How many whistles do you own?

[Bretton]

I've only got four that I play regularly:
Bb Water Weasel
C brass Generation
D Oak
D Dixon
and a Grinter in high D that should be on its way to me in about two weeks (we'll see if it takes over for the Dixon and Oak...).

-brett

[PhilO]

Brett - Just curious, is your Grinter in red lancewood?

Philo

[Wandering_Whistler]

I've sold off a lot of my whistles but this is what I have left:

• Soodlum D
• wooden pakistan thingie in D from an import store
• bamboo pakistan thingie in D from an import store
• giveaway brass generations Ds (3)
• Feadan D
• Some brass thing from India in B
• Laughing Whistle D
• Acorn D
• Trophy "toy" whistle in D, cost $2.00 but is more in tune than some of my generations
• McHaffie D
• Silkstone PVC D*
• Silkstone PVC Bb*
• Silkstone alloy D*
• Sweetheart Maple D
• Homemade Copper D
• Chieftain low D*
• Generaton nickel G
• Generation nickel F*
• Generation brass C
• Walton's Little Black
• Walton's Guiness whistle
• Susato kildare A
• A 3" long ultra-ultra-high-c bamboo whistle from Thom at the whistle shop...I can play "Down by the Shrilly Gardens" on it

*gets used regularly in my band

[mamakash]

This is the first time I've listed my whistles on a post . . .

Sweet tone in D
Tony Dixon in D
Ralph Sweet (rosewood) in D
Generation in high G and C(just for fun)
Walton's LBW in D
Clark's tweeked orginal in D

Oh, yes, the dreaded Low D from Suato

I keep most of them in a nice thickly padded pouch I bought from Lark in the Morning.

I haven't bought a whistle in over a year. WHOA is past. Now I'm plotting for a guitar, which I still haven't bought, but I will this fall. I just ordered a set of instructional tapes on DADGAD from Homespun Tapes and have started browsing through a acoustic guitar site.

I have gone over to the dark side.

[peeplj]

Hmmm...

My wife's whistles: Clarke D original, Generation D blue-top, Walton LBW, Parkhurst E-flat, and Sweetone C. She also used to have a Susato D but gave it to one of her best friends who wanted to learn whistle.

My whistles: Clarke C original, Clarke C Sweetone, "Celtic" Sweetone D, unpainted Sweetone D, Meg D, Sweet Rosewood D, Sweet rosewood Killourhy D, Susato D-C-Bb set, Susato VSB D, 4 Generation D's (1 tweaked redtop, 1 good-out-of-the-box redtop, 1 bluetop, 1 greentop "folk"), 2 Walton brass D's, a Walton "Mello D", a heavily-tweaked Walton Guinness, three cane whistles ("sort of D") a Dixon D, a 2-piece Clare D, a Susato wide-bore low D, and an M&E polymer session D. I think that's all.

It's enough I'll probably get in trouble if my wife reads this!

Hmmm again...forgot some the first time round. Also Acorn D (a really nice whistle, by the way), and Feadog D (which I love for reels and jigs and hate for anything else).

Best to all,

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

Edited to add a couple of strays.

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[vaporlock]

Okay, here goes. I currently have 24 whistles not including 3 Sindt's and an Overton on order.

Soprano G
Generation, nickel

Soprano Eb
Generation, brass
Generation, nickel

Soprano D
Paul Busman, Kingwood
John Sindt
Mack Hoover, Narrow Bore brass
Dixon Brass Tuning Slide,
Clare 2 piece
Clare 2 piece
Clarke Original
Clarke Sweetone
Walton's Little Black D
Walton's Irish Whistle
Weltmeister

Soprano C
Sweetheart
Chieftain

Soprano Bb
Burke Brass Pro

Alto A
John Sindt
Chieftain, brass

Tenor G
Burke AlPro
Dixon Tunable
Mack Hoover, brass

Tenor F
Dixon Tunable

Tenor D
Overton Nontunable



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[Chuck_Clark]

Hmmmmm.

How many and what? Seems easier to list first then count, I think.

Overton: Low D, A, Bb, C, D, Eb
Chieftain: Low F, Low G, E
Silkstone: D
Hoover: Brass C, Narrow Bore D
Dixon: Low D
Water Weasel: C/D/E Set
Oak: D
Acorn: D
Feadog: D
Walton: Mellow D, LBD, Guinness D
Clare: 2-piece
Generation: Brass: C, D, G
Generation Nickel: Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G
Generation Antique G
Sweetone, 2 Cs
Susato: Low D, A, Bb/C/D Set
McHaffie C/D set
Cooperman American Fife (acually a rather gaudy pennywhistle)
Two Melody Flutes (Fifes with a permanent whistle mouthpiece), one plastic, one Metal both C

Antiques:

Calura B
Victor C
Eagle E
Pied Piper (Germany, US Occupied Zone) E
Two Old American ('20s) unmarked, roughly E
American souvenir whistle, maker unknown, approximately 1940s, roughly B
European, probably 19th century, similar to melody Flute, that Thomas Hastay identified as a "dummy's flute" for folks who couldn't play the real thing (like me).

So, counting everything, only 48 if you count the mouthpieces, 53 if you count all the tubes.

And just think - my WhOA passed about a year and a half ago.

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[sweetone]

Well so far :

Generation Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G
Sweetone (of course) D "play it all the time"whistle
Walton little black D
Shaw D
Clark C-D
TWZ (german) D
Chieftain high and low D
Overton low D
Howard low D
Susato low F
a polymer low D
and soon a Thin Weasel D I hope

So that makes it 17 so far, but it's not the quantity but the quality that counts I think.
cheers,
Erik

[ChrisLaughlin]

Complete set of Sindts: Eb, D, C, Bb, A
Overton: A, low F, bass A
Burke: low G, low F
lots and lots of great generations. One Feadog D with a Generation head... plays great.
So that makes ten and a bunch
Chris

[Elkcreek]

This is fun seeing everyone's collection
I have:
Copeland
Nickel D,G, & low D
Cheiftain, All are the "gold" brass whistles
high D, C, A, Bb, F, and low D

About two weeks ago I got an e-mail saying that my Parkhurst C would be ready in about 3 days. Looks like Dave works on about the time schedule that I do!

That's a total of 9 and one on the way.

John
__________________________
in the high 70s w/humidity very high

[Bretton]

On 2002-08-25 14:36, PhilO wrote:
Brett - Just curious, is your Grinter in red lancewood?

Philo

Nope, mine is in Cocobola wood. I dunno if that's good or bad...maybe neither.

-brett

[Sandy Jasper]

This is almost like show and tell! What whistles do I have? Other than the ones I make, I have:

Generation, 2 high G's (one old style), F, D, C & Bb

Shaw, (Gifts from my Mom,) Low D and G

Clark D

and some horrible one I can't remember the name of.

I also have 3 flutes, one open holed, one yamaha closed and one that is broken.

I have a wooden recorder, an old alto recorder and a collection of fifes.

As for other instruments (not that you asked, but hey, I love them too...)

alto sax,
electric guitar,
small accordion,
2 keyboards,
piano,
fiddle,
cizo...

[msheldon]

Well, lessee

Four Chieftain Gold whistles in soprano D, A, low F and low D
Two Dixons, soprano D and Low D
Clarke Meg in soprano D
Soodlum in soprano D
Clarke Original in soprano D
Plus a Jubilee low D and bodies for low G and bass A that should be here fairly soon.

So, that makes 12.

[Whistlin'Dixie]

Sweetone D & C
Feadog D (my son's fave)
walton's D (hate it)
Clarke's Original D (2) and C
Generation Brass and Nickel D's (Both bad)
Dixon D (hi and lo)
Copeland D
Silkstone Alloy D
Burke Al Pro D
Burke Brass Pro D (2)
Burke A
Burke Al Pro Low G
Burke Low D (can't believe I almost forgot this one!)
Overton Low D
Laughing D (just got it ~ LOVE it!)

But the queen of them all is my Copley Flute!!! She's exquisite!
Mary
2 edits! Clearly, it's too darn late in the day for me!




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[DavidSchulz]

Overton:Eb,D/C,C,A,Low G,Low F,Low D,Bass A
Copeland: Bb, Low D
Water Weasel G
Burke NB D
Howard Low C
Genration- all keys
O'Grady D
Oak D