On 3 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be interesting to hear what the pipemakers have to say about
keyless chanters with a flattened seventh. In looking at my own scabrous
keyless chanter one the reasons I've held off on filling in the f hole and
redilling a flattened seventh
Hi all,
The interest in Peacock and my belief that our antecedents did'nt have a
bunch of chanters led me to this site.
http://jonesinstruments.co.uk/Home.htm
So far I have not followed it up -- perhaps someone would like to ?,
there is talk of a cross-fingered parallel bore smallpipe.
ciao
Its fun to watch the rapid evolution of this little instrument. What
began as a keyless chanter (Paul, on Sunday) has gained one key
(Edmund, on Tuesday) and now three more (Philip, also today). Im
sure well get to seven soon.
Francis
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Well, I'll take it back to three keys. Philip has made me a three key Bb Lydian
chanter for Dixon tunes (and any other border or highland repertoire). Let me
explain.
It's more convenient (for me anyway) to play highland and border music as
written on nsp, that is with the tonic A at five
