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I wonder that what he was writing may be true, as a Susato head is assembled from several small parts glued and glue is known to shrink in the course of its hardening over months or years.gonzo914 wrote:The only problem I've seen with Susatos is that they do not come properly aged. I bought one four years ago when I first started playing the whistle. It was my first whistle that wasn't bought in a toy store. But when I played it, the upper octave as loud and piercing and unplayable, and when I played "Danny Boy," it frightened the children, so I stuffed it in a drawer and got a Dixon.
I got that Susato out about two years later and found it had improved considerably, but still didn't sound as good as my Dixon. So I put it away again.
And now, just a recently, I got it out again, and I'm happy to say it's finally ready to be played. And I'm playing it more and more. I like it a lot. I'd get another one, but I don't want to wait another 4 years to age it, so I'll have to look for a use, or rather, pre-aged one.
It would be nice if Susato aged them for us. You know, put them on a pallet and store them in a cave for four years and then sell them. They could even stamp the vintage on the barrel, so then we could say "I've got an '06 Susato. I wish I could find another one from that year." Or "Is that an '04? That was a great year." Or "I hear this is going to be an excellent year for Susatos, so I'm going to buy a dozen and lay them down for another four years. They should be really good in 2010."
And we know that even a slight change in dimensions of the whistle head may cause significant effects on its sound property.
So, I would like to ask the people who were complaining about Susato whistles at that time (11 years ago).
Is your Susato mature now?