The elusive Hohner whistle on eBay, a low G at that!
- ScottStewart
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I've decided I'm not going to bid on it, so I'll tell you all about the elusive Hohner low G on eBay. Here's the link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =905296100. Four days left! To paraphrase a certain elected official "Bid early and bid often!" No, it's not my listing or from anyone I know.
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I wonder what the fipple is made of. All the old whistles I have like that or high ones have lead fipples and taste foul. Could be poisonous of course.
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You're just trying to get it for yourself, selkie.On 2002-09-09 20:37, selkie wrote:
I wonder what the fipple is made of. All the old whistles I have like that or high ones have lead fipples and taste foul. Could be poisonous of course.
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FWIW, having bought a Honer Low G about 20 years ago, I don't think that the quality of this whistle is worth what the bid is up to at this point ($42). It is fast reaching a collector’s price rather than what it might be worth to a serious player. The one I bought so long ago was pretty chiffy (not a problem for some folks) and poorly balanced between the octaves. Also the all metal mouthpiece was subject to frequent clogging due to condensation build up. I ended up decapitating it and putting a modified Generation Bb head on it and later the head from an old style Susato Bb tabor pipe. Still doesn't sound great but it was a vast improvement over the original.
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I have one of these which I bought years ago in an as yet undiagnosed attack of WhOA.
It has a beautiful tone, but requires so little breath that I have to relax my lips so that some air bypasses the fipple altogether. It does have a plug, of a dark metal which may well be lead.
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It has a beautiful tone, but requires so little breath that I have to relax my lips so that some air bypasses the fipple altogether. It does have a plug, of a dark metal which may well be lead.
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I've bid on this, and if I get it, I'll have some pics and samples up on my site (if it's in playable condition).
I know it's a gamble, but if the price remains within my reach, we'll see what turns up.
Best,
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I know it's a gamble, but if the price remains within my reach, we'll see what turns up.
Best,
--James
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I had very much the same experience with one of th G Hohners, it stood in it's vase for nearly 20 years until an american friend spotted it two years ago, he wanted it, we traded stuff, we were both happy. Isn't it great. I thought the whsitle was completely useless.On 2002-09-10 08:45, Feadan wrote:
FWIW, having bought a Honer Low G about 20 years ago, I don't think that the quality of this whistle is worth what the bid is up to at this point ($42). It is fast reaching a collector’s price rather than what it might be worth to a serious player. The one I bought so long ago was pretty chiffy (not a problem for some folks) and poorly balanced between the octaves. Also the all metal mouthpiece was subject to frequent clogging due to condensation build up.
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It's gotten a little too expensive for the gamble of a good whistle...I'm letting this one go by.
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Interesting: A friend of mine has a couple of old <b>Generation</b> labelled low whistles (A and G, if I remember correctly) lying around, and ... apart from the labelling, they look <i>just</i> like the Hohner on ebay. They also have the playing characteristics Roger mentions: Airy and with <i>very</i> low air requirements.
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