Shower Curtain Rod Debuts To Rave Reviews
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Shower Curtain Rod Debuts To Rave Reviews
HI all
With the recent activity on the forum about home made and low end whistles I thought I might try out my Low D made from a shower curtain rod at some sessions this past weekend.
I played along with some jigs and got a smile from the session top dog. I couldn't hear myself so it played in just fine. Then I tried a slow air solo for a flutist and a whistler. Got favorable comments on the sound.
When I pull it out and introduce it as my shower curtain rod I get a big laugh but when I play it the laughter stops. (except for my husband who has to make jokes while I play)
I have been trying out some 'real whistles' thinking that I need a grown up one but I really like my SCR. It's light and easy to play, has a good lower hand and transition to second octave, and is in tune because my husband has perfect pitch and he made it. And I have been telling myself that if I can make this whistle sound good then I must be doing it right.
Oh well, I guess I'd better get more tunes up on the SCR.
"Rove and Beace"--Vash the Stampede
With the recent activity on the forum about home made and low end whistles I thought I might try out my Low D made from a shower curtain rod at some sessions this past weekend.
I played along with some jigs and got a smile from the session top dog. I couldn't hear myself so it played in just fine. Then I tried a slow air solo for a flutist and a whistler. Got favorable comments on the sound.
When I pull it out and introduce it as my shower curtain rod I get a big laugh but when I play it the laughter stops. (except for my husband who has to make jokes while I play)
I have been trying out some 'real whistles' thinking that I need a grown up one but I really like my SCR. It's light and easy to play, has a good lower hand and transition to second octave, and is in tune because my husband has perfect pitch and he made it. And I have been telling myself that if I can make this whistle sound good then I must be doing it right.
Oh well, I guess I'd better get more tunes up on the SCR.
"Rove and Beace"--Vash the Stampede
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Put the music under thier feet and lift them to the dance.
Oh, and,
"If you want to play chords, use standard tuning. It is better." --Martin Carthy
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I was there for the maiden voyage and others subsequent. Truth be told, low D whistles usually aren't my favorite, but I like the sound of the "SCR". It has a chiff to it that makes it sound trad-friendly to me, and packs a lot of character, I think. On a particular air (what was it, BL?), I could hear and see waves crashing on bleak cliffs. And I was only on my 1st pint!
Good playing, BL.
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That's very funny, because Conal O'Grada used to say that low whistles are only good for holding shower curtains! You showed that shower curtains are also good for whistling.
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Somegody in my neighborhood has discarded about 6 - 4' lengths of white PVC this morning, it's out near our dumpster, not used for plumbing, .... I think, some kind of decorative - furnature type - function, with gray elbow type joints .... white, about 1" diameter. Maybe more pieces. First thing I thought when i saw it. "Use as Whistle?". If it conceivably has a salvage use... it's yours. lemmie know.
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Interesting that this tune would evoke such a response from you Nano as it is a sean-nos called Roisin Dubh and is a poetic reference to the Emerald Isle Herself and how she is lost to the singer for now.Nanohedron wrote:On a particular air (what was it, BL?), I could hear and see waves crashing on bleak cliffs. And I was only on my 1st pint!
Good playing, BL.
"waves crashing on bleak cliffs" Hmm. Guess I'll keep at it.
Thanks for the positives Nano.
BL
PS I ment to edit the subject line but had to rush off to luncheon with my Marine Daughter and then put her on a plane back to camp. She brought us a captured Iraqi flag (which the Baglord is particularly proud of) and a 'Most Wanted' card deck among other things.
PPS There I fixed it.
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Thanks for your kind thoughts Parcour25 but we have a DIY PVC whistle and I am not as enamored of it's charms. (a little too civilized sound)Parcour25 wrote:Somegody in my neighborhood has discarded about 6 - 4' lengths of white PVC this morning, it's out near our dumpster, not used for plumbing, .... I think, some kind of decorative - furnature type - function, with gray elbow type joints .... white, about 1" diameter. Maybe more pieces. First thing I thought when i saw it. "Use as Whistle?". If it conceivably has a salvage use... it's yours. lemmie know.
Perhaps you have enough material there to make a dulcimer or even a bodhran. I know, I know, Oh, Oh A really great set of Uilliaen pipes. You said you have elbows right?
Or, or, wait.... A harp ya?
Boy I'm on a roll. Or maybe.........
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Yeah, the 1" is perfect for a low D. I got the SCR whistle basic layout somewhere here I think about two or three years ago before it became the Chiff and Fipple Empire it is today. I changed the fipple orifice dimensions a bit based on my favorite Kerry low D, which was about the same ID and length. But then I tried some old white plumbing laying around and made the fipple out of part filing, part melting/bending the pipe to get the leading edge, and then made a shroud out of plastic car modelling body filler (styrene) which fattened up the low E and D incredibly. Then I put a tuning joint in it. It's a great whistle, better than any other I have except high B is annoying because the fipple is not compromised to get the high end of that octave. It also has a weird thing it does where it goes weak allover for some reason, which I think I can trace to my g finger not wanting to mate with that particular hole and leaking, either that or the windway getting watery.Parcour25 wrote:Somegody in my neighborhood has discarded about 6 - 4' lengths of white PVC this morning, it's out near our dumpster, not used for plumbing, .... I think, some kind of decorative - furnature type - function, with gray elbow type joints .... white, about 1" diameter. Maybe more pieces. First thing I thought when i saw it. "Use as Whistle?". If it conceivably has a salvage use... it's yours. lemmie know.
Anyway, that white 1" pvc works very very well for low D's.
Royce