Once again thanks to all of you are your thoughts and opinions and more detailed analysis.
Greatly appreciated
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- Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10166
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:44 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10166
Re: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
Damn! Well, there goes that idea.Steve Bliven wrote:They don't play well under water....MichaelRS wrote:With that in mind, anybody have anything in particular negative to say about some aspect of the playability with the O'Briain?
Best wishes.
Steve
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10166
Re: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
Oh yes, I know so much "depends" when asking for advice or opinions in these type of matters. But one can certainly gather trends. I mean if >80% have people where saying something along the lines of "The O'Brian's are pot metal junk and they sound like you're in a typhoon for all the...
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10166
Re: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
I thank everybody for their thoughts so far. I took a look at the Potter and price is right for sure. It LOOKS awfully similar to a Dixon Trad. Any similarity or differences, relating to playability, beyond to the Trad? PS I had shark fin soup way back in '79 up in San Francisco. It was an upscale C...
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:59 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10166
Opinions on the O'Briain and the Freeman Blackbird?
If you have received and played a Cillian O'Briain improved Feadog and/or a Freeman Blackbird over the last year or so... What do you think of them? How do they compare? Did you find the O'Briain sufficiently "improved" to be worth 5 times as much as the original Feadog it's modified from?...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:57 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Whistle sale coming...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3373
Whistle sale coming...
Keep your eyes open everybody, I'm just waiting for my *Chris Wall whistle to get here then I'm going to evaluate my current acquisitions and probably be letting about 2/3 to 3/4 of them go. These will be a bundle of high D's, in like new condition, for 33% off with postage included. I'm pretty sure...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Grey Larsen Books - wich one
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4637
Re: Grey Larsen Books - wich one
Sorry. I have no idea how I posted this twice. Can't seem to delete it so just have to write the "excuse me" in here. I have the larger one. Got it years ago. For me it's just a larger resource. You don't have to use anything but what you want to out of it, but the more the merrier. Kind o...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:36 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Grey Larsen Books - wich one
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4637
Re: Grey Larsen Books - wich one
I have the larger one. Got it years ago. For me it's just a larger resource. You don't have to use anything but what you want to out of it, but the more the merrier. Kind of like taking a jacket with you when you go out in case it's gets too cold. You don't have to wear it, but if you need to you ha...
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3116
Re: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
Thank you all. I believe I'm going to be ordering the G at the first of the month.
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3116
Re: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
Here's my old Goldie G. I wish I'd kept it. Plays very much like the F. At the time, I felt it wasn't used enough to justify hanging onto it, though it's probably my favorite of all the G whistles I've tried. https://youtu.be/-vFNUEJv9os Oh yeah. That sounds the best. And a difference of ONLY $280 ...
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:38 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3116
Re: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
I've got the Becker G. If you need to fill gaps in your lineup, inexpensively, you can hardly go wrong with the Becker. Very soft blowing, and fairly quiet, but has a decent, round tone. I think mine was $15. It's not my favorite whistle, but when you factor in the price, it's hard to beat. I think...
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3116
Experience with Becker Alto A or G?
Like title says, just wondering if anybody has had any personal experience with the Becker alto A or G and what their thoughts were on it/them?
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:28 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Dixon brass Trad D.... disappointed.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9357
Re: Dixon brass Trad D.... disappointed.
hmmm..... Turns out my favorite whistles are an Oz Vambrace delrin, Parks and Susato. All plastic beasties. I've a couple metal ones that I like, but not as much as I like my plastic. Thinking about it... My favorite flutes are Shannon and Tipple for D. My favorite F is a Billy Miller. Seems I tend...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:07 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Dixon brass Trad D.... disappointed.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9357
Re: Dixon brass Trad D.... disappointed.
------- sealing all of the holes can be a challenge for us newbies. I've found that applying a little skin moisterizing lotion to my hands before I play seems to help. This probably sounds a bit silly and may not apply to everybody. I'm an older guy with dry older guy skin, and the lotion really se...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Received my BECKER & FOSTER whistles.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2591
Re: Received my BECKER & FOSTER whistles.
Just to be clear, what I'm talking about in this case when I say PVC is the stuff that starts out life as a 10 foot (3 meters if you like) or whatever length of plastic water pipe that you get from the big box home improvement store or some such place. Then you take it to your home workshop where yo...