Susato VSB

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:41 am

HHRRRRNNNNGGGGG is the metallic sound produced by a tin ear.

pete humphrey · Post by **pete humphrey** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:46 pm

I recently aquired a Susato C kildare, I think it sounds great, it is very nice to play, even my wife likes the sound it makes, she has stopped leaving the room when I play!!! :roll:

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:32 pm

The VSB can be nice as can the SB Susato, but the VSB fails in breezy conditions and the SB punches through nicely-just something to consider
for outdoor play. I like both at different times, but always choose SB for outdoor play.

BTW, "HHRRRRNNNNGGGGG" is the pitch-bending harmony bagpipes play before piper launches into the music, but maybe I'm confusing it with "HuuUUnnnggggGGchhhw..."

hellbound skunk · Post by **hellbound skunk** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:47 pm

Actually the sound of the highland pipes which you are describing is more of a "hooo....Hooouurrnnnnnggggmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" Only the susato whistle is capable of creating the "hhrrrnnnggg" noise

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:34 am

hellbound skunk wrote:Actually the sound of the highland pipes which you are describing is more of a "hooo....Hooouurrnnnnnggggmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" Only the susato whistle is capable of creating the "hhrrrnnnggg" noise

Well, only Susatos and those vile r***ders.

*shudders

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:49 am

My dog's head hasn't exploded yet, but he does occasionally...well, let's just say he's gotten a bit incontinent in his old age and leave it at that. I figured it was senility. You think maybe it's the Susato?

The cat, on the other hand, flatly refuses to remain in a room with any whistle playing above second octave G (unless it's the Whitecap, which he doesn't seem to mind). If he's being naughty, all I have to do is say "Jonah, if you're not careful, mama will have to play 'Danny Boy'" and he straightens right up.

Redwolf

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:02 am

Redwolf wrote:The cat, on the other hand, flatly refuses to remain in a room with any whistle playing above second octave G (unless it's the Whitecap, which he doesn't seem to mind). If he's being naughty, all I have to do is say "Jonah, if you're not careful, mama will have to play 'Danny Boy'" and he straightens right up.

Redwolf

Hmm. Our cat seems to like whistles, even in the second octave. In particular, the sound of "Governor King's March" or "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (can you tell where I am in the Clarke book?) acts as a cat magnet. But I don't own a Susato - at home, it's usually a Dixon, Generation, Oak, or Sweetone.

Should I get a Susato VS and experiment, or would that be counted as cruelty to animals?

callybeg · Post by **callybeg** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 1:54 pm

The dogs don't mind the whistle. Two of the cats hurl themselves from the house, tails bushy, claws outstretched, wailing like banshees when I play. The kitten on the other hand has decided to become a lap dancer, and performs the most extraordinary contortions while I play, all the while purring as loud as is felinely possible. I have now to play standing up, as he writhes around on my knee nudging the whistle whenever I get it out. People are starting to look at us funny...

Callybeg

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:07 pm

brianormond wrote:but maybe I'm confusing it with "HuuUUnnnggggGGchhhw..."

Are you sure this isn't the sound made by some Welsh instrument? I can't think of any other type that would end with a w used as a vowel.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:15 pm

chas wrote:
brianormond wrote:but maybe I'm confusing it with "HuuUUnnnggggGGchhhw..."
Are you sure this isn't the sound made by some Welsh instrument? I can't think of any other type that would end with a w used as a vowel.

It does look suspiciously like a Cambrian village name.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:20 pm

Don't forget that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is Welsh.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:08 pm

Cranberry wrote:Don't forget that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is Welsh.

Cranberry, I'd like to hear you say that three times fast.

In fact, I'd like to hear someone be able to say that at *all*

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 9:46 am

Cranberry wrote:Don't forget that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is Welsh.

Is that where they're having the Welsh whistlers get-together? If not, I think they should.

corinthia · Post by **corinthia** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:48 am

Funny, I'm the opposite. I PREFER the flutey sound, and am not too fond of the cheap-whistle chirpy sound.

But I have a tuneable Susato in D, don't know what model, and I use it for playing with others, mainly... my Overton is always slightly flat, unless I warm it.

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:38 am

DCrom wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Don't forget that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is Welsh.
Cranberry, I'd like to hear you say that three times fast.

Don't say that! Doing it would result in dangerous dehydration.