mistake Mack made

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:26 pm

Gee, Mack, y'mean you didn't really make 1129 whistles in the months between my two Whitecaps?

Since about everything else has been mentioned, I think you should use Roman Numerals. Then my C could be CCIX, my D could be CMXLVIII and my Whitecaps could be CMLXIV and MMXCIII.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:41 pm

If you buy a whitecap for an Oak you should really send the tube. Mack turns down the flange so it fits better.

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Fri May 07, 2004 6:42 pm

Which one? and executable or source?

Executable, but don't put an "exe" on the end of the file name or our virus protection will block it at the server.

Thanks!

-brett

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:01 pm

Proud owner of #1034 and #1036.

Tom Dowling · Post by **Tom Dowling** » Fri May 07, 2004 9:37 pm

Well Mack, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and a Whitecap with any number would sound as fine....

My current favorite for a lot of tunes right now is a particular Mack Hoover E-Flat (White Cap # 927; Brass Body # 295, for the record) if I am playing by myself, which is often.

You and the other fine whistle makers known to the C & F community bring a lot of happiness to us folks through your fine work. This is as good an opportunity as any to remind you of that.

Your integrity is a matter of record and is equalled only by the fine quality and great sound of your fair and reasonably priced whistles and heads. Thanks for setting the record straight!!

Be well,
Tom D.

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sat May 08, 2004 8:56 am

Loren wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I've made two minor number stamping mistakes (both correctable) on $1500 instruments, and I had a close call while logo stamping the foot joint for a $3000 instrument earlier today - and some people think instrument making is a stress free job :roll:

Do you mean "instrument" making, or RECORDER making, Loren?

:roll:

Stuart

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sat May 08, 2004 9:10 am

No, Stuart, he's torturing them.

In THIS THREAD

Loren wrote:If it makes you feel any better, first thing tomorrow morning I'll be dropping a dozen $1,500 recorders into a pressurized oil bath for the day, and you don't see me sweating, do ya? So what if they aren't my instruments...

I don't know what they did to deserve it but I'm sure they had it coming to them.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Sat May 08, 2004 2:09 pm

sturob wrote:Do you mean "instrument" making, or RECORDER making, Loren?

:roll:

Stuart

Hey, we make flutes too

Loren

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Sat May 08, 2004 2:10 pm

Paul wrote:No, Stuart, he's torturing them.

In THIS THREAD

Loren wrote:If it makes you feel any better, first thing tomorrow morning I'll be dropping a dozen $1,500 recorders into a pressurized oil bath for the day, and you don't see me sweating, do ya? So what if they aren't my instruments...

I don't know what they did to deserve it but I'm sure they had it coming to them.

Yes they did derserve it, and you should have heard them scream, MwwwaaaaaHaaaHaaahaahaaaaa!!!!!!

AngeloMeola · Post by **AngeloMeola** » Sat May 08, 2004 2:11 pm

When did the numbering start? As I said above, none of my whitecaps have a number. I ordered my first one on New Years Day, when they were first available. This was right after Mack was finished with the prototypes.
Angelo

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Sat May 08, 2004 2:15 pm

AngeloMeola wrote:When did the numbering start? As I said above, none of my whitecaps have a number. I ordered my first one on New Years Day, when they were first available. This was right after Mack was finished with the prototypes.
Angelo

S'far as I know, Mack's been numberiing them all along. I have narrow bore C and D whistles with very low numbers that I've had ever since I had WhOA.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sat May 08, 2004 4:17 pm

Bretton wrote:
Which one? and executable or source?
Executable, but don't put an "exe" on the end of the file name or our virus protection will block it at the server.

Thanks!

-brett

Ok..will send when I get to work tuesday

Mack.Hoover · Post by **Mack.Hoover** » Sat May 08, 2004 5:16 pm

Whitecaps were first numbered in January of 03, and even after that there were some that were not numbered. An estimate of unnumbered ones in circulation is well over one humdred. Many of them were given or traded for testing.

tuaz · Post by **tuaz** » Mon May 10, 2004 3:54 am

Mack,

I'm with all those who say you shouldn't backtrack. It would confuse people as to a whitecap's age and, more importantly, its level of development.

My old D whitecap had no internal brass sleeve, while my 2 newer ones have one. The beak also seems longer for the new ones. Obviously R&D has led to some significant changes.

The numbers should reflect that.

PS. See, I'm not the only one who's interested in your numbering practices, and why some whitecaps are unnumbered!

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue May 25, 2004 4:39 pm

Wanderer wrote:
Bretton wrote:
Which one? and executable or source?
Executable, but don't put an "exe" on the end of the file name or our virus protection will block it at the server.

Thanks!

-brett
Ok..will send when I get to work tuesday

OK...I'm lazy. and I don't even have the benefit of blaming it on my Irish heritage

I have the source code from work.. I just haven't built it into an installation package yet, which feels a whole lot like "work"

But if you want to see how easy it is to convert hex in Microsoft VB, here ya go..i'm just too lazy to throw it into WISE InstallMaster and build a 2 meg installation exe for 5K of code today

Label1.Caption = ""
Do Until Text1.Text = ""
strChar = Left(Text1.Text, 2)
Text1 = Right(Text1.Text, Len(Text1.Text) - 2)
Label1.Caption = Label1.Caption & Chr$(HexToDec(strChar))
Loop
...

Public Function HexToDec(HexNum As String) As Integer
Dim iNum As Integer
HexNum = "&H" & HexNum
iNum = CInt(HexNum)
HexToDec = iNum
End Function

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