Suibhne O'Piobaireachd / Sedayne / Lord O'May etc.

Quite so, but I'm still a bit confused by your reference to Institutionalised centralised state-funded folklore!.

In another thread you ask if the EFDSS have any plans to digitise sound recordings and quote the Max Hunter Collection at Missouri State University ( a state funded institution with a role as a centre for the study of folk song in the Ozarks).

There seems to be a mismatch in your opinions.

Getting back to your reply to whoever it was posting on behalf of the Museum of British Folklore, they weren't attaching any importance to the tools used but merely illustrating the level of operation of that particular edit. As someone who runs a degree course in TV production I would have lots of criticisms of the piece but the fact remains that it was a quick bit of propaganda and will probably be displaced by other more considered work as the MoBF gets more established. Give them a chance.