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Glad to see the "broken wing is back to useable", Mack.

Rest in Peace, Moonlight. Sorry for your loss, Alan.

I remember some beautiful music you two made years ago when the 'Chiffy Christmas' posts were made. Will play a song for Moonlight ....

Not exactly west coast, but Tommy Dion in Texas might look at it for you. His user name on C&F is "Tommy". He makes great whistles and has repaired a couple for me. Send him a PM through the board. Never hurts to ask.

An Impempe whistle would fit your description financially (tunable ~$100-$110USD; non-tunable ~$80-$90USD) and I like the sound and responsiveness. **standard warning of the many subjective opinions on the last 2 terms. YMMV. It is a really nice whistle.

Not a free resource, unfortunately, but a good book -- Emerald Duets, Christmas, vol 1 by Blayne Chastain & Peter Romero, available through the The Irish Flute store. The front of the book says "Arrangements for two melody instruments, guitar & piano".

I'm also very curious how long it will last. I hope it lasts for a long time. I have a plastic 2 piece Dixon, regular high D, that was purchased in the fall of 2001. Other than a gold band (seemed like a tape of some sort) around the bottom that has disappeared, the whistle is still in great shape....

No more collapsible Hoover whistles?

Sure am glad I have two 'collectors items' now.

~ Judy K

Fred Rose flute with case - $250.00 which includes insured shipping CONUS.

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Feadoggie, Glenn told me the red fipple material was an inert wax. I had the 'honor' of being the only person to have a mild reaction to the material as far as Glenn knew. Wish I still had the email from him as it might have had a bit more info that has been forgotten. Perhaps his daughter would be ...

If you asked Stacey for a low, low G she might consider it. She always seemed willing to experiment to me.

Congratulations on playing "Amazing Grace", Debbie! :thumbsup: Isn't it a thrill when you get the first song 'right'? A few years ago I was trying to play a keyless flute without much success. A friend recommended trying a Casey Burns folk flute instead of the one I had. Right out of the b...

You're not alone in having used Maas polish. It does work well. It does need to be totally removed and that requires a lot of polishing. (I found this out the same way you did -- the hard way! :) ) You might also consider rinsing the whistle out (if possible) to remove any residue that might have fa...

Byll, I'm glad to have helped in any way. Perhaps Lesley somehow managed to give me a nudge to pass that info along to you. Hope your friends will be able to find the set for you. If you don't have a copy of her song "Walking in Peace", I would be happy to share mine.

Judy

Like narrowdog, I hadn't heard of Lesley's death -- haven't checked in here often in the past year. I'm honored to have one of her original music compositions. She was talented, sweet, amazing person. FWIW, Byll, Lesley's D/C set could be missing in its entirety. Lesley also had a C Traveler single ...

Sgt. Luneau, thank you for your service. It is greatly appreciated ... and welcome to the world of whistling.