Plus ca change...out of tune Highland pipe bands being miscast as "Irish," and dancers who can't dance to the tune as played by a live musician...and ignorant #$%^& being so smitten with the spectacle they can't hear how things aren't meshing up...typical...typical. Nothing changed in 70 years, except that the dancers have gotten more numerous and pushy.
+Piobairesicago --I suspect all the "pipe bands" we hear from Hollywood in old movies are probably one same band from the LA area. My 1950 Scots Guards recording is very well tuned with easy playing of heavy MSR's. But also remember that before the 60's, Highland high G was formally tuned halfway between minor and major, hence the cross-fingering required in pibroch, and both Highland and uilleanns often used somewhat sharp 4th notes (D on Highland, G on u.p.). It's sad about the dancers, I quit playing for them when contests began providing metronomes and requiring musicians to play to the clock.
