POLL: Pick my next whistle contest! :)

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Which metal should I get?

Aluminum is cool, get the DABST!
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Brass is warm, get the DBBST!
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POLL: Pick my next whistle contest! :)

Post by alespa »

I can't decide between the New Aluminum (DABST) or Brass (DBBST) Burke. So I'm giving everyone the day to cast their vote for either brass or aluminum. I'll be posting this on other boards, and tallying up the total. Tomorrow morning, I'll check the votes (around 8am Pacific) and post the winning material.

Of course the winner of the contest will be me, but won't it be fun to see which tube gets the most votes? (secret: the brass is the best selling of the two, so you aluminum heads have to really get with it here to win :)

see ya tomorrow,
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Hey, what's this with the limited choice? I'd picked out a Colin Goldie low C# for you which you could sell to me when you discovered it wasn't much use in sessions. :P
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womby, you so funny, ha ha :D
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Post by FJohnSharp »

I have a brass and love it. Jessie usully recommends the brass. However, a really terrific whistler, who uses Burkes, prefers the aluminum as he says it's brigter and faster (more responsive).

My next D Burke is going to be the narrow bore aluminum
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It's neck and neck, a dead even heat! Wheeeeeew!
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You can't go wrong with either choice.
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Post by jonharl »

Just buy both and sell the one you don't prefer. I'd probably just keep both. Can't have too many whistles. :P
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Jon, you don't get a commission do you? :D
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The brass is pulling ahead here, but dead even on the other board ??
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Is it possible for someone to vote more than once? I noticed I can't vote :)
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Post by dapple »

Even though I have been whistling for only about a year, I am fortunate to have both of Mike’s new Aluminum and Brass Soprano D Session whistles. Each is a fine instrument, but I play the Aluminum more often because it is lighter (although other C&Fers say that they like the heft of the brass), it doesn’t need to be polished (I cannot help but keep the brass one polished), and its second register and beyond seems to play easier and sound good at a quieter volume than the brass. The brass has its own fine qualities, and I do not want to be without both.
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Re: Poll on such a matter...

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Lets we forget....

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Post by alespa »

I must've missed something :boggle:

Hey, where are all of you aluminum-lovers?

(hint: vote aluminum :D )
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Post by jkrazy52 »

Voted aluminum as per your request, matt --- but I don't think it's going to help. You'll be stuck with the brass, poor fellow. :lol:

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alespa wrote:I must've missed something :boggle:

Hey, where are all of you aluminum-lovers?

(hint: vote aluminum :D )
Brass rhymes with class.
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