Toothpaste... that's a new one for me.
I just use dish soap and/or waxed dental floss.
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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:49 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Clogging, Toothpaste, Etc.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3846
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Never trust a .....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6724
Re: Never trust a .....
Good sleuthing, Terry! Please tell us you didn't use a cucumber slice as a gap-filler. Why not? Sounds like he has plenty to spare! :D Terry: A LITTLE off topic... Peel and shred the cukes, add some olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and garlic salt (maybe some salt and pepper). Trust me! Pat Tomatoes are...
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: Irish Language
- Topic: Taladh Chriosda pronunciation (Scottish Gaelic)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20466
Taladh Chriosda pronunciation (Scottish Gaelic)
Does anyone know of any pronunciation guides for this song on the web? (It's also known as Taladh ar Slanaigheir.) Preferably with audio, but I don't think I can afford to be picky. I know there's a guide for two or three verses on Youtube as a supplement to a setting done by Mark Sirett, but I'm ho...
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Bodhran?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16212
Re: Bodhran?
There are "tweaks" to bodhrans to improve cheap ones, same as for whistles. The tape "trick" (I've always read it as 2" electrical tape-- get the Scotch Super 33, I believe it is) is one of them. I can't remember the others, now.
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Cleaning Whistles
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9108
Re: Cleaning Whistles
I have interdental brushes to use on mine. Also dental floss, since a whistle mouthpiece is too long for the brush to get from one end of the windway to the other-- the kind that's kind of fluffy. (I just realized-- does this mean that when my dentist asks, I can say I DO floss??) For tarnish around...
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Stuck
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16062
Re: Stuck
I wonder if enlisting the help of Copeland might also be an option. I got the slide of my Impempe whistle stuck once (long story short: I'm dumb), and someone here suggested I send it back to Ian Turnbull for unsticking, which he did. Just an idea in case you're nervous doing too much to them yourse...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: The Wonders of Cheap Whistles
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3393
Re: The Wonders of Cheap Whistles
Honestly-- I've enjoyed the (brass) Walton whistles I own. I still mourn my first that died (well, the head did, so, same thing); it was my first whistle. It had a unique, sort of "reedy" tone that I'd love to find again (but without buying a boatload of them and playing them all and then ...
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: A dramatic 6-year-old tries her hand at shoveling snow
- Replies: 53
- Views: 26605
Re: A dramatic 6-year-old tries her hand at shoveling snow
I don't like nouns as verbs at all. See, for me they're playful. But it can't be done willy-nilly I feel like turning nouns into verbs in the U.S. is a thing done to be "cute," but then it's completely overdone. Say it once or twice, haha, somebody's using language in a novel way. But peo...
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Practicing/playing with different makers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1771
Re: Practicing/playing with different makers
I admit to WHOAD. (Hi, Katharine!) This because I was looking for my "holy grail" whistle. What I discovered after acquiring a couple others was that I preferred the Walton that was my first whistle plucked up at a Highland games. (I had a Freeman Mellow Dog D/C set but didn't prefer the s...
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Do you ever play in public spaces?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11252
Re: Do you ever play in public spaces?
At church-- if we're talking about "playing deliberately in public as a performance." My practice of both whistle and recorder is usually in a local park because there's no way I can practice ethically in my apartment with the very thin walls (yeah, I could mute the whistle significantly, ...
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Irish wire strung harp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8339
Re: Irish wire strung harp
What is your reason for not wanting to play with your fingernails? My understanding of wire harp is that part of the reason the nails are used is because the strings are more closely spaced than a nylon/gut strung harp-- so using the nails is a bit of a necessity? I don't see why you couldn't use gu...
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: C Whistle - Transpose or Not
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8253
Re: C Whistle - Transpose or Not
I admit that while I understand the "instruments in C (or D) vs transposing" thing... I don't understand why some are transposing! Mind you, I get that someone once decided that "six fingers down is D," but not why this is always true. (Caveat: I've never played a transposing ins...
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Another compelling argument for a total ban.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10135
Re: Another compelling argument for a total ban.
My favorite viola joke is:
Why is a viola called 'bratsche' in German?
Because that's the sound it makes when you sit on it.
(Yes, I double on viola.)
Why is a viola called 'bratsche' in German?
Because that's the sound it makes when you sit on it.
(Yes, I double on viola.)
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Another compelling argument for a total ban.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10135
Re: Another compelling argument for a total ban.
Could be worse. Could be a viola.
- Tue May 10, 2022 8:06 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Silver ring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3252
Re: Silver ring
Nah. The rule is, you'll find it under the dresser as soon as you receive the new one and install it.