You see, my wife would just castrate me Just kidding!! She's a wonderful and supportive wife but I don't make enough to be able to justify spending that kind of money on a whistle. I like to stay under $200 for the highest price. I would love to own a Copeland but unless a used one falls my way (and even then most likely won't be under $200), I'll probably never see one in my hands. There are alot of great whistles under $200 available and unless I'm recording or performing professionally, I don't need anything more expensive than that. It is nice to dream though.benbrad wrote:Thanks to everyone for the kind and sympathetic replies. I just thought it would be neat if the high end whistle makers could make injection molded copies of their high end whistles if for no other reason than the beutiful looks their whistles have. I'd be willing to bet that they would sell a tremendous amount if they would. I don't see me ever spending $250 - $350 for a whistle. I just can't justify it. I did pay $180 for a whistle once but I don't think I will ever do that again. I got a great whistle for that price (used) but I have felt guilty about paying that much ever since. I feel really selfish about it. My wife would never do that to me as she is very frugal and sensible.
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The new plastic Pros should be ready next month, same price. There will be one model, designed to play better than what came before. We're eager to hear what you think of them when they come out. Thanks for reading.
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The tour sounds like a good idea.
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The price would be the same as Permali (the laminate). Blackwood is under discussion.
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The Resonance in plastic? That would mean the LoD. Yes, that's under serious consideration, too. However, the flute is not interchangeable with the whistle because the bores are different in the body, and plastic will not change that incompatibility. When the bores were the same, we got two lame instruments; now the bores are different so each one is the best we can make it.
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The price would be the same as Permali (the laminate). Blackwood is under discussion.
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The Resonance in plastic? That would mean the LoD. Yes, that's under serious consideration, too. However, the flute is not interchangeable with the whistle because the bores are different in the body, and plastic will not change that incompatibility. When the bores were the same, we got two lame instruments; now the bores are different so each one is the best we can make it.
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Re: Plastic Pros
Thank you for the explanation. Guess I'll have to give up that dream then. (The interchangeable part that is, not the getting a Resonance at some point)waltsweet wrote: The Resonance in plastic? That would mean the LoD. Yes, that's under serious consideration, too. However, the flute is not interchangeable with the whistle because the bores are different in the body, and plastic will not change that incompatibility. When the bores were the same, we got two lame instruments; now the bores are different so each one is the best we can make it.
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So, what design did you settle on?waltsweet wrote:The new plastic Pros should be ready next month, same price. There will be one model, designed to play better than what came before.
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Thought we really had advanced there for a minute, magic invisible whistle-holes.crookedtune wrote:Seems like the black ones have something missing....... oh yeah, holes! Seriously, they look great. I favor the wood-tone ring look, as well as the Goth. Nice work!
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