Dale Hears From Davy About the Davy Spillane Low Whistle

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:46 am

I believe later studies showed no relation between Alzheimer's and aluminum.

Going by memory here, but didn't they figure out the aluminum was actually accidentally introduced into the tissue samples in the laboratory?

--James

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:13 am

I wouldn't want to be in any whistle tour that would accept me as a member! (Chiff Twain)

Sour grapes! (Aesop's fox)

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:36 am

sturob wrote:Is it hoobyjooby about "flautist's chin" or some other wackiness, or is it the whole connection to Alzheimer's? (The health problems with aluminum.)

You remember back in the . . . (some decade) . . . it was thought that Alzheimer's was related to cooking in aluminum pots. I don't know if the connection has borne out, but that's a traditional teaching.

Stuart

Check out this link:

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/valentin.htm

The main text is not directly related to the comment, but at the bottom there is a link that is.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:26 pm

I confess to having the most interesting mixed feelings about the apparent lack of enthusiasm for the Spillane whistle tour idea. I think the years of speculation and waiting have not resulted in the whistle being "long-anticipated" so much as "long-talked-about-in-the-abstract."

Did anybody follow what I just wrote enough to explain to me what I mean?

Thanks

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:32 pm

I can, I think, if someone can e'spillane it to me! But you aren't Lucy are you

MarkB

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:06 pm

I'm confused. Did DS ever make a whistle? The guy says:

"This latest low whistle replaces previous models and incorporates what Davy finds are the best attributes of the "all metal type" low whistle and the stability of Davys tunable plastic mouthpiece/hand made metal body
combination." .... (italics added)

Did I miss something? Whatever the case, I don't want to be on the tour. I've lost all interest. Wait, that infers that I at one time had some interest and I never did.... Oh well. Whatever.

Susan

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:41 pm

DaleWisely wrote:I confess to having the most interesting mixed feelings about the apparent lack of enthusiasm for the Spillane whistle tour idea.

Spillane whistle? <yawn>

Eh, what? Sorry, did I nod off?

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:06 pm

At that price why bother? For a lot less money you can buy an Overton or an Alba, not only cheaper but a better whistle. For even less money you can buy a passle of other very good low Ds. Why bother? I for one would not take part in the purchase of an $80.00 whistle that sells for $250.00. Just my opinion which counts for little in the greater scheme of things.

BTW this may be a whistle that isn't included in the statement in my signature line.

Ron

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:49 pm

Personally, I'd be stoked to give it a whirl...but despite all the naysayers, I'm sure you can find enough folks who can execute a decent roll.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:54 pm

emmline wrote:Personally, I'd be stoked to give it a whirl...but despite all the naysayers, I'm sure you can find enough folks who can execute a decent roll.

I'll execute any decent roll on sight. Only indecent rolls tolerated around here.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:00 pm

Bloomfield wrote: Only indecent rolls tolerated around here.

reminds me of some "special" gingerbread people they used to sell at a bakery in Annapolis...

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:33 pm

emmline wrote:
Bloomfield wrote: Only indecent rolls tolerated around here.
reminds me of some "special" gingerbread people they used to sell at a bakery in Annapolis...

There's a bakery in San Francisco's Chinatown that specializes in "X-rated" fortune cookies.

My wife tried hard to convince me this was an obviously non-Chinese aberration, since the owners were (AIR) second or third generation Chinese Americans, and hence corrupted by American culture.

I told her "You say that like it's a bad thing". She hit me. But she was laughing when she did it.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:51 pm

Phil Hardy wrote:The text from Davys workshop manager must be some kind of promotional ploy to put people off buying all alloy whistle and making people think that there is some kind of problem (potentially) with them.
This to me is very strange as Davy has used an Overton for over 20 years,the same one I might add.I did not notice his teeth being damaged in any way,nor any of the miriad players that I know that have used Overtons,Albas and Chieftains
I have to see this as mis-information,not a nice way to launch a new product.
Buy the way,it's not a good idea to grip the whistle with teeth,it only damages the whistle and may wear your teeth out.

Phil.

Phil's statement notwithstanding, I feel obliged to note that two out of three of the times I have gotten email from Davy Spillane, he has asserted that he has made his own pipes & whistles for 25 years. He asserts this strongly. And as recently as, oh, today.

Dale

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:58 pm

"staining of lips and teeth"????

could this be the mark of a TRUE MASTER WHISTLER?

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:05 pm

DaleWisely wrote:
Phil Hardy wrote:The text from Davys workshop manager must be some kind of promotional ploy to put people off buying all alloy whistle and making people think that there is some kind of problem (potentially) with them.
This to me is very strange as Davy has used an Overton for over 20 years,the same one I might add.I did not notice his teeth being damaged in any way,nor any of the miriad players that I know that have used Overtons,Albas and Chieftains
I have to see this as mis-information,not a nice way to launch a new product.
Buy the way,it's not a good idea to grip the whistle with teeth,it only damages the whistle and may wear your teeth out.

Phil.
Phil's statement notwithstanding, I feel obliged to note that two out of three of the times I have gotten email from Davy Spillane, he has asserted that he has made his own pipes & whistles for 25 years. He asserts this strongly. And as recently as, oh, today.

Dale

I don't doubt for a minute that Spillane has made whistles (I am also inclined to think that he has been playing an Overton). I remember talking to Joe & Antoinette McKenna. We were talking about low whistles (I had just bought McKenna's Low Whistles CD), and Joe told me that he used ot build his own low whistles, getting tubing and so forth. "We all did it," he said, meaning musicians at the time in the 70s and 80s.

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Dale Hears From Davy About the Davy Spillane Low Whistle

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