http://www.dolmetsch.com/millennium.htm
Doesn’t even look like a recorder. Or anything, generally.
True, but it’s certainly weird!
Serp
Et tu Dolmetsch? So Dolmetsch studio has joined in on the square recorder business. There was a discussion of square recorders and the possibility of square whistles, in the wooden tubing thread, recently.
My thats a big one!
Wizzy
Well, I can see one advantage to playing that thing – if anyone heckles you you can beat them to death with it!
John
Don’t laugh, I have a low low D whistle which is a similar size, but with a cylindrical bore, and is played the same way, ie. sitting down with the whistle supported by a spike. It sounds great with a harp, but I haven’t been game to take it to a session yet.
The basswhistle plays Low-Low-C
, I hope to improve it when I get a chance.
I also recently built a high-high-D, an octave above the traditional ‘d’ whistle.
Playable but needs tiny fingers.
[ This Message was edited by: Daniel_Bingamon on 2002-11-15 18:04 ]
That bass whistle reminds me of some early typewriter prototypes. Do you have a sound clip? I’d like to know what one sounds like.
But no sound clip of the high-high whistle in 3rd ocatve, plz : my soundboard crashes the system over 44 kHz, and the neighbor mutt starts a full-moon howl…
Also, note that it’s usually long net links which give these funny vistawide XL-XGA thread windows. Here it appears to be a long whistle. We don’t all have fancy screens, here, OK ? Don’t hold your flushpipe like a flute (or fiddle), Daniel, hold like a normal low below low low C, i.e. like a standard contrabass.
Among the improvements, don’t forget the cello/bass spike on the floor, or it won’t look serious
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2002-11-15 18:39 ]
On 2002-11-15 11:06, Walden wrote:
Et tu Dolmetsch? So Dolmetsch studio has joined in on the square recorder business. There was a discussion of square recorders and the possibility of square whistles, in the wooden tubing thread, recently.
Quite. And this may be said a recorder, I like the bassoon mouthpiece and keys.
Let’s say it’s just a keyed modal whistle.
On 2002-11-15 12:06, wizzy wrote:
My thats a big one!
Wizzy
Yup. Quite a thistle, whistley. Just imagine a couple of these at 500 rpm. Vroobaah…
PS: Done your cut and paste work ?
On 2002-11-15 18:31, Zubivka wrote:
We don’t all have fancy screens, here, OK ?
I don’t, anyway. This page really makes me scroll.
Very cool!!Dolmetsch is a very well respected company-- the founder Arnold Dolmetsch is largely responsible for the rescue of the recorder from almost total obscurity, and for the revival of interest in Early Music in general.
Check out their link to one handed recorders. If I read it right, they can fit keys to a recorder so a person with only one useable hand can still make music. AND, for people truly medically qualified, they do not charge anything to install this expensive and complicated keywork, only the costs of the instrument itself. A wonderfully generous policy!
Okay, don’t expect that high-high whistle clip to sound good. One of my cats was climbing all over me trying to make me stop! she doesn’t like it! In fact, with good speakers you might hear her in the clip.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kadima/tiny-whistle.wav
Early is an early clipping of the basswhistle
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kadima/firsttime.wav