Goldie low D arrives
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:35 pm
My Goldie low D arrived a little while ago. It took about fifteen minutes to figure it out, mostly my right hand middle finger wasn’t sealing hole #5 properly as it’s placed a bit higher compared to my MK, plus the holes on the Goldie are slightly bigger. I quickly learned to play more forcefully than I do on the MK. Once that was sorted it played great. I got to play it for about an hour so far. It’s very different than my MK, which is good. They sound nothing alike to me, which is what I wanted. like the MK, it’s very responsive and the notes and articulations effortlessly pop out. I can’t, so far, find anything I dislike about it. It’s significantly lighter than the MK, which is nice, plus it’s a lot less slippery to hold, also a plus. It is harder to play, IMO. The MK is so easy to pick up and play, both sealing the holes amd blowing.
It’s a soft blower, but compared to the MK there is way more resistance. It wants to be pushed hard, much harder than the MK. It seems like they take almost exactly the same amount of air. On one tune, The Sunset Reel, in the b part, I like to play without a breath to the point where I’m almost out of air, and it felt the same on both of them. Inside the bottom of the barrel it says, Colin Goldie, Nov 2022, 97. I assume the 97 is the windway height. Wow, what do his hard blowers feel like to blow?
I will definitely keep playing both my MK and the Goldie. I’m thrilled they sound so differently, yet both sound awesome. Is the Goldie the cosmic drainpipe sound? I love that description even though it only makes sense when you hear it. Whatever, it’s a great sound, more trad than the fat, rich, complex tone of the MK.
It’s a soft blower, but compared to the MK there is way more resistance. It wants to be pushed hard, much harder than the MK. It seems like they take almost exactly the same amount of air. On one tune, The Sunset Reel, in the b part, I like to play without a breath to the point where I’m almost out of air, and it felt the same on both of them. Inside the bottom of the barrel it says, Colin Goldie, Nov 2022, 97. I assume the 97 is the windway height. Wow, what do his hard blowers feel like to blow?
I will definitely keep playing both my MK and the Goldie. I’m thrilled they sound so differently, yet both sound awesome. Is the Goldie the cosmic drainpipe sound? I love that description even though it only makes sense when you hear it. Whatever, it’s a great sound, more trad than the fat, rich, complex tone of the MK.