Weasel pic

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:00 pm

With the recent acquisition of an A whistle, my Weasel collection is as complete as it will ever be. Here they are:

Water Weasels left to right: E, Eb/D/C combo with head on the Eflat, Bflat, A, Low G, Low F
Thin Weasels left to right: A in tulipwood, Bflat in Honduran rosewood, C in macassar ebony, D in cocobolo, Eflat in mopane
Bottom: D flute in cocobolo

The pic doesn't do some of the wood justice, although the C and D really are very dark and not too figured now. The Bflat and E are real eye candy, and the flute is, too, in the right light.

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:59 pm

Terrific! What lovely babies you have there.

What you don't have is a high G. I'll share some pics of mine later.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:16 pm

Charlie, that is one beautiful and focused collection. I have the Eflat, D, C WW set and the Bflat/A set which is outstanding as many of us have often said, one of the best bang for the buck deals in whistledom. I also have my very first high-ender, a cocobolo D. I once had a Bflat in Honduran rosewood....Enjoy them all.

Philo

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:42 pm

PhilO wrote:I once had a Bflat in Honduran rosewood....Enjoy them all.

Yes, thanks very much for that one, Phil.

As you can see, it's well cared for. One of the finest whistles I own, although really only marginally better than the WW. (Actually, I don't know that it's possible for a Bflat whistle to be head-and-shoulders above the WW Bflat.)

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:26 pm

Again you haunt me with that Flute. My collection only consists of a WW Eb.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:30 pm

That's one more water weasel than I have...

chrysophylax · Post by **chrysophylax** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:40 pm

I have a couple. The D's a great whistle. The C's a fantastic whistle. But the A I wouldn't part with. That one I'm very proud to own.

I long for the G and F.........................

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:05 pm

Any y'all got a high G? Sweet little thing not much thicker than a pencil.

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:11 am

Charlie you have no idea how lucky you are to have gotten that tulipwood A away from me. I was soooo close to irreversible bonding and I only had it for a few days.

Cheers,

Doc

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:19 am

brewerpaul wrote:Any y'all got a high G? Sweet little thing not much thicker than a pencil.

I have one in Blackwood. I was going to take a pic for this thread.

Last I heard - Bree still has one more hight G in Blackwood.

chas · Post by **chas** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:10 am

Doc Jones wrote:Charlie you have no idea how lucky you are to have gotten that tulipwood A away from me. I was soooo close to irreversible bonding and I only had it for a few days.

It is such a cool whistle. When I first picked it up I thought it was very different from the Bflat (it's partnered with the Bflat in the WW line). Then when I played them side-by-side, I was really taken aback by how differently they play. The A takes a lot more air. The sounds have more in common than not, but the Bflat has a little more growl, and the A a little more breath in the sound. It's a great player, wonderful for those tunes in D that go below the bellnote. It plays quite nicely in the third octave, too.

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:12 am

Congratulations wrote:That's one more water weasel than I have...

Don't worry! Thats 12 more than I have!