First Impressions: tunable Overton high D

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:47 pm

wow.

oh wow.

did i mention, wow?

damn.

wow.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--James.stunned.tar.gz

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:52 pm

So, do you like it? Or did it bite you?

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:36 pm

Haha!

Indeed.

Sometimes I think people will get tired of hearing me talk up Overton and Reyburn whistles. Nice to see someone else wowed.

dessinchat · Post by **dessinchat** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:49 am

I get 3 whistles made by Colin Goldie and I can add :
WOW ! WOW ! WOW !!

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:10 am

WOW++

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:01 am

You're kidding me James, is this your first Overton soprano, after all these years?!? Dude, where have you been?

Loren

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:04 am

It was an anniversary present from my wife--a Colin Goldie tunable soprano D.

It has a wonderful, complex tone, has good volume but isn't overpowering, and you can play it easy, or thrash the hell out of it...you can play it sweet or you can drive it strong...a very flexible whistle in terms of what you can do with tone and volume.

I'll post a real review after I've had the chance to live with the whistle a bit.

--James

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:44 am

peeplj wrote:I'll post a real review after I've had the chance to live with the whistle a bit.

They get better the more you play them.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:20 pm

Bloomfield wrote:
peeplj wrote:I'll post a real review after I've had the chance to live with the whistle a bit.
They get better the more you play them.

I noticed that also.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:15 pm

Bloomfield wrote:
peeplj wrote:I'll post a real review after I've had the chance to live with the whistle a bit.
They get better the more you play them.

It's already a real joy to play...I look forward to a lasting and ever-growing relationship...made even better as it has become a symbol of the love of my wife, who gave it to me.

Most whistles seem to improve the more you play them....I've noticed that. Usually these days I recognize that it's not the whistle itself that changes.

Although there have been a couple of cheapies that just really do seem to improve over time as you "play them in." I have to say it because it's true. Feel free to disbelieve it because I've never quite convinced myself of it, either.

--James

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:54 pm

peeplj wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:
peeplj wrote:I'll post a real review after I've had the chance to live with the whistle a bit.
They get better the more you play them.

Most whistles seem to improve the more you play them....I've noticed that. Usually these days I recognize that it's not the whistle itself that changes.
--James

I think Bloomfield was being Bloomfield when he said that.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:03 pm

Tommy wrote:
peeplj wrote:
Bloomfield wrote: They get better the more you play them.

Most whistles seem to improve the more you play them....I've noticed that. Usually these days I recognize that it's not the whistle itself that changes.
--James
I think Bloomfield was being Bloomfield when he said that.

It's possible I was being James when I answered back.

Don't worry, you're in good company: my wife doesn't understand my sense of humor either, and she's usually right there in the room with me.

--James

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:26 pm

Bunch a Bloomin' Overton freaks is what ye are....

Hey let's start a flame thread, wherein we exhibit the negative aspects of clannish behaviors, as we swear fealty oaths to respective whistle makers. We could even go so far as to have the Goldie sect of the Overton clan; there could be internecine warfare among the various Burkian or Burkite sects - Compositites, Aluminonians (not to mention the Aluminonian Vipers, a particularly insular and viscious group), the Brassy Boys (including infighting between the Sessionists and Narrows).

The Copelandians and Abellists (including the offshoot Dire Delrinians and Silver Bell Boys) going to war utilizing the services of mercenary bohdran players...

Oh well, just a thought. Gosh, and almost a whole year till the day of atonement comes back round.

Philo

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:44 pm

My Bernard...in one long, bending, heart-wrenching wail...will reduce your Goldie to cosmic dust.

Byll · Post by **Byll** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:53 pm

Ah, yes. And then there are those of us in whose whistle rolls, they all 'just get along...' Such peace and tranquility...

Your Bernard shall reduce my Goldie to cosmic dust? I say the sooth: I think not!

Best.
Byll