Wanna see a picture of my new Busman?

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:31 pm

Isn't she pretty? I haven't picked a name for her yet, but I'm leaning toward something Elvish.

Redwolf

P.S. The bottom hole isn't really that huge....it's just the angle of the photo.

thurlowe · Post by **thurlowe** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:08 pm

That's, that's ... stunning. Wow. How beautiful.

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:24 pm

darn,this is so tempting.....

high D?

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:29 pm

Yes, High D.

I tried to get a picture of back of the headpiece, because it's really so attractive...the brass shades into the varigated wood which shades into the black Delrin fipple...but I couldn't get a good, clear, closeup. I might try again tomorrow, fiddling with the camera settings a bit.

Redwolf

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:37 pm

That is stunning Redwolf. Is that Rosewood, or other? I have seen similar whistles/fifes made of persimmon wood (American ebony), which looks very similar, large type granulated wood.

Switchfoot · Post by **Switchfoot** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:48 pm

well, acording to redwolfs "busman bliss" thread, its kingwood... its sooooo pretty... "mommy, forget the pony, I want that for my birthday"

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:52 pm

Yes, it's Kingwood. I waffled a bit between Kingwood, Bocote and Pau Rosa, but I really like the way Kingwood is figured (call me silly, but it reminds me of the way a redwood tree looks...those long, dark lines against the warm, reddish-brown wood). Maybe I ought to call her "Sequoia."

Redwolf

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:07 am

Lovely. And I like the way Paul used the grain pattern, joining two "arrows" at the tuning slide.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:14 am

Now that looks just beautiful. I can hardly wait until mine arrives.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:58 am

Even prettier than I had imagined.

When my parents were first becoming missionaries, and I was about ten years old, I visited the place where the Missions Board met, and they had a table made of exotic woods from around the world. Brewer Paul's whistles remind me of that table a bit.

The fellow who built the Totem Pole park had an ambition to build a fiddle from a wood from every nation on the face of the earth. He came a long way toward achieving that goal.

rbm · Post by **rbm** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:32 am

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..............(sorry cana speak for drooling

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Tak_the_whistler · Post by **Tak_the_whistler** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:27 am

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!! Kingwood....wow!!!!!!!!

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:30 am

That man isn't just a fine craftsman. He's a heck of an artist too. Wow.

Steven

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:41 am

Redwolf, PLEASE do NOT post photos like this!

Do you have any idea how hard it's going to be to clean the drool out of my keyboard?

Just kidding and congratulations. It is a beautiful instrument.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:58 am

I'm jealous.