Do looks matter to you?

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:54 pm

I like to have my oldies (I still have my first: a very well used Clarke original) but I also like the sleek professional look of my Burke DAN. I'm not the biggest fan of brass but I do like the old Feadogs and Generations that look like they've been played for years. I am one of those sentimental fools you hear about in love songs

Bridges-PdP · Post by **Bridges-PdP** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:11 pm

I think having a nice personality is more important than good looks!

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:02 pm

I play whistles for the sound, so I voted other. Although, I do like the look of Brass and Blackwood/Delrin.

CRC · Post by **CRC** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:10 pm

I like the worn look. I think I've finally achieved this with my clare 2 piece.

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:37 pm

I like my whistles to look like they are played regularly. However I do like a nice sounding whistle. Not all whistles will give you both.

Ron

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Wed May 03, 2006 10:58 pm

I like the shiny look. Really just because it is a result of caring for the instrument. Brass will corrode at an alaming rate. "Green rot" (brass rust) is actually a fairly common problem with brass instruments (particularly the ones with lots of bent sections that trap breath vapor condensation).

Keeping the instrument clean is really the best way to lengthen its life.

cheers

ronya · Post by **ronya** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:31 am

I like brass very much as the material in general. That's why i choose Feadog.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Thu May 04, 2006 5:26 am

My main squeeze is an M & E flute. If you look at it up close it more nearly resembles a piece of plumbing than an heirloom. So I guess looks just aren't that big a deal. My fave whistle has a big flattened spot on its backside so it looks odd, but well played.

Guitars are a different story - especially electrics. To Joe Bystander, any whistle or flute looks like a tube. . . that's about it. But show them a strat or a Rickenbacker or a Jazz box and they will immediately make associations and connections.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:53 am

Who'll be the first to lament the lack of an "All of the Above" option?

I like the worn around the holes look. I think I'm the only one in the
world who approved of the bare metal on Avery's tweaked Waltons.
I have an O'Brien whose nickel-plating is starting to wear off around
the holes, revealing the brass. I dig it, it's a cool look. I should
probably polish the outside with Tarnex or something....

That being said, I think I'd do certain regretable things to get my
hands on one of these (with the bark on):

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:58 am

CRC wrote:I like the worn look. I think I've finally achieved this with my clare 2 piece.

Yeh. I have a Clare 2-piece and a Doolin 2-piece (both with tweaked Feadog heads). They have "aged" more than any of my other brass whistles - even though some of the others get more play (my Gen E flats, for example).

Don't have a real preference, so I didn't fill the poll.

I like the aged brass ones, I like the nice, clean Feadog nickels, I like my black Susatos and my ABS/alloy Dixons... I just like 'em all!

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:00 am

fearfaoin wrote:Who'll be the first to lament the lack of an "All of the Above" option?

I like the worn around the holes look. I think I'm the only one in the
world who approved of the bare metal on Avery's tweaked Waltons.
I have an O'Brien whose nickel-plating is starting to wear off around
the holes, revealing the brass. I dig it, it's a cool look. I should
probably polish the outside with Tarnex or something....

That being said, I think I'd do certain regretable things to get my
hands on one of these (with the bark on):

Oh yeh, I remember those. Elder wood, innit? Nice.

I have a bunch of elder trees!

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:11 am

Yeah, Elder. Colin has an update from last July about selling these
whistles, but doesn't seem to be offering them yet, so I guess the
deal's fallen through... Shame. (Colin, Brigitte... any reason to keep
hope alive?)

Key_of_D · Post by **Key_of_D** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:13 pm

I'm not really too picky. Although you'll Never catch me owning one of those rainbow colored sweetones or megs from Clarke... I'll take black, or original finish. And if it's not a Clarke, I'll take brass too.

LimuHead · Post by **LimuHead** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:49 pm

A reddish/brown plastic Susato with a black plastic head........

already got one thank you.....

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:53 pm

Worn, definitely. Instead of the first category, I had to pick "other", though, as some of mine also have black electrical tape partially covering a hole here or there to bring a note into better tune.

I think my category would be called "shabby".

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