The Oban Times, 28 December, 1912 Gesto As a Piper Achnahanaid, Braes, Portree, 18 December, 1912 Sir–I see that it is very difficult to make Mr. John Grant believe that Captain MacLeod, Gesto could play the pipes. Everyone knows that it was Gesto who taught Sandy Bruce, my uncle, to play the pipes, and Sandy […]
Author: Alan Armstrong
OT: 14 December 1912 – John Grant “The MacCrimmon Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 14 December, 1912 The MacCrimmon Canntaireachd 42 Elmfield Avenue, Aberdeen, 9 December, 1912 Sir,–In your issue of seventh inst. there appear two letters, one from the pen of Dr. K. N. MacDonald, and another from Mr. John MacLennan. The text of these letters is that I have challenged the accuracy of Neil […]
OT: 7 December 1912 – K.N. MacDonald “Capt. MacLeod’s Collection of Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 7 December, 1912 Capt. MacLeod’s Collection of Piobaireachd 21 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh, 30 November, 1912 Sir,–the above work being now “sub-judice,” must be taken as it stands. It is a mistake to think that a pibroch must have 17 variations besides the “urlar.” Donald Mor MacCrimmon–and he should have known–has only four […]
OT: 7 December 1912 – John MacLennan
The Oban Times, 7 December, 1912 26 Arden Street, Edinburgh, 2 December, 1912 Sir,–Mr. John Grant, writing in your issue of the 30th ult., would have us believe that the book published by Captain MacLeod in 1828 was not the MacCrimmon canntaireachd. Now Gesto is allowed to be a truthful, honest, and honourable gentleman, who […]
OT: 30 November 1912 – Mystic Minstrel [John Grant] “The Great Highland Bagpipe”
The Oban Times, 30 November, 1912 The Great Highland Bagpipe 23 November, 1912 Sir,–On reading the Highland News Notes in your columns of this date, I notice a remark made by the Russian Foreign Minister, M. Sazanoff, that an instrument similar to the Great Highland Bagpipe is used in the south of Russia. There is […]
OT: 30 November 1912 – K.N. MacDonald “Highland Music and “Sheantaireachd”
The Oban Times, 30 November, 1912 Highland Music and “Sheantaireachd.” 21 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh, 24 November, 1912 Sir,–In a second letter from Mr. Simon Fraser, he writes:– “Since writing you last week I went out to Mrs. Godfrey Mackinnon, Blackburn, and had a very interesting chat with her about Gesto. She also very kindly lent […]
OT: 30 November 1912 – John Grant “Canntaireachd”
The Oban Times, 30 November, 1912 Canntaireachd 42 Elmfield Avenue, Aberdeen, 25 November, 1912 Sir,–in your issue of last week I see a copy of a letter from Mr. Simon Fraser, Australia, in which he makes reference to my method of argument. As far as I am aware, I understand that the correspondence columns of […]
OT: 23 November 1912 – K.N. MacDonald – “Sheantaireachd”
The Oban Times, 23 November, 1912 Sheantaireachd 21 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh, 18 November, 1912 Sir,–I enclose herewith a letter from Mr. Simon Fraser, of Australia, whose father was an intimate friend of Captain MacLeod of Gesto. It throws considerable light upon the “old stuff,” and those who were making history. I trust that the substitution […]
OT: 19 October 1912 – John Grant – “The Piobaireachd Society’s Music”
The Oban Times, 19 October, 1912 The Piobaireachd Society’s Music 42 Elmfield Avenue, Aberdeen, 9 October, 1912 Sir,–Your correspondent, Mr. John MacLennan, says that the Piobaireachd Society is a strong, influential, and intellectual body of men, and I agree with him in this respect. Mr. MacLennan also says that the Piobaireachd Society would crush him […]
OT:19 October 1912 – Beginner “The Bagpipe Chanter Scale”
The Oban Times, 19 October, 1912 The Bagpipe Chanter Scale 14 October, 1912 Sir,–I have been very much interested in the controversy which has been going on in your columns recently about pipe music. I have so admired the bagpipe that I would like to be a piper. I have bought a tutor and […]
