pipes

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:35 am

uilleann pipes are probably the closest thing you'll find to whistle fingering. You can play uilleanns with an open style like a whistle, but the notes won't be quite as in tune then. To my knowledge, there aren't any pipes that finger exactly the same as the Irish whistle. You can find an uilleann chart here:

http://www.saltlakepipers.com/The-Pipes ... rings.html

Brian~

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:51 am

amar wrote:
oh boy, an oboe.

or a clarinoboe http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... light=oboe

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:02 am

If you look at the fingering chart for the open fingered gaita on the website given you will see that it is quite similar to the whistle. There is a thumb hole and a pinky hole for the right hand.
http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/ga ... 0000000000

amar · Post by **amar** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:04 am

but i want somethin that's identical fingeringwise to the whistle.
pout.

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:10 am

I want:

Something with concertina reeds that's fingered like a whistle!

Maybe a melodica shaped more like a whistle with a thumb key for the 2nd octave (so you would only need 6 or 7 keys and still get 2 octaves). They would need to be all blown notes...I don't want to have to blow AND suck.

-Brett

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:28 am

Amar, you might want to check here.
HOTPIPES
This site is run by a fellow named Oliver Seeler. It is a fascinating place and easy to get lost in just reading about all the different pipes o' the world. Lots of sound samples too. Send Oliver an email. If anyone would know the answer, he would. be sure to let everyone know what you find out.

All the best,
Paul

amar · Post by **amar** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:37 am

thanks alot paul,

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 11:52 am

Bretton wrote:I want:

Something with concertina reeds that's fingered like a whistle!

Maybe a melodica shaped more like a whistle with a thumb key for the 2nd octave (so you would only need 6 or 7 keys and still get 2 octaves). They would need to be all blown notes...I don't want to have to blow AND suck.

-Brett

A bit like this?

Note it's custom-made, so you could always ask Victoria (the maker) to reverse the reeds: otherwise you'll end up like with any squeezebox or Melodeon, with the highest tones down!. I think it's better, though: the more it screams, the farther it gets from your eardrums

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 11:58 am

A bit like this?

Close! I've looked at those before...

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 1:05 pm

Looks like a piece of Beagle II...

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:49 am

Bretton wrote:
A bit like this?
Close! I've looked at those before...

So what stopped you?

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:24 am

Dignity? Self-respect? Common sense?

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:33 am

Oliver Seeler has a great website, you'll spend a lot of time there. He's a nice fellow to communicate with.

BTW - Someone mentioned the bagwhistle earlier. The Bagwhistle is a whistle with a bagpipe bag and fingers like a whistle. It is not a reed instrument.

The newer bagwhistles are in the Key of D chanter and drones in brass) (High-D, not Low) and they work a lot better than the earlier Low-G's which were PVC and with PVC drones - it used to use a lot of air and couldn't keep the bag inflated. Well, it finally works.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:49 am

Pat Cannady wrote:
Zubivka wrote:
Bretton wrote: Close! I've looked at those before...
So what stopped you?
Dignity? Self-respect? Common sense?

And this from someone admitting through his avatar he's an Oylean (Uilleaginous?) piper (aka pipe-line)

Ok, so you don't like free-reeds.
Here's a dream pipeset for you.
I like its brand, too

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:53 am

:roll: