Looking for cheap, quiet whistle

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 3:43 pm

Jayhawk; If you are going with the Oak you might want to hit the Whistle shop for a Waltons fipple $3.98. The best thing I did for my Oak, besides sticking it in the wall was to put the Waltons fipple on. It seemed to settle it down considerably and it is my secound favorite whistle in my stable of cheep whistles. I know from the flute forume that you will soon want to tweak so that is a good start. I also have a super Gen D tweaked by a fellow Chiff and Fippler and it is the sweatest sounding Gen I have ever heard. So have fun and whistle on.

Tom

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 4:08 pm

Well, this thread had come alive again, and I thank everyone for their advice. I happen to know that Santa is going to deliver a Clarke Original to me for Christmas...the Oak "lip numbing" issue bothered me too much to go with one of those and there just are not many other whistle options available locally.

Also, I think I opted for the Clarke because if I can't afford a nice conical wood flute I can at least afford a conical whistle with wooden fipple!

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 4:59 pm

byll has it right, hands down!!!

get mack hoover's whitecap! it is wonderful!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:06 pm

On 2002-12-23 17:59, tomcat wrote:
byll has it right, hands down!!!

get mack hoover's whitecap! it is wonderful!

It's what I play. Great whistle, with beautiful tone.

E = Fb · Post by **E = Fb** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:32 pm

Jay,
I don't know if you are into tweaking whistles, but the Oak is the whistle that IMHO tweaks up to your specifications. I have two nickle Oaks in D. Both are the most flute-like whistles I've played. Both are very quiet. Because of the way I tweak them, they end up looking a bit "butchered" around the window...not great to look at. But they sound so sweet!
If you send me your address I'll mail one of them to you. If you like it you can pay be the cost of an Oak plus the amount of mypostage. If you don't like it I'd ask you to ship it back. I think you'll like it.
Tom.

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:40 pm

Tom,

I'm quite into tweaking - both flutes and whistles, and I appreciate your kind offer, but I'm going to give the Clarke that I know is beneath my Christmas tree right now a go.

I truly do appreciate the offer though!

Jim_B1 · Post by **Jim_B1** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 12:25 pm

Well, I have the Oak and the Clarke, they are both my favorites. The Clarke is my around-the-house player though. Much softer and more flute like. I have tweeked it some though. The Oak has a more pure tone though so that's what I use in class. The bell note on the Oak is tough to get right sometimes because it takes almost no air going in to sound it. A lot of the time it sounds buzzy to me because I'm using too much air. I don't think you'll go wrong either way though.
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