[NSP] Re: Musette drawings

2010-02-11 Thread Paul Gretton
Hi Bob, I can't tell you where you might find plans for a musette but I would expect one or more of the following people to be able to tell you whether any are in fact available: Paul Beekhuizen - leading maker (http://www.paulbeekhuizen.nl/) Jean-Christophe Maillard - THE player

[NSP] Re: Musette drawings

2010-02-08 Thread Dave Shaw
Hi Bob If you meant a nine slide shuttle (I think it has 17 bores) then it sounds very like the drawings done by Robbie Greensitt , of the Musette in the Cocks collection at the pipes museum. I have a somewhat faded copy, but you can just see the graph paper squares in the background. It has a

[NSP] Re: Musette drawings

2010-02-08 Thread Bob Salter
, 2010 9:45 AM To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Bob Salter bob.sal...@blueyonder.co.uk Subject: [NSP] Re: Musette drawings Hi Bob If you meant a nine slide shuttle (I think it has 17 bores) then it sounds very like the drawings done by Robbie Greensitt , of the Musette in the Cocks collection at the pipes

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-11 Thread rosspipes
of the piper collapsing after drinking too much at the wedding. Colin R -Original Message- From: Philip Gruar phi...@gruar.clara.net To: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com CC: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:53 Subject: [NSP] Re: musette Hi Francis

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-07 Thread Philip Gruar
Hi Francis The musette seems fairly out of tune. By 5.45 the pitch is rapidly losing altitude, finally crashing at 6.30. I didn't listen that far! As I said, all those Hotteterre pieces tend to sound the same, and yes, hard driven is just the phrase for it - which is another reason I

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-07 Thread Ian Lawther
Philip Gruar wrote: The Palladian Ensemble have recorded the Vivaldi/Chedeville Four Seasons, on a CD called Les Saisons Amusantes - haven't checked to see if it's still available - with Jean-Pierre Rasle on musette and Nigel Eaton, hurdy-gurdy. I have a couple of copies in stock at

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-06 Thread Francis Wood
On 5 Dec 2009, at 13:02, Philip Gruar wrote: The sound of musette with harpsichord, also on the same youtube page is just a wonderful noise! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9GBXCe1LZg Hi Philip and all, Well, this video is interesting but possibly not for its musical qualities. The

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-05 Thread Francis Wood
Yes, hugely interesting. Thanks Paul! Of greatest interest perhaps is the lecture-demonstration on this site by Jean Pierre van Hees, one of the best of the very few expert players. A fairly scary example of chanter dangling (ivory and silver items) and the waving around of that set of exposed

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-05 Thread Paul Gretton
Gretton Cc: NSP group Subject: [NSP] Re: musette Yes, hugely interesting. Thanks Paul! Of greatest interest perhaps is the lecture-demonstration on this site by Jean Pierre van Hees, one of the best of the very few expert players. A fairly scary example of chanter dangling (ivory and silver items

[NSP] Re: musette

2009-12-05 Thread Philip Gruar
- Original Message - From: Paul Gretton i...@gretton-willems.com To: 'Francis Wood' oatenp...@googlemail.com Cc: 'NSP group' Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:05 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: musette Actually, that's what I meant to link to! Here's the direct link: http://www.youtube.com