tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post1622358466283789385..comments2024-03-16T18:25:58.508+00:00Comments on Andy Letcher: The Bagpipe SocietyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200561583631896799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-56281081497443687802011-06-17T14:17:49.682+01:002011-06-17T14:17:49.682+01:00And if we're being really picky, I'm not s...And if we're being really picky, I'm not sure poor Cacophonix ever got to play ANY instrument...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200561583631896799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-77681157140759478402011-06-17T14:16:04.797+01:002011-06-17T14:16:04.797+01:00Thanks for the clarification George - the perspect...Thanks for the clarification George - the perspective there of an early music luthier of great repute, in case you didn't know. But hold on, I'm sure I remember Cacophonix holding a set of bagpipes at one point. They were utterly unplayable (not that I'm an anorak, oh no)...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200561583631896799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-24820905472872375862011-06-17T12:47:22.542+01:002011-06-17T12:47:22.542+01:00Hello Andy. I too enjoyed Asterix but I would like...Hello Andy. I too enjoyed Asterix but I would like to argure, from an anorak's point of view, that we would now term the instrument played by the bard as a lyre rather than a harp.george stevenshttp://www.gstevensluthier.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-10908337718722859752011-06-17T02:42:23.298+01:002011-06-17T02:42:23.298+01:00Bagpipes clutch at my heart and make me cry...they...Bagpipes clutch at my heart and make me cry...they move me more than any other instrument. I've been hearing them all my life, even before I was born! Love the illustrations by Rima, but she's a genius so of course they're wonderful!<br /><br />I loved Asterix...I think my favourite character was Cacophonix the Bard, though he played the harp, not the bagpipes!A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.com