Mack Hoover: Oh boy, I get to start a rumor!

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:24 pm

I've been emailing Mack recently, and I can't give you all the details, but he's working on a new line of whistles.... (hint: think natural products).

If it's anything like the low G he made for me... you're in for a treat.

heh heh heh
Dave

lenf · Post by **lenf** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:36 pm

Dave Parkhurst wrote:new line of whistles.... (hint: think natural products).

Wow! Whistles made out of granite!

Tweeto · Post by **Tweeto** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:00 pm

Bamboo fiber? Wool? Rayon? Fosselized sap?

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:43 pm

Water? Air? Sunlight?

swizzlestick · Post by **swizzlestick** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:54 pm

Why not? As far as I am concerned, he has already done wind and fire!

Now where did I put my cheque book?

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:55 pm

Bone would be viable. God knows it's been used to make whistles before.

LARSENES · Post by **LARSENES** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:45 am

Screeeech!!! · Post by **Screeeech!!!** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:38 am

LARSENES wrote:Hemp

There was a European company making didgeridoos out of hemp (they stopped making them for some reason). The ones i've seen and heard are really nice sounding and extremely durable. I'd like to see a whistle and many other instruments made from this stuff as well.

Although from what i know of the USA's retarded laws on hemp, it would probably be illegal for Mack to use the stuff.

C age ing · Post by **C age ing** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:57 am

Has anyone tried carbon composites for whistle/flute bodies. Play melodeon for a Morris side and someone has been experimenting with carbon reeds. Seeing the price that some whistle/flutes fetch, cost factors could be discounted to a large degree.

greenspiderweb · Post by **greenspiderweb** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:04 am

Cow patties?

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:21 am

Sunflower stalks?
A friend of mine has made some excellent NA style flutes from dried sunflower stalks, so I planted some this summer and hope to experiment with them for a quena, maybe a transverse flute (just for fun, not sale)

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:41 am

raindrops? roses? whiskers from kittens?

Mack.Hoover · Post by **Mack.Hoover** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:52 am

"Wow! Whistles made out of granite!"

Interesting reference to granite. Granite Colorado was the place I was born.
In a log cabin. My dad was a blacksmith and did a little gold panning and mining. And he made his own skis. from a natural material and his poles were a natural material, too.

I didn't really want to play this game, but Dave, you dealt!

Mack.Hoover · Post by **Mack.Hoover** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:55 am

"Sunflower stalks?"

And we lived in Kansas for eight years.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:17 am

Screeeech!!! wrote:
LARSENES wrote:Hemp
There was a European company making didgeridoos out of hemp (they stopped making them for some reason). The ones i've seen and heard are really nice sounding and extremely durable. I'd like to see a whistle and many other instruments made from this stuff as well.

Although from what i know of the USA's retarded laws on hemp, it would probably be illegal for Mack to use the stuff.

Indeed! They are seemingly unable to grasp the difference between Hemp and Marijuana... also determined to ignore the numerous and highly scholarly findings that the latter does indeed have some exceptional medical qualities. Ah well... if we survive long enough as a species, we may overcome that inherent stupid stubborn streak... though I am certainly not going to hold my breath.

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