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[Green Piper]

Re: Green Hills of Tyrol earliest setting

Well, that’s really interesting. I have to admit, it’s easy to take the romantic view of the...

[Green Piper]

Re: Green Hills of Tyrol earliest setting

Could it also be that Green Hills was arranged for various pipes independently of each other?...

[Green Piper]

Re: "Scottish" DNA results for native-born Scots

No we didn’t. Our aim was simply to test PCR primers for genes that...

[Green Piper]

Re: "Scottish" DNA results for native-born Scots

The haplogroup studies use other types of DNA data that is highly variable....

[Green Piper]

Re: "Scottish" DNA results for native-born Scots

As an evolutionary biologist, I find these kind of studies interesting,...

[Green Piper]

Re: Chanter tuning struggle, the high notes

I play a Shepherd ABW and really like it. After playing various others (Naill, Medallist, McC2),...

[Green Piper]

Re: 1950's Robertsons




The bass may be fine with the right combo of tenor reeds....

[Green Piper]

Re: 1950's Robertsons

Patrick,

I swapped out my Rocket cf bass for Kinnaird Evo bass and “yes” the buzz is from the bass not...

[Green Piper]

Re: 1950's Robertsons

Patrick,

Thanks. Funny though..... your Ezee tenors sound a little buzzer than mine, but that could...

[Green Piper]

Re: 1950's Robertsons

Patrick,

Please grab a recording of Ezee tenors and Kinnaird bass if you can. It’d be good to see how...

[Green Piper]

Need advice to help with a decision on GHB

I just wrote a long reply, then saw the OP’s update. Deleted the redundant advice.

[Green Piper]

Re: 1950's Robertsons

Well I plugged my glass fiber rockets into my Robertson tenors. So, I’d say:

1. Ackland
2. Rockets...

[Green Piper]

Re: Chanter tuning struggle, the high notes

Maria,

I assume you’re referring to the pipe chanter rather than practice chanter....

[Green Piper]

Re: Why are some better than others ?





I think we only disagree on the extent of genetics over practice, or...

[Green Piper]

Re: Why are some better than others ?




Maybe a large component is down to practice, but at the top tiers, sometimes...