I'm moving to Edinburgh at the end of September and I'm sort of looking at flats online. One of my concerns is finding a building I can practice pipes (uilleann, though in Edinburgh they ought to be used to having loads of highland pipers around anyway, right?) in without having to hike to a music building and wrestle for practice rooms or any of that BS. Right now that's how I live and I am about done with it. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to do this? I could just apply for the uni's accomodation and hope it works out (that would be the lazy way of dealing) although that went spectacularly badly this year and I can't even play a muted whistle where I live now without being given out to. Or I could chance private accomodation, but no guarantees of that working out, either.
Migrating to Edinburgh with pipes
Migrating to Edinburgh with pipes
I'm moving to Edinburgh at the end of September and I'm sort of looking at flats online. One of my concerns is finding a building I can practice pipes (uilleann, though in Edinburgh they ought to be used to having loads of highland pipers around anyway, right?) in without having to hike to a music building and wrestle for practice rooms or any of that BS. Right now that's how I live and I am about done with it. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to do this? I could just apply for the uni's accomodation and hope it works out (that would be the lazy way of dealing) although that went spectacularly badly this year and I can't even play a muted whistle where I live now without being given out to. Or I could chance private accomodation, but no guarantees of that working out, either.
Thoughts, horror stories, advice?
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by TheSilverSpear
Re: Migrating to Edinburgh with pipes
Buy somewhere out in Oxgangs or Balerno. An old mate of mine did that in Oxgangs (though not a piper.) Loves it.
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by Key Maniac Lad
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You can hardly compare Oxgangs to Balerno even although they're both on the west side of town!!!!
Balerno is in the only local constituency(Edinburgh Pentlands) which still has a Tory MP.
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by Johannes J
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A Tory MP in Scotland - now there's an endangered species (or is that faecies)
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by bogman
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Oh yeah. Balerno's raather poshe is it not.
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by Key Maniac Lad
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Silver Spear
Never mind Edinburgh come to Cork and hang out with the mad people..........
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by Saint
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You can always busk at the top of Arthur's Seat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZFldMNISs4
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by slainte
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Have a chat with the uni there in Cork about giving me funding for a PhD and we'll talk, Eddie.
Maybe for a post doc. If they give me $$$ (sorry, no euro sign on yank laptop).
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by TheSilverSpear
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Hey Em, for future reference, a Euro symbol is Option-@ on the yank Macs. (Shift-Option-2)
€
Good luck finding a better place in Edinburgh than you got stuck with in Durham!
Pete
# Posted on July 25th 2007 by Reverend
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Er... not really. Option A is ™™™™
I can make pound signs though. £££££
# Posted on July 26th 2007 by TheSilverSpear