Spot the pennywhistle...

Henkersbraut · Post by **Henkersbraut** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:46 am

No, really - that's not my question here

(Even though it IS funny, eh?)

I was wondering whether anyone recognised the low whistle he is playing there... it has such a beautiful sound I love it to pieces (but at least I'm not sitting on it

). According to the player it comes from a producer somewhere in Scotland, but I was a tad tipsy and cannot remember which producer he named.

Edit: sorry about the size of the pic!

ChristianRo · Post by **ChristianRo** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:10 am

Most definitely this is a Chieftain Low D. I have only encountered one in my life. That thing was so damn loud, it put my Colin Goldie Overton to shame. I didn't get to play it, though

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:25 am

Penys whistle (aka tiny-whistle, aka straight piccolo...) indeed!

Good shot! Don't apologize about its size. The pic's, I mean...

Now the low D is a Chieftain at 50:1 odds, though "Scotland" doesn't fit.

Btw, stabilizing a low whistle with the knee can help speed...

Cyfiawnder · Post by **Cyfiawnder** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:59 am

If you stabalize it with your knee too much you won't help your pitch, and you wont even be able to sound your bell note.

illuminatus99 · Post by **illuminatus99** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:12 am

I concur, definately a cheiftain

vaporlock · Post by **vaporlock** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:59 am

It MAY be a Bernaulf whistle. They are produced in Scotland. So far as I know the production run has been EXTREMELY limited. They are available on Ebay from time to time. I have a contact email of DavidusHartley:at:aol.com (replace the :at: with an @). They are patterned after a Chieftain, but are supposedly easier blowing and designed for smaller hands.

Good luck!
Eric

antstastegood · Post by **antstastegood** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:50 am

Is there some reason he's playing it out the corner of his mouth?

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:53 am

antstastegood wrote:Is there some reason he's playing it out the corner of his mouth?

Its the Kenny G look, to get chix!

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:45 pm

Cyfiawnder wrote:If you stabalize it with your knee too much you won't help your pitch, and you wont even be able to sound your bell note.

Thanks for the scoop, dude--I wondered why I had these holes in my jeans and could only get a barytone D below the low D... :roll:

You should also tell the guy in black pictured up Î there Î that he won't get a proper bell tone of his high whistle the way he holds it either...

antstastegood · Post by **antstastegood** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:48 pm

Oh gosh I just spotted the SECOND whistle in this picture..

Does that help him hit third octave notes?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:51 pm

Maybe he is playing it.

You know, drone and all....

vaporlock · Post by **vaporlock** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:52 pm

antstastegood wrote:Oh gosh I just spotted the SECOND whistle in this picture..

Does that help him hit third octave notes?

It keeps it warm when it's not in use?

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:52 pm

antstastegood wrote:Oh gosh I just spotted the SECOND whistle in this picture..

Does that help him hit third octave notes?

Me too! I hope nobody comes by and shoves down on the end of it.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:54 pm

Are you sure that's not a prostethic?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:07 pm

...or a decoy?