The Chiff & Whistle Inexpensive whistle list says that Acorn whistles are made in the USA by a company called "Music Sales". But a Google search on that, of course, just gets lots of other companies.
Someone told me that Acorn and Oak whistles are really Feadogs. Is that true?
DOES SOMEONE KNOW how to contact the real maker?
By the way: Acorn whistles seem easy to tweak. Just put a thin sheet of plastic on the floor of the windway and they play a lot better.
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Acorn Whistles: Made by who? Where?
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If you do a whistle board search on "Poison Oak" you'll find details on contacting the company.
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Acorn and Oak are made by the same people but I'm not sure if it's Feadog. I think not unless Feadog bought Oak (or vice versa). They are manufactured in the U.K and imported by Music Sales Inc.
They use the same head but have different bodies. I think the Oak plays nicer and my theory on why is it's because the tube wall is thicker.
BTW, the poison Oak thing is solved.
They use the same head but have different bodies. I think the Oak plays nicer and my theory on why is it's because the tube wall is thicker.
BTW, the poison Oak thing is solved.
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there was a discussion of this question on thread http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... poison+oak
the distributor's contact info was listed as:
the distributor's contact info was listed as:
Music Sales Corporation
445 Bellvale Rd.
Chester, NY 10918
Tel: 845-469-4699 Ext. 207
Fax: 845-469-7544
www.musicsales.com
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Acorn whistles are made only in the spring by a band of red squirrels who reside in the wild pecan groves outside of LaCygne, Kansas. It is not clear where they obtain the materials for these, but it's rumored that they dredge the Marais Des Cygne Wildlife Preserve's swamps for discarded aluminium beer cans, which they melt down in furnaces fired with the leftover pecan shells from their winter repasts. The fipple plastic is salvaged from the myriad plastic fishing lures that come to light in the dredging process.
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