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Forgive my ignorance, but who was Geo. Cloos?

I recently bought a rosewood, two piece fife in Bb with a conical bore. It has nickel-silver ferrules and band around the joint. It has 6 open holes plus one valved hole at the low end. The ferrules are about 1 1/4" wide and slightly tapered while the joint band is about 3/4" wide. It's in...

There was a whistle maker named Goodfellow, Canadian I believe, who made square sectioned, tapered whistles that were rolled like a Clarke. It was held together with epoxy. The fipple plug was of red plastic. I've got one and it works pretty good.
Regards,
Paul N.

I got a good make (Glenn Shultz) wooden whistle awhile back and one of the previous owners used a bore oil on it that went bad. Now it smells like the French Fry trailer at a really cheap carnival. How can I get the smell out? I've been letting it air out for some time now, hoping that the smell wou...

Whenever my father ate a banana, he always put salt on it first. As a result, I have been doing it, too, for well over 50 years. So has my brother. Several years ago (I don't remember where or when) I heard that this is an Irish habit. Now, my grandmother was the youngest of 12 kids born (1870) to I...

Is Parkhurst whistles still in business? I've tried twice to send him an
e-mail, but it came back as undeliverable each time.
Thanks.