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Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Sep 1, 2004 12:50 pm
3468
I'll blame this bit of madness on North Hero withdrawal and the impending start of the school year since the last go 'round I worked up a little device to...
The group "Fiendhandle" will be playing at the Royal Oak ,Coombe st, Bruton,Somerset on saturday 4th September. The concert also features various local ...
... It's amazing what a difference the D baritone makes to the A pipes. With a D chanter the low A drone is a kind of contra-bass, sounds very good. As far as...
North Cumbria Pipers Piping Day takes place on 20 November in Penrith Methodist Church. This is actually a complex of meeting rooms, not just a church. The...
Does anyone have details about the next LBPS Collogue. According to the last Common Stock it was to be held in Glasgow on 13th November, venue (and presumably...
Hi Bill, yes confirmed for 13th Nov Glasgow speakers (daytime Col of Piping) Rab Wallace, Paul Warren NYPB, Duke of Northumberlands piper, Jean Pierre Rasle,...
... fiddle ... this month, ... Thanks Nigel, yes hope to be there. Out of curiosity I entered NYPB in Google and got the query 'Did you mean NYPD' ! My...
Sarah and I will be holidaying on Skye starting 18th Sept for a week - Harp and smallpipes on board. We remember a session at the Isle Ornsay hotel is it still...
... That was the short answer. The longer answer is, that when I compiled the BBB it was intended as something more substantial than what had been previously...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Sep 16, 2004 7:53 pm
3480
Thanks. I'll check into the Dixon material. I just ordered a set of Border pipes from Jim McGillivray so I thought I would start my Border pipe 'library' a...
If th esession is still going, would someone please post that in the Sessions database on our web page? I stayed at the Isle Ornsay holterl (Taigh Osda Eilean...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Sep 16, 2004 8:02 pm
3482
Having just spent 3 months on Skye I can confirm that traditional music is alive and well there, with sessions in several pubs/hotels around the island. Check...
... alive and well there, with sessions in several >pubs/hotels around the island. Check tourist information in Portree for 'what's on'. Ferry Inn in Uig and...
Many (all?) sets of Burleighs have a number stamped somewhere on the chanter. On my previous set it was on the side of a long key, I forget which. I believe...
Hello, On a 17-key set I have here (pause while I go to box and get a magnifying glass) there is a little thistle mark or something, then 1934 - this can't be...
I once had seven key set and e-mailed David himself with the number and got a quick reply, they were 20 plus years old, the # was 703 and had ivory mounts,...
... Can't be the year, must be 1984, if it is the yearat all... Burleigh was not making pipes then. He was a wee lad, if not a gleam in the eye in '34....
... magnifying ... this can't be the ... I was about to make the same comment. Are you sure its even a Burleigh set? Where is the number marked on the pipes? I...
... As a previous owner and current restorer of David's pipes I can say that the number stamped on the low E key is definitely a serial number. I have seen...
Apologies for my silly remarks about manufacturing dates, which I now see are being attributed to someone else. It would be nice to know which numbers ...
I've just discovered this list, and signed up as I'm interested in learning the border pipes. I currently play the GHB (since 1988) and since I can't manage to...
Hello As the editor of the book in question (The Master Piper) I can say that the tunes CAN be played on GHB as they use the same scale, but that it is not the...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Oct 5, 2004 9:38 pm
3494
Nine Notes that Shook the World. An authentic border bagpipe repertoire, a fabulous book and some brilliant tunes. All of the tunes should work on GHBs. Also...
I can confirm that Dave & Steve's CD is great - better playing than on mine, thanks Gerry for the kind words anyway! Mine can be obtained from me (UK only) or...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Oct 5, 2004 9:47 pm
3496
... I'll get hold of a copy soon, then. I play (or have played) other instruments so I don't mind reading music that's a bit different from common pipe music....
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