anyone else here have a carbony whistle of any key? i absolutely love mine. in my opinion it is a very serious competitor to the burke line. if for no other reason than the fact that it's all but indestructable. sure its not as loud, but its tuneable and super light. plus it takes almost no air, making the register changes effortless. its the first whistle ive ever gotten three full octaves out of. what do you all think?

Three - full - octaves... I am in awe. That would take you to the upper-most note of a piano - or one note beyond, depending on how one is calculating... I did not know of any other instrument extant (except select pipe organs), that could create fundamental pitches that high.

Best.
Byll

Do you have a source of more information?

TIA

A high D whistle with 3 octave range? Would you even be able hear the top notes?

I thought three full octaves on a high D was against the Geneva Convention....

Best wishes.

Steve

too much third octave causes brain damage, doesn't it?

Really ... If you're going to experiment with the 3rd register of a high D, do so away from other people, and please wear hearing protection. That's what I think.

Any decent D whistle is capable of playing up to 3rd register G - including Generation, Dixon Trad, Mellow Dog. It's far more a matter of technique than of the whistle. The only piece I've encountered that requires that range is the orchestral suite Pied Piper Fantasy by John Corigliano.

I played an early model of the Carbony high D, and found it had a sound and feel very much like a Clarke Meg or Sweetone. But it's possible the design and voicing has changed since then. I've also had some contact with Rob Gandara of Carbony, and he seems like a very decent guy with a particular vision for his whistles and flutes.

As with all things, let your taste, experience, and pocketbook be your guide.

P.S. Shouldn't it be derflaute(n)meister or derflötenmeister?

haha, yes 3 registers really should be against the ganeva convention. my cats hate me now. i dont plan on doing it again. lol. and yeah, derflötenmeister is more correct isnt it.( my german isnt quite up to snuff.

Is the Carbony whistle at all tunable?

The website and contact info is here.
http://www.carbony.com/Products.htm

Old thread this was said
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=54937&hilit=carbony+whistle&start=15

Thanks

is it thick walled or thin

I have never seen one but...

http://www.carbony.com/Products.htm


What that means for carbon fiber I don't know. Thicker than metal, thinner than plastic? I have never seen one.

I'd say it seems thinner than rolled sheet or metal tubing, though I didn't actually measure it. And very lightweight, almost disconcertingly at first.

Yes, it appears that the design has changed. I played one of the early version as well, only a couple years back, and it had the Copeland designed mouthpiece which is very, very similar to the Sweetone mouthpiece. I liked it. However, I just hopped over to the Carbony site and it appears to have a newly designed mouthpiece, and the price almost doubled. When I was going to buy one of the older designs they were about $75. The new ones are about $155...