Chiff and Fipple Forums

Dear Yankees1, As of Andes music thing, I believe you're talking about a quena (flute) or a quenacho (flute). And I guess your brass whistle is in the key of D (soprano) ! So there's as a standard let's say: soprano (the one your wife hate), Alto (little deeper), Tenor (the one you like I guess), Ba...

I have a lot of these...

And can't be more happy..

https://www.eaglemusicshop.com/cat/flut ... e-gig-bags

Dear Matthewlawson3, This is from Mr. Mike Burke : I make no claims regarding cross fingerings to get a flattened 7th. Much better to half hole or get my thumbhole option. Fork fingerings are unnatural on whistles because it is important to the richness of the tone that the toneholes below the activ...

Yep most of the ones I've seen are the black ones... And as I said from Ms. Tamsin videos, it's a very quiet whistle :thumbsup: I guess I'll go for the gold plated (as gold plated brasswind instruments always sounded so sweet and fairly quiet-and it might be the same with whistles) I'll buy a Howard...

Dear Sedi, Yes I'm leaning to the Howard now! :love: I guess I'll ignore all what I heard about how nasaly and dull it is as per what I've read! Cause I've seen Ms. Tamsin videos and that's a quiet whistle :) And that's one odd whistle you've got! :D Warbl is a must-have absolutely! Thanks a lot, ne...

Dear AuLoS303,

Thank you so much for the tip, appreciate it.
Will try that also as long as it won't effect the pitch

Dear fatmac, Honestly everytime I wanna buy a Howard! Someone will say it sounds like a recorder with a nasaly tone!! And i heard that after Mr. David took over, He changed the fipple design which it sounds different than before... Is that true? And I believe the gold plated Howard will sound the qu...

Dear Sedi, My bad I didn't mentioned my collection! All Low D Whistles: *Dixon one piece *Dixon Aluminum *Kerry optima Fixed *Kerry Optima tunable *Kerry Pro! *Chieftain V5 fixed *Chieftain V5 tunable *MK kelpie *MK Pro *Alba *Burke Viper Brass From the above collection, my quietest is the Kerry Pro...

Thanks Peter for the suggestion! I appreciate it...

And honestly never considered a shearwater!

I'll give it a try...

It sounds what I'm looking for...

Thanks again

Beloushi

Hello there! And happy new year :party: Mine it took 2 days to be shipped from the day I placed my order.. As the guys said, it's Christmas + New Year.... Just be patient sir! :thumbsup: And I use cork grease for the slide + Diving silicone grease for the o-rings And congrats on the new instrument :...

Hello everyone, Happy New Year beautiful people... :party: New here to the forum, but I've been reading for a long time... And I love the chemistry and the amount of knowledge I'm seeing here, it's just phenomenal... And glad that i registered and became part of this beautiful family. I'm new to the...