So what's in your mouth?

Might be fun to see what we’re all blowing so post a picture of your whistle collection, big or small. Let the drooling commence!

*Credit to C&Fer “narrowdog” for inspiring this thread by posting a picture of his collection in another …and it’s not a bad idea to have a picture for insurance purposes.

youse whistlers may have whoa but ya ain’t got a piccy sticky :open_mouth:

um… a what?

I think it’s what he puts in his mouth …perhaps some variant of a “stinky pinky” in a key other than D. :smiley:

Geesh! the unwashed… a piccy sticky… Flute Photos!!! Come post your flute pictures :slight_smile:

:open_mouth: attack of the killer nuuuubbes :open_mouth:



a sticky thread for pictures… as the flute forums (renamed)

Cool JTC we have some of the same stuff!

Here’s what I bring to a gig nowadays, every chromatic key from Low D to High Eb.

Generations for the high keys including self-made Generations in C# and B. Old Feadog MK1 for high D.

Burkes for the mid keys except for Gb and Ab for which I have old Susatos… Burkes on the way at some point.

MK for the Low D. I have Overtons in Low Eb and Low E and a Burke Low Eb too.

The Generation Bb is ancient. Everything else has been acquired in the last 12 months or so.
I still need a whole lot more…
(Not the greatest photo, but my computer’s gone belly-up, so I don’t have access to Photoshop right now)

I see that. And I’m very, very jealous of the bag. You had hinted that your friend might be willing to make more. Any further information on that?

I’m still missing a bunch of keys. I don’t have an E, F#, G, Ab, or Db. I’m probably in the market for a G should something turn up that catches my eye. The others I’ll likely add should a need arise. Also, I wouldn’t mind upgrading my A whistle. The GG is great value but the key is so pleasing to my ear that spending money on a whistle with a more complicated sound seems justified. The G and A may be good reasons to eventually try a maker with whom I’m unfamiliar …and that’s always fun. It’s really not hard to talk myself into buying another whistle.

These are what I used to have, minus a Fred Rose and an Abell whistle. Now I just have the Abell. :laughing:


These are a few. It doesn’t include my Burkes, water weasel, or car whistles. There are a few others lying around.

Ron

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Like Ron, these are some of them - from one room in one of the places, in one of the two towns we currently call “home.” :laughing:

This is one box. Generations, Walton, Clare, pvc DIY, and some black ones I don’t remember. If whistles are left alone long enough, I think they multiply.

I suspect many whistles are nomadic by nature. :stuck_out_tongue:
I know there are whistles I’d like to add to the family and I keep toying with the idea of selling off a couple.
I think I could talk myself into an Onyx low D if more sound samples popped up as good as the one I’ve heard. Alternatively, my Copeland F probably deserves to be owned by someone that can actually play it. I have a very difficult time getting a good seal on B2 because I have thick fingers and the hole scoops pretty deep. I had one day about a month back when I picked it up and it sounded half decent for me. I’d hoped I was turning a corner with it, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. :cry:

Dirty whistles :smiley:

One more reason for good whistle hygiene…

Didn’t that used to be called “Flute Prön”? BTW it’s spelled n00bs… with zeros…


nuuuuubbes indeed

after two years, of whistling, i’ll say, that WHOA hasn’t really bitten me as severely as some of you.. right now, the only key i have are D, C, Bb and G, and i rarely play the last. but i reeeally want to get an E. say, have you tried self-making an E whistle from a generation Eb? and gah, i’m jealous of that bag.

I guess he’s a n00b at calling people nuuuubbes which is kinda n00btacular! :smiley:

it’s like the goldfish and the plastic castle, innit…


nuther time 'round the bowl “oh, look! where did that castle come from” :laughing:

OK, let’s go:

From left to right:

  • Low Bb (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
  • Low C (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
  • Low C (Hammy Hamilton)
  • Low D (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
  • Low Eb (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
  • Low D (MK)
  • Low D (Copeland)
  • Low D (Hammy Hamilton)
  • Low Eb body (Hammy Hamilton)
  • Low F (Kerry Pro)
  • Low F (Copeland)
  • Low G (Traveler made by Pat O’Riordan)
  • A (Jerry Freeman)
  • Bb ( Jerry Freeman Tweaked Generation)