Whistle by Brad Anderson on ebay

[falkbeer]

Does anyone on CF. know anything about Brad Anderson´s whistles. Very fine craftsmanship but how do they sound?




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-made-penny ... dZViewItem

[Mitch]

Hi falkbeer,

Brad's whistles sound very sweet . They have a narrow bore so not a big-throated session-dominator. They are very brisk once you get their measure, but once you do they are hard to put down.

Have a look for the Anderson whistle tour thread (1 or 2 pages back) - I think there's a recording or 2 there.

[Feadoggie]

Does anyone on CF. know anything about Brad Anderson´s whistles. Very fine craftsmanship but how do they sound?

As Mitch said, Brad is doing very nice work. I was lucky enough to try one of his Bendee whistles. Mitch referred to the thread about that whistle. The sound was very nice. I liked Brad's whistle. Here are links to the sound files I posted at that time.

http://www.box.net/shared/xt0skl80s0

http://www.box.net/shared/7jajnc3gg8

Hope that helps,

Feadoggie

[falkbeer]

Does anyone on CF. know anything about Brad Anderson´s whistles. Very fine craftsmanship but how do they sound?

As Mitch said, Brad is doing very nice work. I was lucky enough to try one of his Bendee whistles. Mitch referred to the thread about that whistle. The sound was very nice. I liked Brad's whistle. Here are links to the sound files I posted at that time.

http://www.box.net/shared/xt0skl80s0

http://www.box.net/shared/7jajnc3gg8

Hope that helps,

Feadoggie

Hi Feadoggie,

I read your excellent review: http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... c&start=15

Brad´s whistles looks very promising. It would be interesting to try one out someday!

[Feadoggie]

Brad´s whistles looks very promising. It would be interesting to try one out someday!

That's exactley how I felt when I first saw Brad's whistles on eBay. He's making good whistles. The timbers he chooses are quite different from the norm but very well suited to the purpose of whiste making. Brad is very knowledgeable and quite passionate about his craft too. I expect we will see more of his work discussed here on C&F as time goes by.

Feadoggie

[brewerpaul]

Nope, they're no good. No need for any more wooden whistle makers...


Just kidding-- I had a chance to try out one of Brad's whistles, and it was quite nice. The Australian woods he uses are really pretty special too-- he send me some and I have them in the works right now.

[shadowformz]

[quote="falkbeer"]Does anyone on CF. know anything about Brad Anderson´s whistles. Very fine craftsmanship but how do they sound?

Thanks for your interest falkbeer and i'm glad you like the look of my whistles, and thanks Mitch, feadoggie and Paul for your support. I'd quickly like to just clarify that the whistles i've currently listed on ebay are a slightly revamped and improved model to the one that was originally on the Anderson whistle tour and is very similar to the one that i gave Mitch to trial. I feel the urge to apologise for listing this batch of whistles before posting a replacement tour whistle, with the reason being largely to try and recoupe some of the costs for custom tooling i've recently had produced for me, with the only other options open to me being the sale of my blackwood thin weasel and Abell Low G which i am obviously going to all lengths to prevent. I hope this dosen't appear to mercenary, but as i have outlined in the tour thread i should have a beautiful whistle back on the tour soon. Cheers Brad.

[Feadoggie]

I feel the urge to apologise for listing this batch of whistles before posting a replacement tour whistle, with the reason being largely to try and recoupe some of the costs for custom tooling i've recently had produced for me, with the only other options open to me being the sale of my blackwood thin weasel and Abell Low G which i am obviously going to all lengths to prevent.

Yes, the tooling required to make a good whistle can be quite costly. Better tooling = better whistles, and more of them. It's advantageous that you can sell whistles of your own making to fund your tooling acquisitions. That appears to be sound logic to me.

Hold on to that Thin Weasel and the Abell if you can, Brad. I sold a Thin Weasel made from Pau Amarello and a Copeland for the same reason not long ago. Both were terrific instruments and they can't easily be replaced now.

Feadoggie

[scheky]

Question:
How is Bendee on the allergin front? After what my blackwood Thin Weasel did to my lungs, I have an abnormal phobia of wooden whistles (while at the same time, I love them).

[shadowformz]

Question:
How is Bendee on the allergin front? After what my blackwood Thin Weasel did to my lungs, I have an abnormal phobia of wooden whistles (while at the same time, I love them).

Hi scheky, with regards to blackwood, it is a member of the rosewood (Dalbergia) family and i do know that local cabinet makers have all commented to me on the irritating qualities the wood dust from these timbers have. Bendee is an Acacia species and as such is in the same family as Hawaiian Koa and Various other Australian wattles, whose bark has often been used for tanning leather for clothing etc, and some Acacia species eg. Acacia catechu (Khadir) have actually been used for treating skin allergies. I hope this has been of some help to you, cheers Brad.

[Wanderer]

I got a Brad Anderson whistle in black mulga in the mail yesterday and will be writing up one of my full reviews (after I get the rust off the ol' typewriter!) in a couple of weeks.