CP: Grand Opening Special--special invitation and thanks
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CP: Grand Opening Special--special invitation and thanks
Well, I've been kind of hemming and hawing about whether or not I should put a commercial post here.
Mahan Woodwinds opened its doors about a month ago, and I've been content to not really talk about it much. I was running a grand opening special for $65.00 for the month of October until I'd sold the few whistle I'd made, and gotten feedback on improving them before "going commercial" to so speak.. I sold the last one last week, and so I busted my buns to get some more whistles made before grand opening special was over.
I currently have some whistles in bubinga, cocobolo, and bocote completed and ready.
Cocoblo wood
Bocote wood
Bubinga wood
Because C&F has been such a great place for me to hang out all these years, and learn more about playing whistles, and because, quite frankly, I would never have learned what I needed to know to get started making whistles without the good people here, I wanted to make a special invitation to C&F members.
From now until Nov 7th (that's my birthday! whee!), C&F members can take advantage of the October grand opening special price of $65.00 for a little while longer. Just drop me a line before Nov 8th, and let me know you're a C&Fer and want the special price. This price is good for whistles in stock only.
When I first started playing the whistle a little over a decade ago, I would have never thought in a million years I'd play in a band or make my own whistles...and I don't think I'd have ever done those things if it weren't for C&F. Thanks guys and gals!
Mahan Woodwinds opened its doors about a month ago, and I've been content to not really talk about it much. I was running a grand opening special for $65.00 for the month of October until I'd sold the few whistle I'd made, and gotten feedback on improving them before "going commercial" to so speak.. I sold the last one last week, and so I busted my buns to get some more whistles made before grand opening special was over.
I currently have some whistles in bubinga, cocobolo, and bocote completed and ready.
Cocoblo wood
Bocote wood
Bubinga wood
Because C&F has been such a great place for me to hang out all these years, and learn more about playing whistles, and because, quite frankly, I would never have learned what I needed to know to get started making whistles without the good people here, I wanted to make a special invitation to C&F members.
From now until Nov 7th (that's my birthday! whee!), C&F members can take advantage of the October grand opening special price of $65.00 for a little while longer. Just drop me a line before Nov 8th, and let me know you're a C&Fer and want the special price. This price is good for whistles in stock only.
When I first started playing the whistle a little over a decade ago, I would have never thought in a million years I'd play in a band or make my own whistles...and I don't think I'd have ever done those things if it weren't for C&F. Thanks guys and gals!
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The sound clip sounds great. Doing a tour perhaps?
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brewerpaul wrote:Congrats Wanderer! I wish you much success and fun in whistle making.
So, who's gonna review YOU?
Good idea, I think. Gets the whistle out there and people can make a more informed decision on it. Of course, I have my own selfish reasons on wanting to get my hands on one! Always in the market to try another whistle!Tommy wrote:The sound clip sounds great. Doing a tour perhaps?
We've got a date with destiny . . . and it looks like she's ordered the lobster!
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Opens fine for me.Loren wrote:Greg,
Your web page seems to be malfunctioning, I get a "permission denied" message when I click on your link button.
Loren
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Well I'm not exactly a reviewer of any sort but, I've had one of Greg's new whistles in Cocobola for about three weeks now. I too have been laying low and didn't want to say much until Greg was sure he wanted to make an official announcement.brewerpaul wrote:Congrats Wanderer! I wish you much success and fun in whistle making.
So, who's gonna review YOU?
However, now that he has made it official, I feel free to add my meager thoughts.
It is a very nice whistle. Well finished and lovely to look at. It has a full, open and rather traditional sound (if I correctly understand the term). It has good volume (think Earl Bartlett's Al Syns) and is spot on (including the C natural with regular fingering) in tuning according to my Korg. The transition between octaves is very good and the second octave A and B are easily accessible without being overly loud. The A and B at the top of the second octave also sing out nicely rather than shriek. It responds very quickly. Nothing I can't play at top speed (at least my top speed that is). It requires very little warm up and clogging has not been a problem. It requires a moderate amount of air and has a bit of back pressure (more noticeable in the second octave) so you can play fairly long phrases and lean into it quite well.
All and all, I am very happy with this whistle. Up to now I've been mostly an Aluminum and Brass type of guy (with the exception of some Susatos). As my first foray into wood whistles, I am very pleased. I think Greg has made something of a convert. In sum, a heck of a whistle, especially as a first effort from a new whistle smith.
Peter
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I don't really want to run afoul of the commercial posting rules, so I'm going to make one update and try to answer as much as I can, and then I'll have to ask anyone to contact me via PM to discuss anything further
I was writing my own referrer log cause I like to keep track of where hits to my website come from....so I was using ASP and the FileSystemObject to write a text file in my root directory. Evidently I don't have permission to do that any more.
This only affected the standard free music site, and not the store.
As busy as I've been learning how to do this, I really haven't missed reviewing whistles...much. But I think the few years I spent doing it has really helped me try to listen to my work objectively. Of course, the trick of playing a generation back to back with your own whistle really helps highlights the differences
Thanks...my ISP changed permissions on me.Loren wrote:Greg,
Your web page seems to be malfunctioning, I get a "permission denied" message when I click on your link button.
Loren
I was writing my own referrer log cause I like to keep track of where hits to my website come from....so I was using ASP and the FileSystemObject to write a text file in my root directory. Evidently I don't have permission to do that any more.
This only affected the standard free music site, and not the store.
Lol, knowing C&F, I'm sure a few folks will step up to the platebrewerpaul wrote:Congrats Wanderer! I wish you much success and fun in whistle making.
So, who's gonna review YOU?
As busy as I've been learning how to do this, I really haven't missed reviewing whistles...much. But I think the few years I spent doing it has really helped me try to listen to my work objectively. Of course, the trick of playing a generation back to back with your own whistle really helps highlights the differences
I want to do a tour. I think they're great fun, and have benefitted me as much as anyone But, I didn't want to tour the first generation of whistles, because, lets face it...as soon as your first product hits the market, there are bound to be some improvements and suggestions. I wanted to make sure I was somewhat secure in my processes rather than putting something out and then going "But wait..I've made a few big changes since then...here's the new one". So, I decided that no tour for October. Honestly, since I'm going out of town next week, and I have to hope that the whistles I've made can cover any interest through then, I'm expecting that I probably won't be ready to do a tour until the end of November. Since that runs afoul of crazy Christmas postal madness, it's probably more realistic to expect something to happen in January.Tommy wrote:The sound clip sounds great. Doing a tour perhaps?
Thanks for the very nice words Peter! You've touched on a lot of the characterstics I hope to achieve when I make a whistle. One of my favorite whistles is the Abell...and while my whistle is no Abell, I am trying my best to capture some of that same feel in my whistles, while easing up a bit on the breath requirements and volume.peteinmn wrote: It is a very nice whistle. Well finished and lovely to look at. It has a full, open and rather traditional sound (if I correctly understand the term). It has good volume (think Earl Bartlett's Al Syns) and is spot on (including the C natural with regular fingering) in tuning according to my Korg. The transition between octaves is very good and the second octave A and B are easily accessible without being overly loud. The A and B at the top of the second octave also sing out nicely rather than shriek. It responds very quickly. Nothing I can't play at top speed (at least my top speed that is). It requires very little warm up and clogging has not been a problem. It requires a moderate amount of air and has a bit of back pressure (more noticeable in the second octave) so you can play fairly long phrases and lean into it quite well.
All and all, I am very happy with this whistle. Up to now I've been mostly an Aluminum and Brass type of guy (with the exception of some Susatos). As my first foray into wood whistles, I am very pleased. I think Greg has made something of a convert. In sum, a heck of a whistle, especially as a first effort from a new whistle smith.
Peter
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Are you aware that bubinga (particularly sawdust) is toxic? Although when finished and sealed it isn't usually a problem, it is problematic for whistles/recorders because many people will have a reaction on their lips/mouths. (I once had a bubinga recorder that made my mouth numb, which is how I come to know this.)
-- Scott
-- Scott