What is the alternative instrument to your favorite whistle?

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:13 am

Tell me your favorite whistle and what you will play instead to give the most similar tonal effect/inspiration to you if you are not allowed to play your favorite whistle.

You don't need to worry about whether you can play your alternative instrument.

my favorite whistle:Sindt
my alternative instrument:oboe

Thanks.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:37 am

I love the sound of Oboes. I should try to learn to play one.

You didn't mention hammered dulcimers (Boehm) or autoharps (Boehm and Decker)

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:39 am

Favorite whistle: I'm a bit prejudiced here....
Favorite alternative: Von Huene Kingwood Alto recorder-- and astoundingly good instrument made by one of the modern masters of the craft.
Think WHOA is costly? I bought this many years ago at $600, and now they run about $1200 !! You can get a whole lotta whistles for that....

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:05 am

>You didn't mention hammered dulcimers (Boehm) or autoharps (Boehm and Decker)

LOL

Boehm dulcimers, I would have to love the sound.....

I should have also added recorder, if only it was Boehm.

Easily_Deluded_Fool · Post by **Easily_Deluded_Fool** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:10 am

Hiro Ringo wrote:>You didn't mention hammered dulcimers (Boehm) or autoharps (Boehm and Decker)

Or didgeridoo

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:56 am

Holy.....votes to Boehm violin......

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:17 am

(just boehmping this thread...)

The Boehmbarde, in B-bald, great for the Bretoehn Musique.

Now the Biniou-koz (Boehm), pîtched one octave higher than the BHP (Boehrder Haggis Pipe), is a real boehmer.

To go with didgeridoos, Aboehmrigenal music and the like, I guess Wombat will suggest the Boehmerang.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:10 pm

Zubivka wrote:(just boehmping this thread...)

The Boehmbarde, in B-bald, great for the Bretoehn Musique.

Now the Biniou-koz (Boehm), pîtched one octave higher than the BHP (Boehrder Haggis Pipe), is a real boehmer.

To go with didgeridoos, Aboehmrigenal music and the like, I guess Wombat will suggest the Boehmerang.

Zoob, as always you're the wordsmith! Take care!

BB

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:14 pm

geek4music wrote:You didn't mention hammered dulcimers (Boehm) or autoharps (Boehm and Decker)

Or the especially lovely hammered Autoharp, which I occasionally play in lieu of my Hoover Whitecap.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:56 pm

Hiro, how on earth could you have forgot the bodhrán (Boehm), aka the Boehmrán?

Lothiel · Post by **Lothiel** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:11 pm

Personally, even though I love the Sax and all my other instruments, my favorite alternative to my whistle would be my Mando.

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:22 pm

Trombone...

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:33 pm

Nanohedron wrote:Hiro, how on earth could you have forgot the bodhrán (Boehm), aka the Boehmrán?

LOL!!!!!!

I had to go for the oboe....played one many years ago.....

allezlesbleus · Post by **allezlesbleus** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:33 pm

FIDDLE BABY!!!

StewySmoot · Post by **StewySmoot** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:44 pm

I push/pull on a concertina and wheeze out a simple song.