What Material Do You Prefer?
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- Tell us something.: I play whistles. I sell whistles. This seems just a BIT excessive to the cause. A sentence or two is WAY less than 100 characters.
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Oh yeah, and Overton.
Oh yeah, and Overton.
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I have never played a wood whistle but I have played all the other choices. The one I play most is brass and most of the other whistles I have are brass or nickel-coated brass, plus one aluminium and one plastic (Dixon). Now, if someone wants to send me a wood whistle to try out for a while, just send me a PM and I'll give you my mailing address.
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It's a favorite for looks, but definitely not for woodworking!!Tyghress wrote:Yo! Paul! I don't see pink ivorywood in that list!
(chuckling)
Ditto Snakewood. Those four beautiful whistles I made ALL developed multiple cracks several months after I completed them. I've repaired two of the whistles. Colin Goldie has one over in Germany and is going to try repairs himself in light of transatlantic shipping (althought I'll certainly do it for him if he's not happy with the result. The fourth one is in British Columbia. The fellow there is watching the cracks which so far are not affecting the playing. Once they stabilize, I'll repair them.
This is not to scare people away from wood-- Of all of the nearly 175 whistles I've sent out, only one or two have developed post-completion cracks apart from these. Most woods are NOT a problem.
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No problem with cracks with my pink ivory tube, Paul. The look and the sound: just beautiful. It's still my favourite high D. If I play my Sindt a bit more, that's just because I can just pick it up and doodle without worrying about drying it out afterwards. I mean, I can just pick it up, put it down, pick it up again. When I know I'm going to really get stuck in, out comes the Busman more often than not.
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Here are two more materials that were omitted from the survey:
My custom bamboo Hoover low A is reedy and resonant, but not hissy--a very pleasing sound for blues and folk ballads.
Then there's the Serpent Village Smithy, made from chrome-moly steel. It has a moderately reedy tone--somewhat similar to the Busman Delrin, but a bit quieter and somehow less resonant. It's a tad heavy, but well-balanced. Also, it's the only high D that's suitable both for self defense and as an emergency pry bar.
My custom bamboo Hoover low A is reedy and resonant, but not hissy--a very pleasing sound for blues and folk ballads.
Then there's the Serpent Village Smithy, made from chrome-moly steel. It has a moderately reedy tone--somewhat similar to the Busman Delrin, but a bit quieter and somehow less resonant. It's a tad heavy, but well-balanced. Also, it's the only high D that's suitable both for self defense and as an emergency pry bar.
Mike Wright
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