Whistle contest..with a prize and everything!

Hornpiper · Post by **Hornpiper** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:49 pm

It's a really out-of-tune Eb made of brass.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:25 pm

Brass, $90? that's my guess.

khl · Post by **khl** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:27 am

My guess:
Plastic whistle by Rick Hink (High Plains Whistler).

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:21 pm

Sounds Like a rare Michael Whistle in the key of E Flatley.

Impempe · Post by **Impempe** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:08 am

I would say cane/wood whistle with wood block and going at around $15 all the way from India.

ShadowBG625 · Post by **ShadowBG625** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:48 am

Impempe wrote:I would say cane/wood whistle with wood block and going at around $15 all the way from India.

Ooo...nice one! And I have one of those too, that I have since tweaked. Ah...the miracles of sandpaper on wood.

picardy third · Post by **picardy third** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:42 am

Brass Feadog....possibly the red one.

Micheal · Post by **Micheal** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:43 am

I say it is a JudyK/TAIBHSE......and once you pick one up they are very hard to put down.

Peace,
Micheal

IrelandsRose · Post by **IrelandsRose** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:07 pm

I have absolutely no idea being new to whistles.....so I'm just going to fling out a guess and hope lol.

I guess it's a homemade tin whistle since its so airy.
Its made out of a piece of wood for the fipple and some pvc water pipe.
Cost of this project is about $7to $8 dollars tops. Every homemade whistle sounds different ... this one sounds like a D.

This is all a big guess since Im a greenhorn when it comes to whistles lol.

Good luck to all!!

jkrazy52 · Post by **jkrazy52** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:25 am

Only one guess per person ... phooey!

... brass Generation?

Judy

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:03 am

jkrazy52 wrote:Only one guess per person ... phooey!

Judy

Even with only one guess per person, there are enough posters on C&F to eventually guess every make and model of whistle out there, I reckon

regor · Post by **regor** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:01 am

Brass, $10 range that's my guess.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:40 pm

The rules: Only one guess per person. One, that's it.
All entries should consist of answers to these questions:
Approximate retail price?
Material the whistle is made of?

Hi Wanderer,

It sounds aluminium to me.

It's not top end - I'll go for an Alba - with the curvey ramp (if their website would respond I'd get the current list price - your site quotes them at 55 british poonds (@100 us dollars?)

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:57 am

Well, all, the contest is over...thanks for playing everyone who participated!

The mystery whistle:

This is an all-plastic whistle from the Trophy Music Company. They make the nose flute ("Humanatone") that Thom sells at the Whistle shop. They're also known for making other "kid's products" like plastic slide whistles, kazoos, etc. The link above takes you to their online catalog page that has the whistle (which they call a "magic flute"

It's all plastic, and I paid $1.95 for it six or seven years ago at a guitar store.

I'd like to talk a bit about why I chose the whistle. I wanted to pick something I was pretty sure few people had played before...so that an experienced player couldn't just guess it by being ultra-familiar with the tone of that particular whistle..though I do think it sounds a bit like an LBW. This would let people's imaginations run free when it came to listening to the sound and imagining a material and how much the whistle may cost.

After carefully reviewing all of the posts, I think the closest guess is Fearfaoin's. Most folks posted specific models of whistles (LBW, Generation, etc), and since none of those were "Trophy" whistles, they're removed from consideration. A few folks posted materials, and between them all, I think Fearfaoin and IrelandsRose were the closest. In the end, even though IrelandsRose was closer on price, I think Fearfaoin was closest on material, and so he gets the prize

Congratulations!

khl · Post by **khl** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:31 am

Thanks for the contest, Wanderer. I actually bought one of these a couple months ago at the mall; the price wasn't much more. I chose the yellow body model. Didn't even think about this one when guessing.

Good job, Fearfaoin.

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