Favorite Frankenwhistle

jmiller · Post by **jmiller** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:34 pm

What's your favorite frankenwhistle? Mine is a Generation blue tip on a Clare D 2 piece brass tube. It's the one cheap whistle I keep in my good case.

Byll · Post by **Byll** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:49 pm

Hoover Blacktop on Nickel Clare...
Best.
Byll

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:01 pm

Hoover whitecap that bounces between 2-piece brass Clare D (for travelling) and nickel Oak D bodies. Mack's the man!

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:07 pm

Generation Bb fipple on Waltons mellow d tone tube. Soft or loud stays in pitch.

King Friday · Post by **King Friday** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:20 pm

I once tweaked a Generation fipple to the point where its no longer a Generation anymore and put it on an Oak D tube. Sounds pretty cool.

I also liked putting a Little Black D's fipple on a Generation Eb, but I recently gave my only LBD to a friend.

ned o the hill · Post by **ned o the hill** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:48 pm

Hoover whitecap on Gen Bflat nickel.

StewySmoot · Post by **StewySmoot** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:45 pm

I have a Freeman whistle that he made for me 3 years ago. I cant remember what it is made of (Genhead/Feadog body, maybe?), and my MinPin puppy chewed the fipple a bit, but it is one of my favorites. This is my patina whistle showing its age unlike the rest of my collection.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:59 am

Sindt D head on a Feadog brass tube. Still sounds like a Sindt but I don't have to half-hole C natural.
Mike

markbell · Post by **markbell** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:00 pm

Hoover Whitecap on Generation nickel Eb. Hard to believe that such a high-pitched whistle could sound so sweet, but it's nice!

CelloDog · Post by **CelloDog** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:33 pm

Hoover Whitecap on a Feadog brass tube. I bought a brass Clare two-piece for the Whitecap but liked it too much as is to mess with it.

Tom Dowling · Post by **Tom Dowling** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:55 pm

Mack Hoover White Cap on a 'generic' two-piece body--I think it was from a $5.00 Doolin that was advertised on C & F several years ago. (I am hard pressed to figure out why I did not buy a few more of those two-piecers at the time.) A close second is a Mack Hoover Black top on a similar generic two-piece body. I do believe that a photo of the latter can be found about half-way down the "Whistle Photos" page on Mack's website. The neat case that Mack made from the sleeve of an old suede coat is just the cat's pajamas (not to be confused with the Cat's Meow).

Tom D.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:37 pm

Hoover white top on an old ski pole shaft. That guy can make a whistle out of just about anything...which reminds me, Mack, I owe you some juniper. Hope the dog hasn't eaten it.

T

macclay · Post by **macclay** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:21 pm

Been a while since I put it together but it's and older green Feadog top and and Oak tube.

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:28 pm

Hoover Whitecap, Clare body.... yummy.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:55 pm

Gee, no pattern emerging here, is there?

Well, we can still disagree on the best tube to put the whitecaps on!