Chiff and Fipple Forums

So I must ask, what's the confusion surrounding "fipple?" Beats me. It's the wooden plug in the mouthpiece of a recorder or a rolled tin whistle. The bit that directs the wind onto the blade where it can be divided and thus make musical sound. In a plastic mouthpiece whistle it's simply t...

I do think the C&F Whistle Forum here ought to hammer out (once and for all) an agreeable definition/vocabulary for distinguishing what "chiff" specifically refers to, while "articulation", "sizzle", "hissing", "airy", "etc.", are all ...

For sure it's well nigh impossible to put timbre things into words. What's particularly odd is how people will use the term "flutelike" to describe whistles, the odd thing is that whistles with entirely different timbres both from each other and from flutes will be thus described. True th...

Chiff is nothing more than the "non-musical or disorganised sound" that a pipe makes when beginning to speak -- it's, as you organ restorer friend indicates, the attack. Here it is in action, since you want a video ! For a less "emotive" performance on a chiffy pipe organ https:...

Greenfire wrote:And that organ is super awesome, I need to send that to him! He makes glass pipes, this is his famous one: https://youtu.be/jAi6yDxXWl0

Nice indeed!

A rank of Hall crystal flutes! (almost...)

Hi Folks, Chiff is one of the things that someone needs to do a video on, I haven't been able to work out exactly what people are talking about with it, there seems to be a couple of definitions going around. Chiff is nothing more than the "non-musical or disorganised sound" that a pipe m...

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Were they inspired by Guinness tap handles? Or is there another correlation I failed to draw? And yes, the Guinness whistles were made by Walton's. I kinda wanted one, but now that I know it's merely a Little Black D with a tan head and a different label, I'll pass. Look at what's sitting at the to...

And some could be quite ordinary indeed! They were made in Germany & sold through Sears. Some can be quite pricey as well. Yes. Do you have any insight as to whether there was any difference in quality between the fiddles made while Ernst himself was alive and those made after his death? Nothin...

Lady and Gentleman.... Been in ITM a while now. Actually have a great social network here in Austin. The fiddle is a E. Reinhardt Schmidt Guadagnini Model... Roughly ~1920? I will have one of the 2 professional Luthiers here in Austin look at it and set me up with a bow. Thanks! I will refer to thi...

They are indeed hard to come by!

You'd probably have reasonably good luck on Ebay, as Mr Copeland still makes and sells whistles occasionally there. High d only, I think.

What price range are you thinking? Low D rarely show up on Ebay.

I did a little more experimentation with my cheap ABS recorder. Entirely covering the lower two sets of holes seems doable once I have my finger placement down pat. By rotating the foot joint to a just-right position, I may be able to properly half-cover the lowermost set of holes. With little work...

The "build-it-yourself" recorder might be a good option for me. I'll do some research into the renaissance recorder, too. And I have yet another idea: if I have difficulties with covering the lowest holes properly, perhaps I can find another way to play those notes. Thanks for the suggest...

There are always possibilities! Quitting recorder is certainly a valid choice. You could just man up and buy a renaissance recorder! In-line-6 tone holes, left & right low C options for whichever hand you like lowermore. Learning to play otherhanded is not difficult. Like all things manual and m...

Indeed. In the Museum, we've got an example of a vintage Generation in plated brass. It's not as old as the soldered on label whistle, but is one of the "newer" ones with an adhesive label.