So what's in your mouth?

[Scott McCallister]

attack of the killer nuuuubbes



a sticky thread for pictures..... as the flute forums (renamed)

Flute Photos!!! Come post your flute pictures

Didn't that used to be called "Flute Prön"? BTW it's spelled n00bs... with zeros...


nuuuuubbes indeed

[chansherly212]

Cool JTC we have some of the same stuff!

Here's what I bring to a gig nowadays, every chromatic key from Low D to High Eb.



Generations for the high keys including self-made Generations in C# and B. Old Feadog MK1 for high D.

Burkes for the mid keys except for Gb and Ab for which I have old Susatos... Burkes on the way at some point.

MK for the Low D. I have Overtons in Low Eb and Low E and a Burke Low Eb too.

after two years, of whistling, i'll say, that WHOA hasn't really bitten me as severely as some of you.. right now, the only key i have are D, C, Bb and G, and i rarely play the last. but i reeeally want to get an E. say, have you tried self-making an E whistle from a generation Eb? and gah, i'm jealous of that bag.

[JTC111]

attack of the killer nuuuubbes

BTW it's spelled n00bs... with zeros...
nuuuuubbes indeed

I guess he's a n00b at calling people nuuuubbes which is kinda n00btacular!

[Denny]

it's like the goldfish and the plastic castle, innit....


nuther time 'round the bowl "oh, look! where did that castle come from"

[Chino]

OK, let's go:



From left to right:

- Low Bb (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
- Low C (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
- Low C (Hammy Hamilton)
- Low D (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
- Low Eb (Overton made by Colin Goldie)
- Low D (MK)
- Low D (Copeland)
- Low D (Hammy Hamilton)
- Low Eb body (Hammy Hamilton)
- Low F (Kerry Pro)
- Low F (Copeland)
- Low G (Traveler made by Pat O'Riordan)
- A (Jerry Freeman)
- Bb ( Jerry Freeman Tweaked Generation)

[Hotblack]

Low D - Dixon and Shaw
A - Dixon
Bb - Gen
C - Clarke, Gen and Freeman Mellow Dog C and D tube
D - Feadog, Gen, Clarke, Shaw, Dixon Trad, Goldie, Parks Every, Tamlinn
F - Gen
G (sopranino) - Gen

Next acqusition will, at some point, be a tenor G.

[NeonVomit]

Ok I have to come out of lurking now. First post, and all that. Hi, I am NeonVomit, I play in a heavy metal band and I like all this sort of thing... something of a noob when it comes to folk music but I digress.

I recently picked up these two:



Feadog in C and Generation in Bb. Also featuring my dreadful webcam. I'm going to get one in D, probably either of the same makes.

The main reason I've started playing the whistle is because (don't laugh) I wanted to put some stuff in with my band's music, and it's actually working out reasonably well... and I've started enjoying this instrument on its own merit which has been great (for me, not for my neighbours who I am sure want to burn my flat out).

Anyhow, there you go. My first post!

[pancelticpiper]

after two years, of whistling, i'll say, that WHOA hasn't really bitten me as severely as some of you..

In my case it's perhaps not WHOA but rather needing every key for gigs... much as a mechanic brings every size wrench he might need to his jobs, a studio musician needs to bring every size whistle to his jobs. It's because a composer might write a piece in six flats or six sharps or whatever.

I've used every key whistle in some job or other over the years. I even had Susato make their first Low F# whistle for me a number of years ago, for a tour I was about to do. It's in that bag there! (Never had use for it since )

I sort of have the opposite in WHOA in one respect: I dislike having multiple whistles in the same key. My aim is to always have ONE go-to whistle in each key. However it is handy for some situations to have whistles in the same key which play at markedly different volume levels. For example my go-to D is an old Feadog which is very quiet and I have a Burke "session" for times when I need more "punch". My MK Low D is too loud for some situations and I recently got a Dixon conical Low D for times when I need to play softly.

[highwood]

So what's in your mouth? Well tonight it was four of my own making in D, B, A, and G for a gig and a C and F# (or is that Gb) for a bit to demo something.

The B is new - 2 days old - made from sch80 PVC ( the dark grey stuff) with a maple fipple and I love it.

F# you ask? well I think I was intending to make an F whistle but clicked the wrong box in the spreadsheet - nice whistle though, and what's wrong with 6 sharps or 6 flats - depending on how you want to view it. One of the pleasures of playing whistles is having more than one and not having to think about those pesky sharps and flats!

pictures soon

Oh and about those Gen G whistles - my sister has one unfortunately I could not play it, the holes are too close together! I think high E is about my limit.

[Emrys]

It's like a fever, isn't it? There's Burkes, Humphreys, O'Riordans, Copelands, and O'Briens. I have a picture but I don't know how to post it. Can someone please tell me how to do it?

[NeonVomit]

It's like a fever, isn't it? There's Burkes, Humphreys, O'Riordans, Copelands, and O'Briens. I have a picture but I don't know how to post it. Can someone please tell me how to do it?

Easiest way to do it is to go to http://www.imageshack.us

Simply upload the picture from your computer there, and when it's done it will give you a bunch of copy/pastable links. Copy the one called 'Forum Code' or something like that and paste it here, et voila.

[Pipe Bender]

Can someone please tell me how to do it?

I found the answer in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23407
I think all you may need is to read a bit at the start and a bit at the end.

[Emrys]

thanks for the info! Let's see if it works...



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[Pipe Bender]

thanks for the info! Let's see if it works...

Emrys I'm curious about the position of the thumbrests. It looks as if you may be using them as anti-roll devices

Ahh and I see thumbholes in your photo too
(I have 20 of my whistles converted to thumbholes. I've only had to backtrack on one - the Parks Every. I ended up filling in a little of the thumbhole with 5-min Epoxy. I put some pretty big thumbholes in a few of my inexpensive whistles, but oddly enough they still seem to play a good Cnat. I'm guessing here, but my experience in modifying 14 of the 20 myself seems to indicate that there can be a fair amount of latitude on the thumbholes of some whistles, or the other alternative is that my ear just isn't keen enough to notice small differences. The latter is the most likely .)

[killthemessenger]

Has anyone tried applying a recorder style thumbhole to a 6 hole whistle? Better control of dynamics (and tuning) in the second octave, I would have thought.