Got WHOA? How many brands do you have? Then & now?

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:26 pm

Abell, Adler, Asarkar, Burke, Calura, Camac, Clare, Clarke, Cooperman, Copeland, Dixie, Eagle, Feadan, Feadog, Generation, Honer, Howard, James Galway, Madhur Bans, MelBay, McHaffie, Oak, Overton, Parkurst, Perri, The Piper, Sesame Street, Scottie, Shaw, Silkstone, Sindt, Soodlum’s, Susato, Sweetone, Trophy, Tully, Walton’s, Viceroy

102 Whistles + 7 Tabor pipes... :roll:

Cheers,
David

LisaD · Post by **LisaD** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:02 pm

wow!

Brewster · Post by **Brewster** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:59 am

Feadan must be diverting all Massachusetts whistle deliveries to his house.

I have 5 manufacturers (in order of acquistion)
Gen 1
Clarke 1
Susato 1
Hoover Whitecap 1
Water Weasel 3

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:20 am

Busman (3)
Greenwood (1)
Burke (1)
Freeman-tweaked Generation (1)
Clarke Sweetone (1)

Flageolet · Post by **Flageolet** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:42 am

Modified Susato.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:37 am

I've owned more than I currently own, though my collection is growing again. Bear in mind that I'm working from memory, and in no particular order.

I currently have an acorn, clarke original, sweetone, meg, feadog, feadog pro, McHaffie, O'Brien, Copeland, Copeland Low, Waltons, Soodlums, Freeman Tweaked Feadog, Freeman Tweaked Shaw, Hoover PVC, Hoover Whitecap, Chieftain low D, Kerry Songbird low D, generic Indian bamboo D, Asarkar B, Drunken Monkey D (my own copper whistle, which looks as if a drunken monkey made it with a hammer), Abell, Burke Al-Pro, Sweetheart Professional, Greenwood, Generations in various keys (F in nickel is my favorite), Oak, Feadan.

I also *used* to have: Silkstone Alloy (x2--one sold to Glauber, the other to Whitmores), Silkstone PVC D and Bb, Busman, Thin Weasel, Sweetheart standard model, Susatos in lots of keys, a Weltmeister, an Alba SE, a Laughing Whistle, and a Dixon.

I've played (on whistle tours, for instance) but didn't get to keep: an Alba low D, a Syn low D, a syn high D, all the other whistles Jerry tweaks, and what I think I remember as a Weston copper whistle with a prototype head where we were asked to send our reviews about the whistle privately for maker feedback. But I'm not sure that it was a Weston..that's just what I seem to remember.

I've touched briefly: An Overton low D, Howard low D, a water weasel, Burke composite, and a Sindt.

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:55 am

Flageolet wrote:Modified Susato.

How modified?

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:07 pm

Ok - I feel better after reading the four pages. So now I can share without as much guilt.
Susato V bore in HD
Sweetone in HD
Clarke "Original" in HD - my first three for one sale w/above

Walton mellow HD
Freeman Tweaked Generation - great tweaker! Easy player!
Susato Low D with angled head (just added the low D key)
Dixon Low D Duo (no luck playing the flute head yet)
Cheiftain Low G - nice for a beginner
SunSinger in A - Haunting sound

OK- I feel better now. which step is this?

Flageolet · Post by **Flageolet** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:31 am

buddhu wrote:
Flageolet wrote:Modified Susato.
How modified?

Well, the higher notes of a Susato are normally very harsh so I experimented several ways to make it sound softer. I'm not going to explain exactly what I did because I'm still experimenting and because I have plans to become a whistle maker myself

, and besides it wouldn't be very easy to explain it in writing. But I'll just say that I "altered" the labium.
It lost a tiny little bit of volume in general, but it was worth it.

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:24 pm

I've had a number of whistle brands; however, currently I have 4 major brands I use and 1 brand I give away.

Burke, Dixon, Overton, Harper to play and Megs to give away.

I've had, susato, walden, shaw, chieftain, clark, Guiness. and a couple of other's.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:12 pm

Today I bought a feadog D so now I add that to my Walton, Clark, Generation, Susato, Howard, my pvc,copper,bamboo, a bamboo panpipe, Trophy and a R------r.

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:23 pm

Tommy wrote:Today I bought a feadog D so now I add that to my Walton, Clark, Generation, Susato, Howard, my pvc,copper,bamboo, a bamboo panpipe, Trophy and a R------r.

I recommend the blu-tac / putty tweak for your Feadog. Makes quite a difference - smooths out some of the squawk that some find with this whistle and sometimes helps firm up the bell note. Makes the Feadog a fraction sweeter too.

The nickel Feadogs are really excellent trad whistles once tweaked with putty of some kind.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:28 pm

Love those glasses Buddhu, where can I get a pair and how do we pronounce Buddhu? I have been useing clay in my waltons and generations but tomorrow I will brake down and buy some blu tac for my new Feadog or fa dough g. I did not have to say Feadog at the store it was hanging on a rack.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:49 pm

I have:
Susato
Generation
Clarke
Hoover
Asarkar (brass-- from India)
Adler

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:15 am

I have: (D) Acorn, Feadog, Copeland, Oak, Clarke
(C) Oak, Dixon
(Eb, F) Generation
(B) Burke

But the only ones I ever really play are the D Oaks and the C Dixon.
The Eb, F, and B are just for learning tunes off of recordings, the Acorn & Feadog are my in-the-car whistles, and the Copeland is my whistle for slow airs or loud sessions like the one at our tionol with 6 pipers!

Jusitne

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