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- Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:31 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tin Whistle Tutorials/Books
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6003
I only wish I could find a place where they sell it (the book without the whistle - I already own the instrument) around here (I pay almost as much for shipping as for the actual item...). Yeah. I know what you're on about. My whistle is going to be here (hopefully) by the end of next week. Unfortu...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:33 am
- Forum: Forum Support
- Topic: Is anyone else having trouble with the forum on Firefox?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8366
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:24 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tin Whistle Tutorials/Books
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6003
jkrazy52 wrote: Tikva, IIRC (if I recall correctly), you said you played clarinet . That's correct - I did this so long that you could wake me late at night and I'd have no problem to read a bunch of notes even backwards if necessary. :D I'm looking for a good tutorial because I'm more interested i...
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Newbie Poll: Christmas Carols & Holiday Songs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1221
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: WhOA and newbies
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3948
:lol: :lol: :lol: I have not been warned in the first place, but found out about WhOA during research about Tin Whistles very early on. - Even before making the conscious decision to buy one. While it took me about two weeks to make up my mind which model to get, I knew from day one that I'd most li...
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tin Whistle Tutorials/Books
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6003
Tin Whistle Tutorials/Books
Hello everyone! Now that my first whistle is on its way - a Dixon Trad - I'm of course looking for some instruction books. I have already found a great number of online tutorials, but seeing that a computer is not always available, I wish to purchase a book, too. Maybe you could recommend some to me...
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Whistle v.s downstairs neighbors
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4657
I did address the matter of oversensitive neighbors - in my case even worse: landlords - in my newbie intro. Daisman suggested the following to me: buy a $2 package of sticky-tac and when you need to practice quietly put a 1/2 pea sized blob of it on top of the windway and push it towards the lip to...
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Susato Kildare vs. Dixon Trad vs. Dixon Polymer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1966
Jayhawk, Guidus - You've just helped me enormously to make up my mind! You probably don't know it, but in my newbie intro, I have mentioned more than one time that low volume is indeed essential to my keeping a roof over my head. My tenant is extremely sensitive to any noise. Two weeks ago, he actua...
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Newbie intro
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2502
TravM63 Of my three high whistles (Clarke orignal, Feadog and Clark MEG C), the Clarke is the quietest Looks like there is yet another whistle to consider. The Clarke Original is quieter than the other two? Mmmh. I should really give this some consideration seeing that low volume is somehow essenti...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Newbie intro
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2502
Walshman I would suggest you seriously consider a Dixon Guess what, I do already! I have actually laid my eyes on a Dixon Trad brass, a Dixon Polymer and a Susato Kildare s series. Of course all of them are High D. I haven't completely made up my mind which to buy, but I guess the Dixon Trad is mos...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:36 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Newbie intro
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2502
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:15 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Susato Kildare vs. Dixon Trad vs. Dixon Polymer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1966
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Newbie intro
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2502
Newbie intro
Hello all you whistlers out there! I am a complete novice to tin whistle playing. Don't even own a whistle, yet . But I am working hard to change this condition with your help. :wink: Until now I have played a hand-me-down wooden Hohner recorder and a fairly new clarinet. I have to admit that I quit...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Nickel allergy
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5266
Nickel allergy is the most common contact allergy in Central Europe; but this might as well be true for most parts of the world. The Nickel molecule itself is too small to actually cause an allergic reaction on its own. Only after binding to epidermal proteins it becomes potentially allergenic. As w...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:13 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Susato Kildare vs. Dixon Trad vs. Dixon Polymer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1966
Susato Kildare vs. Dixon Trad vs. Dixon Polymer
Hello everyone! I am looking for a (preferably tunable) whistle with a somewhat "breathy" quality to it. Shrilly high notes are absolutely no-goes. Plus they sould not sound like a recorder. :wink: I have temporarily narrowed down my choices to the following three instruments: 1) Susato Ki...