I'd say that's debatable at least...mickey66 wrote:If, you buy a stock Generation Bb whistle it will NOT be a tuneable whistle! And, really difficult to turn into a tuneable whistle
I've got both Freeman-tweaked and standard Bb Gens bought at the same time to compare, and would say the Freeman version improves on the standard in some ways but is actually poorer in others, so it's not all gain. I also used to have a full set of classic Gens collected as a boy, but sold them all a year or two back. From memory, the Bb was a good one and preferable to either of my newer ones. For a modestly-priced Bb whistle, of the ones I've tried and still have, I'd recommend the Susato Oriole. I've just (in checking prices) discovered the most damning review on amazon.com where someone 'with above average breath control' claims it's unstable at the bottom and 'virtually unplayable', but mine's lovely. For sure it has the narrowest bore-to-length ratio of the four Orioles sharing the same mouthpiece, but that's why it's lovely (at a couple of millimetres narrower than Generation bore but similar volume and to me superior playing qualities) where the D and Eb Orioles shriek towards the top!
And the Physicists were right up there with the Engineers, Medics, and Lawyers as the most insanely overworked students there. (Not that we weren't as well, but there was a spectrum from generally overworked through to heart palpitations as the norm). Much too much subsistence on hummus straight from the pot and "coffee" (mud) at all ungodly hours. Good times.