O'Riordan whistles

dgardner · Post by **dgardner** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:04 pm

does anyone have experience in regards to the difference in 1) sound and 2) playability of O'Riordan high D/C ?

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:17 am

Difference with regards to what?

Tak_the_whistler · Post by **Tak_the_whistler** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:32 am

i wish i did...

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:03 am

if you don't allready know, i'm sorry, mr.o'riordan is taking no more order right now.here's some sound samples anyway http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/index.htm

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:14 am

colomon wrote:Difference with regards to what?

yeah...what he said. What are we comparing the O'Riordan to?

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:17 am

Rhetorical question. Let's try and structure the answer.

The difference between an O'Riordan is that:

1) they sound exactly the same

2) especially the C

3) except its playability is playwoodable in D

Q.E.D.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:26 am

Perhaps we're comparing the D with the C. Well, I pass since I haven't played either.

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:50 am

Please send me a O'Riordan D/C set, and I promise to get the necessary experience with it to compare it to anything.

riasgt · Post by **riasgt** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:55 am

I have the privilege of owning a C & D whistle by Mr. O'Riordan with a whistle and a fife/flute head, and the only difference is in pitch. They both play with a minimum if air and sound as sweet as one could possibly hope for, (no bias here

).

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:41 am

My teacher has a C/D set and both keys sound the same, except for the whole step difference of course.

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:20 am

I disagree -- at least on my Travellers, the C is a bit sweeter, more mellow, and more responsive than the D. It's not a huge difference, but it's there. And I know I'm not the only one to think this -- Loretto Reid swears by the Traveller C, but doesn't like the Traveller D's responsiveness, prefering to play a Generation body with an O'Riordan head as her main D whistle.

On my whistles, the other difference is that I've worn the black off of everyplace my fingers touch the D tube, while the C tube is pristine. It doesn't get played nearly as often as it deserves to be.