FS - 8 whistles left...

[JessieK]

I love these instruments, and almost every one is good enough to be someone’s ONLY one. I am selling most of them at under retail, but some of them are just too rare/special for that. Buyers will pay actual shipping costs. I can take personal checks within the US. US and everywhere else: bank checks or money orders in US dollars, credit cards for an extra 4% or PayPal for an extra 3%.

WHISTLES (listed by maker, in alphabetical order):

~Abell High f, Blackwood and Silver: A beautiful little whistle with a perfectly sweet, strong (but not piercing) tone. I am an idiot for selling this. $325 with case.

~Boisvert Cocobolo Early d: This is a truly sweet whistle, not too loud, plays perfectly. Brass slide and rings. $175.

~Burke Composite Narrow Bore d: Very sweet, not too loud. $95

~Copeland Nickel Eb: Also very sweet, a lovely little whistle. $230.

~Humphrey A: Delrin mouthpiece, brushed brass tube. A delightful whistle. $95.

~Humphrey Wide Bore d: Another great whistle, on par with the best . $90.

~Schultz Blackwood Thin Weasel d: I have had this for about 6 years. It is a strong whistle. I used it to call my cats home when they stayed out too long. It has a beautiful, rich tone. Smells great, too. $290.

~Sweet Dymondwood whistle/fife Combination: The whistle is loud, but very nice. The fife is very sweet with a lovely, perfect oval embouchure. Dymondwood is a laminated wood, filled in with resin. It’s weather-proof. Nice set. $165.

MISC INSTRUMENTS:

~Eklute Whistle Headjoint for Boehm Flute: They stopped making these in the 1980s. It was before most of us got into whistles. This is a great tool. It’ll turn your Boehm flute into a chromatic Low whistle. It has a hard rubber mouthpiece (like the material of clarinet mouthpieces) and a silverplated tube. I have two of them. $265 each.

~David Wimberly Sterling Silver Boehm Flute Headjoint: The maker spent many years training in Indiana. He now focuses on these silver (and sometimes gold) headjoints. He cuts the embouchure in such a way as to make it sound more like a wood head than a metal one. It has an amazingly strong low register and an easily accessible high register. This is a wonderfully unique head. I bought it from the maker at Boxwood Flute Campin Nova Scotia a couple of years ago. $800.

~Burkart and Phelan Grenadilla and Silver (Boehm) Piccolo Headjoint: I bought this on a Burkart and Phelan piccolo, with another head also. I sold the piccolo with the other head and kept the one I liked more. I have an antique piccolo now, and I use a Keefe piccolo head with it. Anyway, this one is a traditional cut and it’s really terrific. A great upgrade for most piccolos. $440.

~2 Improved Plastic Recorders: I got these from The Antique Sound Workshop in Plymouth, MA. They were tweaked with time-tested methods to play to fairly high standards (for plastic instruments). There’s an Aulos and a Stanesby Junior. Both are soprano (descant) recorders. I paid close to $50 for them. $24.

E-mail if interested. E-mails will be answered before Private Messages.

Thanks for reading this LONG post!

[brewerpaul]

Cripeys Jessie! Just what is this miracle flute you're getting? Must be pretty terrific...

[JessieK]

It'll be a true work of art. I will get it in two years (not because of a waiting list, but because it will take that long for the maker to create it, as he has other pursuits, too). I expect it to be in a museum 1000 years from now, unless ALL of my descendants have children.


By the way, when something sells, I delete the listing. That will probably work out most efficiently.

[The Weekenders]

Let me think about this (hatches plan for bank robbery). Hmmm.....Kids don't really need to go to college....I don't really need gas to get to work....hmmm.....

The horror......

[KDMARTINKY]

Jesse:

I'm waiting for you to put up for sale the good stuff.

[GaryKelly]

It'll be a true work of art. I will get it in two years (not because of a waiting list, but because it will take that long for the maker to create it, as he has other pursuits, too). I expect it to be in a museum 1000 years from now, unless ALL of my descendants have children.

You're getting one of these??!!:

[avanutria]

By the way, when something sells, I delete the listing. That will probably work out most efficiently.

And that way there will be less moaning because people won't know what they missed out on.

[Jayhawk]

I don't think a Michael Flatley costs as much as Jessie is trying to save...

And Weekenders, don't forget each child comes with two kidneys, they only really need one...coincidence, I think not.

Eric

[whistleboy]

Being an accountant, I can't help but noticing that if you received your asking price for everything you have for sale you would net $16,450. I hope your new flute is solid gold or platinum. Or perhaps kryptonite.

Enjoy

[JessieK]

Being an accountant, I can't help but noticing that if you received your asking price for everything you have for sale you would net $16,450.

I've been deleting things as they've sold. What you've added is just what's left.

Yeah, it's a costly flute.

[StewySmoot]

Selling all your whistles?

Boehmer!

[JessieK]

No, not selling all of my whistles. Just most of them.

[brewerpaul]

Selling all your whistles?

Boehmer!

Boehmer-- cute one Stewy.

Seriously Jessie, what type (maker) of flute are you getting? Do they have a website?

[JessieK]

I don't know if I am at liberty to discuss it publicly, as the maker is not taking orders. Yes, he has a website. Think "Art Nouveau."

[ErikT]

A pretty flute with levers sculpted like leaves perhaps? And shaped cups, too?