Does your whistle have.........

Micheal · Post by **Micheal** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:52 pm

.........a name?

Guitar players have a tendency to name their guitars, Billy Gibbons has "Pearly Gates", Stevie Ray Vaughn had "Number 1", and "Lenny", Eric Clapton and "Blackie" or the one almost everyone knows, B.B. King and "Lucille".........

So how many people out there named their whistles? I finally did......
1) Clarke Original named "Grace" because it was my first whistle and the first song I learned was Amazing Grace.
2) Clare Eagle named Faith....Gift that reminds me to have faith in others.
3) Clarke WoodStock in C named Connie because of a simular post on another board....long story.

So lets here what you named your whistle(s) and why....

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:27 pm

So far I have only named my whistles by the maker and the key they are in. However, I am still thinking of names for the whistles I make.
I did want to offer them sooner but I am still working on making them consistent, and deserving of a unique name.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:45 pm

I have three whistles---Dwayne, Dwayne, and Dwayne.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:25 pm

I don't name my instruments.

However, each does have its unique personality, and each is certainly an individual.

--James

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:57 am

peeplj wrote:I don't name my instruments.

However, each does have its unique personality, and each is certainly an individual.

--James

Same goes for me. Also I have a unique relationship with each whistle. Some of these relationships are more complex than those with some people I know.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:04 pm

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:45 pm

Unseen122 wrote:NO

Same as that.

Except when one of my instruments inexplicably plays a wrong note during a tune (something I never do - it's always the instrument). When that happens they all assume the same name... which I won't specify here.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:26 am

Come on Buddhu,

do you have a name for thoses glasses. Where can I get a pair?

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:24 am

I tend to name them after their maker and add a 'My' before it, so I have myBurke and myAbell, etc. If I'm in a formal mood, 'The Low D,' etc.

I have nice Book of Kells stickers I got at a fair for a dollar and I put a sticker on the low d's just below the windway. I have an angel one from the booklet on the handle bars of my mountain bike. I caught a glance of it as I was going head over heals and thought it was the end of me on this world.
Tony

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:31 pm

Actually I usually refer to a whistle by the maker and the key if I have multiple by the maker. Such as the Burke or the Syn D.

Jessica Ventura · Post by **Jessica Ventura** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:57 pm

I call mine Mr. Johnson.

Pete D · Post by **Pete D** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:02 pm

my girlfriend calls my whistle annoying.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:12 pm

So does my brother.

Come to think of it I refer to a whistle in different ways not always by makeryes I will refer to my Syns that way but say my Low D I just call it the Low Whistle not the Merlin (little know brand of low whistles) and my Low F Cheiftan I call the F whistle and my Tipple Flute in D I call the Tippl but the one in Low C I call the Low C Flute.

tim-hart · Post by **tim-hart** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:17 pm

I refer to my entire collection as "my life savings."

ninjaaron · Post by **ninjaaron** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:51 pm

Sometimes I call My Susato low D "The one that everyone thinks is a giant recorder"