
: rosspi...@aol.com; NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes & Sophie Ball's
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, "Great mix" and "smashing" here
re
On 8 Feb 2010, Bill Telfer wrote:
> This type of duet (and playing in a small band), though hard work is for me
> one of the most satisfying ways to use the pipes.
Hear, hear. Both all pipes, and pipes / fiddle.
I looked up in the society records, and the first mention of a pipes / fiddle
du
As Matt has said pipes/fiddle duets (and combinations of pipe/fiddle with
other instruments) are
''not at all unusual '' and the various people mentioned especially the High
Level Ranters as Colin R has pointed out pioneered in this.
I have played duets (and in bands) with a fiddler (Peter Fren
>fidola (which I
>think - is a fiddle tuned like a viola, i.e. a
>fifth lower).
Given that the size of the viola has not been standardised (unlike that of the
violin - body length tends to be around 360 mm, with extremes at 354 and 362) ,
why not just call it a small viola?
c
To get on or
Well it's an old photo. I don't use the "Up and Go's" anymore... you should
see me in a kilt though :-)
Bill
- Original Message -
From:
Yes, Bill, that URL does work. And allow me to say that you may win
some sort of award for "Most peculiar profile photo"!
Alec
Yes, Bill, that URL does work. And allow me to say that you may win
some sort of award for "Most peculiar profile photo"!
Alec
In a message dated 2/7/2010 8:32:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
james...@online.no writes:
SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually
SighSorry about this.. I think this URL actually works.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=291889707722&ref=search&sid=695896937.2624794321..1
Bill
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Carr"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [NSP] NSP Facebook group
Haven't tried cyanide, but did "do" Wagner with passionate Wagner-phile
'A' level Music teacher many years ago.
Sorry, Paul, it was as a result of that I got to dislike them... but
hope you enjoy The Ring Cycle!
Best wishes and apologies to all for another OT excursion!
Richard.
On 7 Feb 2010, at 13:38, Paul Gretton wrote:
> Nice one, Richard. But did you know that a recent survey showed that 96.83%
> of people who say that they "don't like Wagner's operas" have never actually
> heard or attended one? ;-)
Actually I don't like cyanide.
Never tried it though, I must adm
>>>(Official Disclaimer: the terms, "Great mix" and "smashing" here
>>>represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
>>>which I alone am responsible, and with which others may find they wish to
>>>disagree.
>>>This is their right, just as some people love Wagner's Operas
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes & Sophie Ball's
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, "Great mix" and "smashing" here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I alone am responsible, and with which othe
The High Level Ranters were based on the mix of fiddle and pipes that I
had discovered with Forster Charlton in the lat 1950's.
Colin R
-Original Message-
From: John Dally
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:45
Subject: [NSP] NSP duet with other instruments
I've been li
.. And let Bill Carr learn how to cut and paste URL's. Having trouble
getting the correct link.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=291889707722
Bill
To get on or off this list see list information at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Hi John, Steve and all,
Would you say that this conforms to the limits of the list?
Hopefully,
Sheila
-Original Message-
From: bri...@aol.com
To: dir...@gmail.com
Sent: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 6:51 pm
Subject: Re: [NSP] NSP duet with other instruments
Hi John,
Yes, as Matt commented
I play my D NSP set with a fiddler quite a bit, as well as with a mandolin
player, and as long as you have the key sig discussion before you start,
everything will go fine.
Depending on the fiddler and the liveliness of the room you are playing in,
there can be some volume issues sometimes, bu
I play fiddle on a regular basis with Chris Ormston playing G NSPs,
mainly for dances with Border Directors. We also play A Border pipes
together. Before us, High Level Ranters, Joe Hutton and the Wills
played NSP and fiddle, it's not at all unusual - Margaret and Andy
Watchorn, K &
cheeks together. If airtight it's just the clack-valve at fault and
that's easily remedied. If there's still a leak you've got bigger
problems!
Hopes this makes sense.
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Wed, 3/2/10, colin wrote:
From: colin
Subject: [NSP] Re:
What problems are you having?
Although you probably know more about it than me,
I do remember being rather embarrassed when I had problems with my bellows
after I did a little maintenance on them. I thought they were leaking and
it turned out the valve was upside-down so not closing.
As you sug
:
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
I found that the liquid paraffin was the best despite what some folk
have said who probably did not clean off any old oil that had been used
previously. LP does not go sticky.
Test oils by putting a drop of
; Richard
York
Sent: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:50
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Interesting comments.
As I said, I've used a few oils (usually flavour of the month on this
list) over the past 38 years (since I got my set of pipes) and almond
oil was always my favourite fol
I can attest to extremes of skin chemistry. At a gig once where I was
playing electric guitar another band asked to borrow our gear for a
song or two. I lent their guitarist my newly-strung instrument, and
when he returned it a few minutes later the strings were rusty and
dead. After
Interesting comments.
As I said, I've used a few oils (usually flavour of the month on this list)
over the past 38 years (since I got my set of pipes) and almond oil was
always my favourite followed by pure lavender oil (both medicinal quality)
although the latter resulted in some odd looks whe
Yes - thanks!
R
Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word "snotomer" but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer
7;d guess it's been around since Tudor times,
>> there is the urban myth that Henry VIII wrote
>> "Greensleeves"..
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Francis Wood"
>>
>> To: &q
Tim
- Original Message - From: "Francis Wood"
To: "Richard York"
Cc: ; "NSP group"
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this
I'd guess it's been around since Tudor times,
there is the urban myth that Henry VIII wrote
"Greensleeves"..
Tim
- Original Message -
From: "Francis Wood"
To: "Richard York"
Cc: ; "NSP group"
Sent: Wednesday, Ja
On 13 Jan 2010 at 10:46, amble skuse wrote:
>I was advised to use linseed oil on a flute, is this a big no-no for
>pipes?
>
Linseed oil has a mixed reputation. In the past there have been horror stories
of Highland pipes cracking in a distressing manner after the application of
linsee
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
> Julia, I love this word "snotomer" but confess I haven't met it before,
> neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
> Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer research unit in the 90s, and the wor
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
amble skuse
Sent: 13 January 2010 10:46
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
I was advised to use linseed oil on a flute, is this a big no-no for
pipes?
2010/1/13 John Liestman <[1]j...@liestman.com>
Well,
.
Linseed and peanut oil are used in wet bore instruments and I understand are
not suitable.
-Original Message-
From: amble skuse
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:46:19
To:
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
I was advised to use linseed oil on a flute, is this a big no-no for
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
> Julia, I love this word "snotomer" but confess I haven't met it before,
You haven't played the nose-flute, then?
Francis
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Julia, I love this word "snotomer" but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
Richard.
Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
I can't see LP getting too sticky -
On 13 Jan 2010 at 9:47, Gibbons, John wrote:
> I can't see LP getting too sticky - I have never noticed that happen.
>
>
I think that Liquid Paraffin turning sticky is dependent on the skin chemistry
of the player. So it will happen to some players and not others. I havent had
sufficient exp
Now about all this oil stuff . . .
Olive oil, neatsfoot oil, almond oil. All these vegetable or animal sourced
substances are pretty variable depending on how and where they have been grown
and how they have been processed. They will for example have varying levels of
acidity and capability of
f LP.
One for John Liestman perhaps?
John
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Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Hi
y 2010 23:56
To: Dartmouth NPS; Tom Childs
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and key pads
Hi
... Liquid parafin becomes sticky and I have had problems with
sticking keys, which an excellent piper reported he also had a similar
problem.
Hilary
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On 13 Jan 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
> I can't see LP getting too sticky - I have never noticed that happen.
> There isn't much chemistry can take place
I think we are neglecting, or perhaps underestimating would be a better term,
the
effect of individual players' finger surface chemistry.
I
g it would be a
fresh dose of LP.
One for John Liestman perhaps?
John
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Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP oil for pipes and ke
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