Friday, August 4, 2023

Blue water lily (BI - National flower of Burundi): the August 2023 upshot of "Stradivarius of Scottish small pipes' creation & making exploration" and from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada * * Regarding making bagpipes into the centuries ahead, more about Extreme Longevity here re what Harvard and MIT Professor of Genetics' George Church is heralding - #ExtremeLongevity? Could individuals live 1) decades>122 yo 2) eons 3) billions of years & what does this mean?


the August 2023 upshot of "Stradivarius of Scottish small pipes' creation & making exploration" and from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

to johnwalshbagpipes@gmail.com, Jean, John, stuart, Stuart, Janie, Joyce, Scott, Scott


Dear John Walsh Bagpipes,  Jean Walsh, Stuart Liddell, All, 

Thanks Jean for suggesting on the phone just now emailing John at his new gmail address you gave me - johnwalshbagpipes@gmail.com - and asking my questions directly to him. Thanks also for saying that you don't have anything ready now in your workshop in Antigonish - and that you haven't seen the public there for more than 10 years (for insurance reasons). If longevity genetic drugs emerging with aging reversal genetic drugs help us all to live longer and younger than 122 years of age, there may be a lot of opportunity in decades and centuries ahead for iterating to make the Stradivarius of the Scottish small pipes, brainstorming-wise. 

John, my 3 questions with the Walsh Scottish Small Pipes with bellows I have are (& regarding creating a Stradivarius of the Scottish small pipes brainstorming-wise) - 

1) How to blow evenly with the bellows for the low A and the high A to be in tune with the drones? (Thinking brainstorming in terms of a Stradivarius Scottish Small Pipes, would a more sophisticated bellows system for regulating the air flow in - in sync with the High A and the Low A of the A and B flat chanter reed help somehow?) 

2) With the B flat chanter and my Walsh SSPs' bass drone all the way in to the drone segment below it, with the tuning pin entirely covered - on my A/D combination set - depending on the air pressure, the tuning of the chanter with the bass drone doesn't alway seem correct, - and how to correct this?   

3) Can you recommend any sheet music in particular for your wonderful D chanter - almost as a tenor harmony voice ( eg for seconds) - for Scottish bagpiping (or regarding playing, brainstorming-wise, for example, with Bluegrass Music or Cape Breton Fiddling or similar ...?)

And again, see my emails and questions below. 

Have a great upcoming trip to the British Isles soon (in a week or so). It could be fun one of these trips to Antigonish to meet you and Jean in person at the Piper's Pub in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, for example. 

Best wishes, thank you, musical cheers, 
Scott



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Dear John, All, 


Regarding making bagpipes into the centuries ahead, more about Extreme Longevity here re what Harvard and MIT Professor of Genetics' George Church is heralding - 

#ExtremeLongevity? Could individuals live 1) decades>122 yo 2) eons 3) billions of years & what does this mean? *#Canyon94516 on 9/1/23 & #WUaSAcademicMedicalCenter w #virtualHarbin? *#SSP Scottish Bagpiping Piobaireachd & Western #ClassicalMusicChestnuts http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/07/kibrahacha-bq-national-flower-of-bonaire.html?m=0 ~







AND 

Great: 'George just gave me his talk title:  "A focused plan for #ExtremeLongevity (not mere #AgingReversal or slowing)." Yes, #GeorgeChurch himself is now describing aging reversal as "mere".' #WUaSGenetics http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/longevity?m=0 /genes https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Longevity @WorldUnivAndSch~

Logo - not retweeting anything 


Retweeting below -








Retweeting - 

Short but sweet :-) George just gave me his talk title:  "A focused plan for extreme longevity (not mere aging reversal or slowing)." Yes, George Church himself is now describing aging reversal as "mere". We're gonna get this done...



Retweeting -

https://longevitysummitdublin.com/2023-agenda/
@LongevityDublin
 
@aubreydegrey


All the best, Bagpipe-making regards, thank you, 
Scott



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Again - 

Dear John, All, 

Thanks Jean for suggesting on the phone just now emailing John at his new gmail address you gave me - johnwalshbagpipes@gmail.com - and asking my questions directly to him. Thanks also for saying that you don't have anything ready now in your workshop in Antigonish - and that you haven't seen the public there for more than 10 years (for insurance reasons). If longevity genetic drugs emerging with aging reversal genetic drugs help us all to live longer and younger than 122 years of age, there may be a lot of opportunity in decades and centuries ahead for iterating to make the Stradivarius of the Scottish small pipes, brainstorming-wise. 

John, my 3 questions with the Walsh Scottish Small PIpes with bellows I have are (& regarding creating a Stradivarius of the Scottish small pipes brainstorming-wise) - 

1) How to blow evenly with the bellows for the low A and the high A to be in tune with the drones? (Thinking brainstorming in terms of a Stradivarius Scottish Small Pipes, would a more sophisticated bellows system for regulating the air flow in - in sync with the High A and the Low A of the A and B flat chanter reed help somehow?) 

2) With the B flat chanter and my Walsh SSPs' bass drone all the way in to the drone segment below it, with the tuning pin entirely covered - on my A/D combination set - depending on the air pressure, the tuning of the chanter with the bass drone doesn't alway seem correct, - and how to correct this?   

3) Can you recommend any sheet music in particular for your wonderful D chanter - almost as a tenor harmony voice ( eg for seconds) - for Scottish bagpiping (or regarding playing, brainstorming-wise, for example, with Bluegrass Music or Cape Breton Fiddling or similar ...?)

And again, see my emails and questions below. 

Have a great upcoming trip to the British Isles soon (in a week or so). It could be fun one of these trips to Antigonish to meet you and Jean in person at the Piper's Pub in Antigonish for example. 

Best wishes, thank you, musical cheers, 
Scott



PS
Sunday, July 30th, 2023 - 

Dear John and Jean Walsh, Stuart Liddell, All, 

Greetings from western Pennsylvania, moving forward to Canyon California 94516 on 9/1/23. THANK YOU for your excellent John Walsh Scottish small pipes A/D combo set, and for the B flat SSP chanter you sent me in Canyon 94516, Jean, a few years ago.

I'm exploring getting a set of Walsh Scottish small pipes in wood, having created 2 bagpiping albums in 2020 & 2022 - and have a brainstorming question. 

If you could make the 'Stradivarius' Scottish small pipe building on your beautiful sounding Walsh Scottish small pipes, what brainstorming-wise 3 things would you add (for sound especially)? Further, and brainstorming too re creative developments, if a Stuart Liddell with his amazing Duncan MacRae Scottish highland bagpipe design and creation were to possibly suggest 3 additional things you could add to your wonderful Scottish small pipes to make this 'Stradivarius' of a Scottish small pipes, what would that look like, sound-wise especially too? 

And could I use my existing Walsh SSP B flat chanter, if I were to get a set of wood Walsh Scottish small pipes for their sound potentially (different from my Polypenco Walsh SSP) - https://www.johnwalshbagpipes.com/Small-Pipes-and-Retro-Pipes/ . And how would this work aesthetically too? 

I'm planning to drive to Nova Scotia soon, and wonder if I might please be able to visit your shop, meet you in person, and see and listen to an existing set of wood Scottish small pipes for comparison and consideration. And I wonder too if you were interested in exploring further these brainstorming possibilities in Scottish small pipes' creation, how we might best converse about this.

I also have some questions about my existing set of Walsh SSP with bellows, the B flat chanter, tuning the base drone, and also about the D chanter. And in an exploratory vein, the next Scottish small pipes' album I'd like to make is something I'm tentatively calling Piobaireachd Rock Blues Laments - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/06/flowering-dogwood-va-virginia-state.html (perhaps coming into conversation with Google Bard generative AI software about writing such sheet music even) - with riffing with Piobaireachd melodies to the Allman Brothers with Jerry Garcia at Cow Palace in SF in 1973 - https://youtu.be/DNAmXz8kc6I. It would be great to talk a bit about this too, exploring.

Would you be available to meet in your shop /bagpipe studio sometime toward the end of this week or next week?

Thanks, Scott 



Honey in the Bag (2020)
in A (with the A mixolydian chanter)

Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
in B flat (with the B flat mixolydian chanter)


Scottish small pipes' wiki school at MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School, with lesson recordings with Stuart Liddell.



Piobaireachd Blues Rock Laments 


(and see other related blog posts in daily blog too )



And again - 
Light show? #RockPiobaireachdBluesLaments rock blues? w '4 MIT Media Lab light bulbs' #MultiMediaRoom #WUaSMultiMediaRoom #wuAsVR w #MachineLearning #WUaSMachineLearning #ScottishMusic #ScottishSmallPiping New #ConcertLightShows < #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider? #SonEtLumiere?

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1462551113396228100?s=20

https://twitter.com/MIT_SHASS/status/1462511890207236096?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1462556437993771016













PS
Searched on 
best scottish highland bagpipe comparison

in a related vein 


The top 11 best bagpipe brands in the world are:

  1. McCallum
  2. MacLellan
  3. Gibson Bagpipes
  4. MacRae
  5. Naill
  6. Dunbar
  7. Shepherd
  8. R.G Hardie & Co.
  9. John Walsh
  10. Atherton
  11. Kilberry Bagpipes

Let’s get into each of these brands in greater detail and explain why they belong in the top 11 best bagpipes brands for music and audio production.





PPS
F August 4, 2023 - 

Dear Jean, John, All, 

greetings! I just arrived in Nova Scotia late yesterday afternoon. How are you doing? I hope this email finds you well. 

I learned of your great Scottish Small Pipes through Lynne Miller at the SF House of Bagpipes who liked the sound of yours more than all the other Scottish Small Pipes he had heard. And I got a used set through a fireman in New York, who I think Lynne told me about. Lynne Miller's lovely House of Bagpipes shop is in his house in SF. 

I'm planning to come into Antigonish today, about an hour and a half from where I'm staying on Nova Scotia, and wonder if I could possibly please meet you, with my questions, and to possibly also hear some of your other bagpipes, for example, if you have a shop or similar in Antigonish?

I may get to Antigonish a little before noon today, and will have a look around, and potentially also give you a call when you're there. 

Best regards, Scott 

Have added my first email to you here - 

Sunday, July 30, 2023
Ipê-Amarelo, Handroanthus albus (BR - National flower of Brazil): . . . * * * Stradivarius of Scottish small pipes' creation & making exploration -


Honey in the Bag (2020)
in A (with the A mixolydian chanter)

Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
in B flat (with the B flat mixolydian chanter)


Scottish small pipes' wiki school at MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School, with lesson recordings with Stuart Liddell.




On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 9:03 AM Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> wrote:
Dear Jean, John, All, 

greetings! I just arrived in Nova Scotia late yesterday afternoon. How are you doing? I hope this email finds you well. 

I learned of your great Scottish Small Pipes through Lynne Miller at the SF House of Bagpipes who liked the sound of yours more than all the other Scottish Small Pipes he had heard. And I got a used set through a fireman in New York, who I think Lynne told me about. Lynne Miller's lovely House of Bagpipes shop is in his house in SF. 

I'm planning to come into Antigonish today, about an hour and a half from where I'm staying on Nova Scotia, and wonder if I could possibly please meet you, with my questions, and to possibly also hear some of your other bagpipes, for example, if you have a shop or similar in Antigonish?

I may get to Antigonish a little before noon today, and will have a look around, and potentially also give you a call when you're there. 

Best regards, Scott 

Have added my first email to you here - 

Sunday, July 30, 2023
Ipê-Amarelo, Handroanthus albus (BR - National flower of Brazil): . . . * * * Stradivarius of Scottish small pipes' creation & making exploration -


Honey in the Bag (2020)
in A (with the A mixolydian chanter)

Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
in B flat (with the B flat mixolydian chanter)


Scottish small pipes' wiki school at MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School, with lesson recordings with Stuart Liddell.




On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 8:18 AM Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> wrote:
Dear John and Jean Walsh, Stuart Liddell, All, 

Greetings from western Pennsylvania, moving forward to Canyon California 94516 on 9/1/23. THANK YOU for your excellent John Walsh Scottish small pipes A/D combo set, and for the B flat SSP chanter you sent me in Canyon 94516, Jean, a few years ago.

I'm exploring getting a set of Walsh Scottish small pipes in wood, having created 2 bagpiping albums in 2020 & 2022 - and have a brainstorming question. 

If you could make the 'Stradivarius' Scottish small pipe building on your beautiful sounding Walsh Scottish small pipes, what brainstorming-wise 3 things would you add (for sound especially)? Further, and brainstorming too re creative developments, if a Stuart Liddell with his amazing Duncan MacRae Scottish highland bagpipe design and creation were to possibly suggest 3 additional things you could add to your wonderful Scottish small pipes to make this 'Stradivarius' of a Scottish small pipes, what would that look like, sound-wise especially too? 

And could I use my existing Walsh SSP B flat chanter, if I were to get a set of wood Walsh Scottish small pipes for their sound potentially (different from my Polypenco Walsh SSP) - https://www.johnwalshbagpipes.com/Small-Pipes-and-Retro-Pipes/ . And how would this work aesthetically too? 

I'm planning to drive to Nova Scotia soon, and wonder if I might please be able to visit your shop, meet you in person, and see and listen to an existing set of wood Scottish small pipes for comparison and consideration. And I wonder too if you were interested in exploring further these brainstorming possibilities in Scottish small pipes' creation, how we might best converse about this.

I also have some questions about my existing set of Walsh SSP with bellows, the B flat chanter, tuning the base drone, and also about the D chanter. And in an exploratory vein, the next Scottish small pipes' album I'd like to make is something I'm tentatively calling Piobaireachd Rock Blues Laments - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/06/flowering-dogwood-va-virginia-state.html (perhaps coming into conversation with Google Bard generative AI software about writing such sheet music even) - with riffing with Piobaireachd melodies to the Allman Brothers with Jerry Garcia at Cow Palace in SF in 1973 - https://youtu.be/DNAmXz8kc6I. It would be great to talk a bit about this too, exploring.

Would you be available to meet in your shop /bagpipe studio sometime toward the end of this week or next week?

Thanks, Scott 



Honey in the Bag (2020)
in A (with the A mixolydian chanter)

Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
in B flat (with the B flat mixolydian chanter)


Scottish small pipes' wiki school at MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School, with lesson recordings with Stuart Liddell.



Piobaireachd Blues Rock Laments 


(and see other related blog posts in daily blog too )



And again - 
Light show? #RockPiobaireachdBluesLaments rock blues? w '4 MIT Media Lab light bulbs' #MultiMediaRoom #WUaSMultiMediaRoom #wuAsVR w #MachineLearning #WUaSMachineLearning #ScottishMusic #ScottishSmallPiping New #ConcertLightShows < #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider? #SonEtLumiere?

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1462551113396228100?s=20

https://twitter.com/MIT_SHASS/status/1462511890207236096?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1462556437993771016













PS
Searched on 
best scottish highland bagpipe comparison

in a related vein 


The top 11 best bagpipe brands in the world are:

  1. McCallum
  2. MacLellan
  3. Gibson Bagpipes
  4. MacRae
  5. Naill
  6. Dunbar
  7. Shepherd
  8. R.G Hardie & Co.
  9. John Walsh
  10. Atherton
  11. Kilberry Bagpipes

Let’s get into each of these brands in greater detail and explain why they belong in the top 11 best bagpipes brands for music and audio production.






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CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric. Wiki, 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_nouchali

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nymphaea_nouchali



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The Botanic African floral emblem African Protea, African Sugarbush, African White Sugarbush, Deciduous Sugarbush or the White Sugarbush (Protea gaguedi) is the Official “National flower of the East African Republic of Burundi” respectively.


https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-national-flower-of-Burundi#:~:text=The%20Botanic%20African%20floral%20emblem,African%20Republic%20of%20Burundi”%20respectively.


https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/africa/burundian-political-geography/burundi#FLORA_AND_FAUNA



The national flower of Burundi is the Intambwe, also known as the Blue Waterlily. The national tree of Burundi is the Umuvumu, also known as the African Mahogany.


https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-national-flower-and-tree-of-Burundi




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https://symbolhunt.com/national-flowers/


this national flower seems contested ... 


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