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Guido

Hello everyone, it was bound to happen, sooner or later. Google has decided to move all its free hosted pages to its new Google Sites service. My "How to Make a PVC Whistle" page, which used to be hosted at http://guido.gonzato.googlepages.com/whistle.html (bad link right now) was automati...

So I'll get a tweaked Mellow Dog! And in due time, I'll try and make a brass whistle myself. Thanks for your suggestions!

Thank you, Jem, but I realise I didn't make my point clear. :oops: What I'm looking for is not just a louder instrument (I also own a Susato, or my own whistles that serve me well). I'd love to get a louder AND traditional sounding whistle. You know, I've fallen in love with the traditional sound ty...

Hello,

a quick question. Currently, my favourite whistle is the Dixon Trad, but I'd like something more powerful. My "perfect" whistle would be a louder Dixon Trad, if it existed. Has anybody tried other Dixon brass whistles? Are they louder?

Thanks!

Never heard about it. Thanks, I'll google around!

Altan playing "The Sunset". Interesting how they simplify the Fnat part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI3GC87q6QE

Looks like a Dixon but it isn't. Any idea?

74. No other instrument will make you sound like an elf if you play in a forest at night.

73. You can't find a clarinet or a saxophone in C, D, G, ...

67. You need not practice boring scales, and play tunes instead.

Hello, as usual, I'm happy to share a little piece of information that could be useful to Susato whistles players. In addition to the O-ring trick, mentioned here: http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50113 I found that a pea-sized ball of poster putty, properly placed on the lab...

48. Play a whistle and people will smile, tap their feet and clap their hands 49. It's a very simple instrument, but may end up playing with big musicians at a lovely theatre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_aywUzx_qo) 50. You can make your own whistle. 51. You can pack a whistle virtually anywhere...

Thanks Jem!

Low whistles:

http://pipersgrip.50webs.com/

Guidus

Shamelessly blowing my trumpet... You could consider a GG Low D. It's made of PVC, it sounds airy (but not too much), and it's pretty inexpensive. I make them