Search found 505 matches
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: 2020 Tin Whistle Enthusiasts Q & A
- Replies: 142
- Views: 60215
Re: 2020 Tin Whistle Enthusiasts Q & A
Beautifully stated. But now you've done it. You've made everyone who has never played in a session want to join one, so they can experience that grand feeling at least once in their lifetimes. This is why I love playing duets, trios, sonatas and so on. Playing by yourself is very rewarding, and it ...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:59 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: 2020 Tin Whistle Enthusiasts Q & A
- Replies: 142
- Views: 60215
Re: 2020 Tin Whistle Enthusiasts Q & A
That's intriguing. I'm sure you know the wonderful ocarina scene in Bertolucci's Novecento.Maddie wrote:Ocarina for folk, anime, and some movie scores.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:26 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: WTB: Fred Rose whistle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3938
WTB: Fred Rose whistle
If anyone has a Fred Rose whistle they'd like to sell, I'd like to buy it.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:19 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: McManus vs. Bleazy High D and C?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6841
Re: McManus vs. Bleazy High D and C?
Well it was a long time ago. I may be off about the specifics, but I remember tuning was an issue with them. I was buying a lot of whistles and recorders in those days and for some reason Bleazey's instruments fascinated me. I also had a Bleazey session recorder which had substandard tuning. I sold ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:12 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: McManus vs. Bleazy High D and C?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6841
Re: McManus vs. Bleazy High D and C?
Herro! I haven't posted on this forum for probably ten years... anyway, to the point: I had a couple of Bleazey whistles in the old days and they are decently made, nice wood and good strong tone with not too much breath in it, but they always had tuning issues. As I recall the octaves were a bit sh...
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:52 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Our instruments are endangered !!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16216
Re: Our instruments are endangered !!
...While I'd love to think that we can change our behavior enough to not wreck the place, the simple fact is there are too many of us. Depopulating would solve (or drastically reduce) pretty much every environmental problem we're facing. It's difficult to get people on board with the idea, unfortun...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tips on playing wooden whistles
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3524
Re: Tips on playing wooden whistles
I think the problem with whistle headjoints is that the block and windway are not generally made entirely of wood even if the barrel of the whistle is. The nice thing about wood is that it retains a very slight surface film of moisture which conveys any further condensation out of the windway, so af...
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:10 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: FS kpro custom low d
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1285
Re: FS kpro custom low d
This is now gone.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:54 pm
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FS: KPro low D brass barrel SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1375
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:39 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Is this a low whistle being played through a wah wah pedal?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6974
Re: Is this a low whistle being played through a wah wah ped
Not him, just hate the overcooked reverb. It's like soft focus in movies.Mikethebook wrote:Clearly not a Spillane fan!
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Is this a low whistle being played through a wah wah pedal?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6974
Re: Is this a low whistle being played through a wah wah ped
Sounds like the usual reverb drenched schmalz to me.
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:13 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: FS kpro custom low d
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1285
FS kpro custom low d
Hi. Hope I'm not breaking the rules. Anyway, I have a KPro custom (brass barrel) low D for sale, 240 euro. Shipping worldwide would be 20 euro, 15 euro within the EU I'd say. It's a really wonderful whistle with a strong, flutelike tone and very smooth transition between the octaves. Lovely - and ve...
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FS: KPro low D brass barrel SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1375
Re: FS: KPro low D brass barrel
The Rose is gone - alas! But a happy alas!
I see that the standard Kpro's go for something like £240 now? Amazing. Grab this custom while you can - it's a really magical whistle. Date of manufacture 110610.
I see that the standard Kpro's go for something like £240 now? Amazing. Grab this custom while you can - it's a really magical whistle. Date of manufacture 110610.
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:56 am
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FS: KPro low D brass barrel SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1375
FS: KPro low D brass barrel SOLD
Haven't checked in here for absolutely ages, hope everyone is fine and well ;-) So, I have these two whistles which have just been sitting in a drawer unplayed for the last few years, and I reckon it's time to pass them on. I hung on to them all this time because they're beautiful instruments, but t...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:43 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: How do you learn a new tune?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7920
Re: How do you learn a new tune?
The emergence of written language or musical notation are cultural processes, not evolutionary developments due to the selection of mutated genetic replicators by environmental forces. Pre-literate man was evolutionarily no different from us. I know because I live next door to one.