Chieftain Thunderbird

[greenspiderweb]

For those who might be interested in keeping up with the Kerrywhistle evolutionary line, Phil is introducing a new whistle permutation based on the feedback from the V4 Chieftain tour. Here is the new video from him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71uUWkrV ... e=youtu.be

PS Wasn't asked to post this either!

[ubizmo]

Yeah, that looks pretty interesting. I don't see it listed on the site yet, so we're still waiting on the price. The sound in the video isn't hugely louder but there's definitely a difference. The sound in the second octave has a bit of edge to it, which isn't bad. In fact, I think the second octave sounds a lot like the Optima, but the first octave is stronger. He doesn't give us a good look at the tone holes but from the glimpses we do get I'm guessing they're a little larger and farther apart than on the Optima--more like the V3. That might make the bottom notes stronger. If I'm right about this, I'm interested in this whistle.

[MTGuru]

All the "bird" designations for whistles are funny - blackbird, bluebird, thunderbird, lon dubh. I imagine the Thunderbird as a didgeridoo-sized whistle with a megaphone attached. Or a NAF.

I reserve The Dodo, The Albatross, and The Screech Owl for my future line of instruments ...

[Feadoggie]

All the "bird" designations for whistles are funny - blackbird, bluebird, thunderbird, lon dubh. I imagine the Thunderbird as a didgeridoo-sized whistle with a megaphone attached. Or a NAF.

I reserve The Dodo, The Albatross, and The Screech Owl for my future line of instruments ...

I do reserve the right to "the Auk" as it was my high school's mascot. Weird enough , right?.

I can understand some of the bird references. They are songbirds after all. But others just don't translate. Chieftain, Thunderbird, must be an NAF. RIght? That is the first thing that came to mind ... but then this came into my head ...

"Don't gimme no Goldie
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in heaven
He's got a Silver Thunderbird
You can keep your MK whistles
And the Copeland is absurd
Me I want to go down
With a Silver Thunderbird"

Thank you Marc Cohn.

Feadoggie

[greenspiderweb]

All the "bird" designations for whistles are funny - blackbird, bluebird, thunderbird, lon dubh. I imagine the Thunderbird as a didgeridoo-sized whistle with a megaphone attached. Or a NAF.

I reserve The Dodo, The Albatross, and The Screech Owl for my future line of instruments ...

I do reserve the right to "the Auk" as it was my high school's mascot. Weird enough , right?.

I can understand some of the bird references. They are songbirds after all. But others just don't translate. Chieftain, Thunderbird, must be an NAF. RIght? That is the first thing that came to mind ... but then this came into my head ...

"Don't gimme no Goldie
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in heaven
He's got a Silver Thunderbird
You can keep your MK whistles
And the Copeland is absurd
Me I want to go down
With a Silver Thunderbird"

Thank you Marc Cohn.

Feadoggie

Wow, how attuned you are Dennis! Personally, I want the Great Grey to come about!

[Seonachan]

All the "bird" designations for whistles are funny - blackbird, bluebird, thunderbird, lon dubh. I imagine the Thunderbird as a didgeridoo-sized whistle with a megaphone attached. Or a NAF.

I reserve The Dodo, The Albatross, and The Screech Owl for my future line of instruments ...

I call dibs on the Corncrake - it will have a little extra chiff.

[MTGuru]

I must say, apart from anything else, I've always liked Phil's whistle playing on his clips.

[greenspiderweb]

Yep, he knows his way around a whistle, doesn't he?!

[walrii]

The Spotted Owl whistle will be VERY expensive:
Lots of people love them,
They play best at night,
They aren't being made anymore.

[ytliek]

Claiming The Hummingbird, Lark, and Nightingale here for my whistles.

And Thunderbird has a whole different grapevine around here... shall we say swill... affordable!
http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html

Just saying

[Sirchronique]

On the topic of the whistle- So did he just change the outward appearance of the chieftain NR and start selling it again, basically? He says redesigned, but I'm curious what exactly was redesigned, and if there were any changes to actual sound and playability, or just appearance and comfort sort of things... Probably too early to tell, but I hope this can be answered in the future. I was just wondering if he was simply rebranding an old whistle, or if this is actually something new.

[megapop]

As for the ornithophile name... am I the only one actually associating an entirely different instrument with the "Thunderbird"?

[Feadoggie]

am I the only one actually associating an entirely different instrument with the "Thunderbird"?

Oh, right! That's a good one. But haven't you got it all backwards?

[crookedtune]

Not much new under the sun.....


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[Steve Bliven]

And for the "Howdy Doody" set, there's the maybe-related Chief Thunderthud (now a politically correct embarrassment) who I immediately thought of when I read the title of this thread:



"Kowabunga"

Best wishes,

Steve