Is your Susato mature now?

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Tell us something.: Hi, I play 5-string banjo, mountain dulcimer, bones, and am now a beginner pennywhistler. I have some Dixon, Freeman, and Susato whistles. This is obviously the most extensive forum for information in whistle learning- thanks!
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Re: Is your Susato mature now?

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maki wrote:I love my Susato V.
I play better than I use to, though not as well as I'd like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7T1c5D2EvQ
I enjoyed your video- sounds pretty to me! :thumbsup:
My new Susato C whistle is in the S (small bore) series, so not quite as narrow bore as your V (very small bore) series.
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Re: Is your Susato mature now?

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Chifmunk wrote:
maki wrote:I love my Susato V.
I play better than I use to, though not as well as I'd like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7T1c5D2EvQ
I enjoyed your video- sounds pretty to me! :thumbsup:
My new Susato C whistle is in the S (small bore) series, so not quite as narrow bore as your V (very small bore) series.
Thanks for your kind words!
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Re: Is your Susato mature now?

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ytliek wrote:
pancelticpiper wrote:I have a very mature Susato, one of the original type, machined out of PVC stock, with a wooden plug.
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I added a couple pics for people who don't know what I'm talking about.

Susato used two colours of PVC, off-white and brown. My mezzo A had a brown body and white top, my high D was all white, and my mezzo G (seen here) is all brown, the only one I have left.
I'm just curious how the wooden plug held up? How old? Was there any deterioration in wood? That is provided the whistle was played often rather than just sitting unused in a box. Any shrinkage or splitting of wood? Thanks.
I bought my C in 79 or 80 and played it quite a bit for some years.The last twenty years it's been in the box more than played.Wood plug still ok,no cracks,no loosening,no expanding and cracking the tube.

Still thinks it's one of my better whistles.Just wish I had bought the A then also,instead of wasting the money on a Hohner G.
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