Sindt Whistles - How to et One

Lupatis-Philologus · Post by **Lupatis-Philologus** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:53 am

Hi Folks,

Firslty, well done on this website - it's a breath of fresh air

My Question is .. Where can you order a Sindt D - is there anywhere to order online?

Again congrats on the site

Lupy

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:45 am

I don't think you can order them online. I think you have to contact John Sindt and arrange it. There's some contact information here:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/sindt.html

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:49 am

Hey, Lupy. Welcome.

Allow me to be the first to slag you: when I saw the thread's title, I thought that polite society would urge that you use a knife and fork.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:53 am

Hi Lupy,
Welcome to the board.

Probably your best chance of getting a Sindt on line is to buy one on this site when it gets advertised. I've bought a D direct from John but have managed to pick up Eb, D, C, and a Bb/A combo here. I would have payed close to the new price for each (I don't remember now but I do know that noone asked for an excessive amount) but didn't have to wait for the 8 months or so that you have to wait for a new one. They were all beautiful whistles that suit me just fine and I have always been treated very well by people selling here. Ds appear more frequently than others but you do have to be quick because they are rather popular whistles.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:02 pm

I believe it's sindtwhistles@aol.com , but I'd have to look it up to be sure.

slowair · Post by **slowair** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:01 pm

The email address that I've always used is:

agesmay@aol.com

Good luck.

Mike

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:27 pm

The address that Slowair's given is the one that I've always used.
Last I heard,the wait for a newly ordered whistle from John was eight-nine months (worth the wait!).

Lupatis-Philologus · Post by **Lupatis-Philologus** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:41 pm

Hi Folks,

Nanohedron; Thanks for being the first to slag me - I feel part of the website now

Must have been a fraudian slip - I do eat fipples and am always in trouble from other whistlers for chewing them

Thanks to all for the welcome and information. I'v Emailed John at the various addresses given so will hopefully get a lead.

OK nuther question, Where is the best place to advertise whistles - I have a brand new Low D (Shaw) that I can not stretch my fingers to (even with the help of springs between me fingers)

Thanks again all, and many greetings from Scotland.

Lupy

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:07 pm

You can advertise your Shaw here, if you want. Read the top message in the board, the one about commercial use. This would be covered under #2 in that message.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 6:54 pm

slowair wrote:The email address that I've always used is:

agesmay@aol.com

Good luck.

Mike

That's the most recent one I have.

andreaz54 · Post by **andreaz54** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:22 am

I ordered a Sindt in Soprano E like one year and four months ago and haven't heard hide nor hair about it since. I have even emailed them to see if somehow they lost my order. No reply. Very hard people to get ahold of. Maybe I should actually call them on the phone.

There is no arguing that they are awesome whistles tho. My Eb is my favorite bar none.

Good luck in your search!

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:34 am

andreaz54 wrote:I ordered a Sindt in Soprano E like one year and four months ago and haven't heard hide nor hair about it since. I have even emailed them to see if somehow they lost my order. No reply. Very hard people to get ahold of. Maybe I should actually call them on the phone.

There is no arguing that they are awesome whistles tho. My Eb is my favorite bar none.

Good luck in your search!

Andrea, I believe your experience is quite common although they did reply when I ordered. To the best of my knowledge, it's quite common for whistles to just arrive with an invoice at around the time you were expecting them.

jonharl · Post by **jonharl** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:10 am

I've called several times and Ann Sindt is always very nice. I've never spoken to John as Ann handles all the paperwork. He works another job that is quite demanding so he makes the whistles in order, a few at a time. Wombat's right, they just show up with an invoice. If you need to verify your order I'd call Ann. Good luck.

Parcour25 · Post by **Parcour25** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:05 am

Thanks for mentioning this. I have had several instruments on order with them - approaching their typical lead time of nine months now, but I do have a new address. So, I just emailed an update. That is a scary business practice, that of just shipping them out with an invoice so far after the point of order. A procedure they never told me about! I would have assumed or expected an email or a phone call in advance.

(hoping for a happy ending).

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:15 am

Parcour25 wrote:Thanks for mentioning this. I have had several instruments on order with them - approaching their typical lead time of nine months now, but I do have a new address. So, I just emailed an update. That is a scary business practice, that of just shipping them out with an invoice so far after the point of order. A procedure they never told me about! I would have assumed or expected an email or a phone call in advance.

(hoping for a happy ending).

It is odd. But the upside is that you don't get charged in advance. As far as I know, you can simply return it if you don't want it. I wonder how many people did that because they didn't realise their order had been processed and simply bought another whistle. Of course it's no probelm for him if that happens; he'll just send it to the next in line.