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 andy_skiff
PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:57 pm 
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Irish-Traditional-Music-Original-Brass-Feadog-D-Tin-Penny-Whistle-Flute-Irelands/382347465563

They even use my friend - Jay Chu's photo without permission....

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OMG - did they put the heads on the wrong end of the tubes?

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They got understandably confused because of Jay's thumbrest. :lol:

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Those whistles should be offered for free. Might be an easy DIY fix switching ends. Pretty colors though.
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 whistlecollector
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andy_skiff wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Irish-Traditional-Music-Original-Brass-Feadog-D-Tin-Penny-Whistle-Flute-Irelands/382347465563

They even use my friend - Jay Chu's photo without permission....


Ya. The by now infamous reverse Chinese whistle.

You can always report the item on the grounds of stolen intellectual property. Not necessarily that Ebay will do anything about the offending auctions!

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 LI Whistler
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Actually I bought for $1.50 a whistle like these at Michael's arts & Craft store several years ago. It wasn't very good but I've had worse. Also the head was on the correct end.
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So... what happens when the head is on the wrong end? Does one get a Chinese musical scale maybe? :o

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Does one get a Chinese musical scale maybe? :o


<groan>

Remember the previous thread on the subject?

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I just tried it.
You get, from the bell tone up:
d, g, a, b, c...scale notes 1,4,5,6,7 -in fairly clear notes (though normally you'd get: d, e, f#, g, a...or scale notes 1,2,3,4,5)....but after that on higher it's just about impossible to get a note in tune or to control which octave you get.

Maybe there are folk tunes in some culture that utilize that scale. But I feel sorry for the hopeful newbie people who receive those whistles without realizing the error.

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