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LOL!
Absolutely amazing! I KNEW C&F was bound to have someone who would know... but this many someones blows me away!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, everyone! Another mystery solved!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/3219971422_6012985b99.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/3219971422/ Surfing the Flickr commons, i came across this old photo of a 'Fluteplayer, Lysekil, Sweden' taken in the 1880's.... it looks for all the world like a whistle, except it see...

ok. this is gonna drive me NUTS. i'm sitting here in my living room in castro valley, ca, and i'm hearing the sounds of whistles- several whistles- wafting up the valley. it's coming from SOME house across the way, i can tell... but WHICH?? there's a session going on, and i'm SOOOOOO close!! i'm thi...

lol- thanks for the clarification! EspañaTrad it is! (tho i still think 'mexiTrad has a nice ring to it!) ;) :pint: :pint: :pint: all around! i think the part i had the hardest time with was his hollering the lyrics rather than singing them. honestly, w/o the vocals i think it's a pretty neat clip! :D

Betcha never heard IrTrad like THIS!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RTSETScn8 a pint for anyone who can make it thru the entire clip!! :D (lovely whistling, tho!) *edited to add: btw for anyone interested and not familiar, the tune is "Whiskey in the Jar" here's a link to the Rovers' v...

finishing a degree in Museum Studies, and working with special needs adults to pay for it.
that will change at the end of may, when i move back home to the East Bay... but hopefully i'll get a job in the same line while finishing the last few classes of the degree.

That's an interesting observation, because I find that at sessions most people are really into the instrumentals but get up to refill their beers whenever anyone gets up to sing. However, on my radio show, people tend to appreciate the shows where I concentrate on vocal music more than the more ins...

You can make a simple wind shield from a thin section of plastic tubing that is at least twice the outer diameter of your whistle. A piece of double-sided tape is placed in a strip running down the bottom of this tube. Slide it over the voicing section of your whistle and stick the tape to the bott...

thanks for the info, m! i'll save my $ for a more reliable cheapie, i think...

ahhh! thanks!! i suppose i should have googled it! i just *assumed* it was an old brand, and didn't try.

anyway, when they sell for 10$ new, i am guessing it's something i can live without. :|
probably.

i don't have a closeup pic, but it's a brass Bflat with the stamp 'Mid-East Manufacturing' on it.

does anyone have any info about that maker?

Anita wrote:

hoopy mike wrote:Or she's now too deaf to notice!

Ha ha....although she is getting up there in age .......could be....... will have to take up the pipes and find out for sure I guess

I'm not sure if anyone's posted china496694218's link yet (this is a really long thread! i've made it to pg 4 so far! lol) anyway, his whistle and flute work are both rather good. i like this one a lot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVbpfc2LccU his low whistling is lovely as well: http://www.youtub...

in a house with 2 cats and a dog, i've found that my more favored whistles are all deeply resented- walton's little black D, Oak D, various other metal tube/plastic fipple whistles... my LEAST favored is actually the only one that doesn't get any adverse reaction from any of the animals- that's my C...

btw- i just wanted to mention that there are 2 separate troupes that tour, and each one has multiple members that play the lead role (3 people in one troupe, and 4 in the other)... as well as each having three members who play the Dark Lord. so, while i was fated to see the show with the limp-lettuc...