If the photo of the instrument at Tony Bingham's site is representative of what you've bought, you should be able to get more than the lowest 3 notes in D. The...
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Gwilym Davies
tradsinger2004
Jun 14, 2007 6:56 pm
It's getting near to the Pipe and Tabor Festival and I have the task of coordinating the talks for the symposium. I have no definite items so far so please...
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davbarnert@...
Jun 14, 2007 9:45 pm
Greetings from the Boston Early Music Festival. I attended a "fringe" concert this afternoon by the Dulce Melos Ensemble from Germany. One of the members,...
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Gillian Guest
guestgillian
Jun 23, 2007 8:49 pm
The festival in St Albans is now only a month away. Updated details have now been posted on the Taborers Society website. www.pipeandtabor.org have a look !...
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Frances Tucker
createthemooduk
Jun 24, 2007 4:06 pm
Dear All, I was playing the pipe and tabor in Oxford yesterday and, blow-me-down came across another pipe and tabor player!! He was playing for some Morris...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Jun 25, 2007 8:48 am
Our guest artists this year are the Bal de Bastons de Cambrils. Their leader Angel Vallverdu has forwarded some excellent tunes for the workshop. You can find...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Jul 18, 2007 10:03 pm
Just polishing the details of the 2007 festival. Starting on Friday. The full details are available on the web-site www.pipeandtabor.org This link gives you...
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Aaron Walden
aaronwalden
Aug 8, 2007 10:10 am
How did this year's festival go? Aaron Walden...
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Frances Tucker
createthemooduk
Aug 31, 2007 8:19 pm
Hi Neil, We talked at St Albans - can I pick your brains about some woodwork please? regards, frances [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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ralbert berga
ralbertberga
Sep 11, 2007 8:16 pm
Dear Steve and the English Taborers, our friend Edmon d'Arbúcies saw this Scottish taborer. Perhaps you did already know it, but it has given us regards from...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Sep 12, 2007 9:01 am
Hola Rafel i Teresa, Is there a link for this Scottish Taborer? I will be coming to Arbúcies. Anyone else coming? Steve...
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KENNETH HAMILTON
kenneth9957
Sep 14, 2007 7:40 am
I'm a Scottish taborer. Does that count? Stephen Rowley <steve@...> wrote: Hola Rafel i Teresa, Is there a link for this Scottish Taborer? I will be...
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Gillian Guest
guestgillian
Sep 17, 2007 7:05 pm
_____________________________________________________________ Kiwismail - no frills, just email http://www.kiwismail.com [Non-text portions of this message...
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Aaron Walden
aaronwalden
Oct 15, 2007 12:12 am
I have a 12" E-M-S tabor, and it plays beautifully (I like the resonance), but its diameter is just a little too large for me to use comfortably. I'm wondering...
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Ron Carnegie
guardsmand55
Oct 15, 2007 12:32 am
I have a few tabors I rely on. I have one of the EMS mid east drums Renaissance 10 x 11. This is similiar to the one in Arbeau. This is a nice sounding...
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Ron Carnegie
guardsmand55
Oct 15, 2007 12:38 am
Umm East India I mean. In fact I suspect that this little drum may have also been made by mid east manafacturing. Ron ... From: Ron Carnegie To:...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Oct 15, 2007 9:49 am
The 9" shallow tabor sounds like a very good buy at 30 usd. For shallow tabors 12" is a bit unwieldy. I prefer 9" or 10". Steve...
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Aaron Walden
aaronwalden
Oct 23, 2007 3:00 pm
I happened across some of those 10" red and blue Pakistani-made tabors (same maker, no doubt, as the E-M-S tabors). I snared it, and adjusted the strap, so...
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Yuri
yurit58
Nov 8, 2007 6:54 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX0fKWjHZyE Unfortunately the bit with the BAGpipe and tabor is very short, sandwiched between a whole lot of wacky instruments....
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Nov 8, 2007 12:47 pm
Returned from the Festa Del Flabiols in Arbucies. Excellent festival as ever. It was good to catch up with old friends and to make new acquaintances. The...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Nov 24, 2007 12:01 am
We are looking at the plans for future Taboring events. 2008 - 13-15 June Gloucester IPATF 2009 - - Link up with Bagpipe Society BLOW-Out - Coincide with...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Nov 24, 2007 12:04 am
I've been collecting a good deal of Bagpipe repertoire recently and realised that it often plays really well on the tabor pipe, and often works better on the...
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Gwilym
Gwilym@...
Nov 24, 2007 7:56 am
How about internationalising the event - Spain (Cacares, Arbucies), France, even USA? Gwilym ... From: Stephen Rowley To: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Nov 25, 2007 10:21 am
This week I saw the GIlbert and Sullivan opera Iolanthe for the first time. There, in one of the arias - 'Come bring your pipes and tabors' Taborers are common...
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Gillian Guest
guestgillian
Nov 25, 2007 3:14 pm
how about attending Dovers games (early June) there's a taborer portrayed on the famous woodcut of the games. opportunity to dress up and a big dub ???? ...
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dennis_sherman@...
dennis_sherman
Nov 25, 2007 3:25 pm
If the current exchange rate trend remains stable or (worse for me) continues, a trip to the US would be comparatively inexpensive for all of you who use the...
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dennis_sherman@...
dennis_sherman
Nov 25, 2007 3:33 pm
Not new, exactly, but... I've been playing some of the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" for some years on tabor pipe. Many of them fit the instrument39;s range nicely,...
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davbarnert@...
Nov 25, 2007 5:43 pm
... Sorry, I guess I misread Gwilym's post as a suggestion to include international (including US) influences in the programming at the event in England. I...
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Norm Sohl
norm_sohl
Nov 25, 2007 10:02 pm
... I'd be glad to help out with a US gathering. The Northwest (where I live) has several locations such as the Olympic peninsula where inexpensive events can...
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Ron Carnegie
guardsmand55
Nov 25, 2007 10:29 pm
There are some seven or eight players here in the region of Virginia I live in alone. Which I suspect is entirely uncommon. Ron Carnegie ... From: Norm Sohl ...