88 – tulipwood with brass. Very traditional sound, can’t ship outside the US due to new CITES restrictions on rosewoods. I made the mistake of finishing this with linseed oil, so the color is a little washed out. $100
96 – olivewood; this is the one that was on tour, extensively described by the reviewers in this thread.
97 – plum/fruit wood with brass. Nice traditional sound, a little breathy, slide needs to be pulled out kinda far (3/8”). $100
100 – plum/fruit wood with brass. Sweet in the upper octave, requires very little air (needs breath control), thus pretty quiet. [spoken for]
Four boxwood whistles, each with a nice clean sound, none too sweet. They have fantastic low notes.
101 -- $150
102 -- $150
103 -- $125, slide needs to be pulled out like #97
104 -- $150
105 – American Osage orange with brass. Clear, full sound.
106 – Argentine Osage orange with brass. Clear and full, a little sweeter than #105. Slide needs to be pulled out like #97; has a couple of apparent cracks (backside of the mouthpiece and near the bottom ring in the front), but at no point has either of these gone through the wood or leaked; I’m a bit baffled by them. $75
107 – Bloodwood with aluminum. Traditional sound, nice balance.
110 – Burmese blackwood with brass. Nice dirty traditional sound; more volume than most of my whistles, can’t ship outside the US due to new CITES restrictions on rosewoods. [spoken for]
Three C whistles. These are the first batch that are not prototypes. The sound is what I’d call woody; that is, not very bell-like, you might call them mellow. The sound is quite a bit bigger than the D’s, but in a group setting they might not cut through any better.
Bottom to top:
C4 – plum with brass, $150
C5 – African blackwood with brass [spoken for]
C6 – African blackwood with brass, $175, can’t ship outside the US due to new CITES restrictions on rosewoods.
email me at whorfinwoods at gmail dot com for info/orders.
Cheers, Charlie
