Anyone familar with these?

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:16 pm

I'm not interested in purchasing one or anything, just curious since I've not seen them around before.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Irish-D-Whistle_W0Q ... dZViewItem

Flogging Jason · Post by **Flogging Jason** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:34 pm

There was another post about these a few weeks back....I think reviews were mixed. I don't recall anyone saying they were bad...but no "wows".

I think we can throw these in with the Whistlesmith whistles....inexpensive but relatively unknown to this (C&F) community.

Maybe some intrepid soul will brave the waters(of both whistle makers) and post some sort of review....and maybe Master Dale could include them in the official list of makers.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:25 pm

odd lookin' tin, innit?

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:01 pm

Indeed. I can almost imagine how it would sound just by looking at it and it doesn't seem the type to float my boat.
I've never cared for the sound of heavy pvc... though the pvc construction with a wooden block is like nothing I've ever seen before.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:21 pm

Not bad sounding in the clips, though hard to tell from the playing. The bell D note of the high D is quite sharp in both octaves, as are both the D and E of the low D whistle. Maybe the tubes are too short. And whatever cross C-nat is played on the high D is very sharp, but maybe there's an in-tune fingering.

http://www.lobodelmar.com/whistles.html

In any case, it would be interesting to try a Hawaiian whistle!

P.S. I just wrote to the maker (Brady Instruments) and invited them to post more detailed information here.

AlonE · Post by **AlonE** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:18 pm

I can be sure that is Guido Gonzato model used. The appearance is exact.

rh · Post by rh » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:25 pm

straycat82 wrote:though the pvc construction with a wooden block is like nothing I've ever seen before.

the water weasels were made with wooden blocks -- at least the two i own have them.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:40 pm

I've never seen a WW before

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:08 pm

AlonE wrote:I can be sure that is Guido Gonzato model used. The appearance is exact.

You're right. They look very similar, with similar materials and construction.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:22 am

Here's the reply from Lobo del Mar / Brady:

Thank you for the info, we did check the [C&F] forum out and if anyone has any inquiries about our instruments they can direct them to [the] email off of our website!

And here's the previous thead Jason mentioned:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=51302

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:19 am

It definitely looks like the Guido whistles, as AlonE says.
I must admit that that's pretty cheap for a low D (as far as
I can tell, anyway, the Low is the same price as the high D).

EDIT: Nope, according to the company site, the low D is
$10 more. (It also looks like it's an inch wide. I hope that's
just a bad image artifact... Still cheap, though.

rh wrote:the water weasels were made with wooden blocks -- at least the two i own have them.

Huh. Mine had a red plastic block (probably Delrin)...

rh · Post by rh » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:41 am

fearfaoin wrote:
rh wrote:the water weasels were made with wooden blocks -- at least the two i own have them.
Huh. Mine had a red plastic block (probably Delrin)...

interesting. i got both of mine late in Mr Schultz' life; perhaps the wood block was a later development?

plays nicely, in any case.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:59 am

rh wrote:interesting. i got both of mine late in Mr Schultz' life; perhaps the wood block was a later development?

Is it bare wood, like on a Clarke original, or finished in some way?
I understand that Glenn was constantly experimenting.

jkrazy52 · Post by **jkrazy52** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:48 am

I think khl has one of the Brady whistles. Maybe he will give us a bit of insight to them.

On the red material of the Water Weasel fipple .... Glenn told me it was a special inert wax. I had a mild reaction to it and he offered to change the material in my whistle. There was a brown material used in the batch of non-tunables made shortly before he died, but I don't know what that was -- never saw one outside of pictures.

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:59 pm

MT, I think you're being kind in evaluating the sound clips. They sounded out of tune from note to note. Might be partly the playing.