A Whistles - No that's not bad grammar :-)

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:47 pm

I have been looking, on and off, for an "A" whistle for about a year now. I tried to buy a chrome moly Serpent from Bill Wheldon, but he couldn't get it to me before he had to close down his whistle business.

I would like to pick up one from Daniel Bingamon at Jubilee Music. Daniel is a good member of our little community, and Bill speaks highly of his instruments, but nobody ever seems to say much about his whistles here on the board. Any opinions?

I realize that opinion doesn't matter all that much. Nobody ever said much about Bill's whistles, either but the one I tried out, I thought was great. Still, it would be nice to hear a discussion on Jubilee whistles before I hand over my cash. . .

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:33 pm

Hi shadeclan

You need a - never seen a Bingamon whistle in my life option in the poll

My vote would go with a Bleazey A, but at in excess of $300, I doubt you would consider it.
David

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:43 pm

Alba and Burke both make fantastic A whistles. And they are worth every penny.

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:05 pm

What Blackhwk said.

If I wanted to keep the cost down I would go with a Susato.

Ron

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:53 pm

I like my Sindt A. And if you can find a Water Weasel, those are really nice. Don't know about Jubilee As, though.

benbrad · Post by **benbrad** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:59 pm

Susato makes very good ABS plastic whistles. I have a D, C, Eb, B, Bb, G, A, and F. Out of all of them the most out of proportion whistle is the A. The bottom hole is the largest I have seen on any of their whistles and I have fairly large hands. It is difficult but not impossible to play. I would reccomend a Chieftain. You can get one for around $120 if you shop around. They are very loud whistles but very well made. I know this has nothing to do with Jibilee but I was just giving my opinion about the Susato that someone else mentioned.

rh · Post by rh » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:49 pm

I have a Jubilee in B. I rated it as "okay". It's a nice whistle for what it cost me, pleasant tone, ornaments well, pretty quiet so a good play-in-the-living-room kind of whistle. I've got a lot of whistles so it doesn't get taken out much, but i do enjoy playing it on the occasions when i pull it out of the bag. I've never played it with others so i don't know how well it would carry but i suspect it wouldn't cut through in a session environment. It's got a fairly narrow bore; maybe the A is a larger bore, i don't know.

I have an older Susato A which is a narrow bore -- the bottom octave is really touchy and i have to back way off to get the bell note. It is also fairly quiet; i got a medium-bore Bb Susato recently which has a solid first octave and LOUD as all get-out.

Waterboy · Post by **Waterboy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:44 pm

Mack Hoover's whistles are great. I hesitate to recommend him because I am selfish, but...

http://www.mackhooverwhistles.com/

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:30 am

My Chieftain A is fantabulous! I also have the small bore Susato A which is another beauty and I have no problems with it at all.

arnie · Post by **arnie** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:08 am

Overton from Colin Goldie or Bernard Overton, simply the best sound and one of the best whistles. Brian Finnigan of Flook plays them. Too beautiful!

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:18 pm

arnie wrote:Overton from Colin Goldie or Bernard Overton, simply the best sound and one of the best whistles. Brian Finnigan of Flook plays them. Too beautiful!

I have a Goldie A and it's really terrific. In fact, you're welcome to come over and try it sometime.
So far, the Jubilee's I've played have been quite nice. I especially love the Ahava Rabah whistle with it's Eastern modal tuning. Very inexpensive and lots of fun: play your favorite tunes and they come out sounding Arabic or Klezmer!

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:28 pm

benbrad wrote:Susato makes very good ABS plastic whistles. I have a D, C, Eb, B, Bb, G, A, and F. Out of all of them the most out of proportion whistle is the A. The bottom hole is the largest I have seen on any of their whistles and I have fairly large hands. It is difficult but not impossible to play. I would reccomend a Chieftain. You can get one for around $120 if you shop around. They are very loud whistles but very well made. I know this has nothing to do with Jibilee but I was just giving my opinion about the Susato that someone else mentioned.

I'd second the Chieftain. I also like my (no longer made) Serpent A, but I tend to reserve it for outdoors playing or fast dance music - the Chieftain seems to do better for quiet, slow, tunes and still does a very good job on the loud & fast ones.

If Erle is still making them, a Syn A whistle is another option. They are rather narrow bore for an A whistle, and not quite as responsive for fast tunes, but they have a very quiet, haunting, voice that works very well for slow ones. The price is right, too.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:08 pm

I have a very fine copeland A I got from Doc Jones.

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:04 pm

Congratulations wrote:And if you can find a Water Weasel, those are really nice. Don't know about Jubilee As, though.

Ditto.
My Water Weasel A does very well.

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:48 pm

benbrad wrote: Susato makes very good ABS plastic whistles. I have a D, C, Eb, B, Bb, G, A, and F. Out of all of them the most out of proportion whistle is the A. The bottom hole is the largest I have seen on any of their whistles and I have fairly large hands. It is difficult but not impossible to play. I would reccomend a Chieftain. You can get one for around $120 if you shop around. They are very loud whistles but very well made. I know this has nothing to do with Jibilee but I was just giving my opinion about the Susato that someone else mentioned.

Ooops - sorry, I forgot to mention that plastic whistles of any make set my teeth on edge - even water weasels.

That's one of the reasons that I've been looking at Daniel's whistles - he has "A" whistles in brass.

Waterboy wrote: Mack Hoover's whistles are great. I hesitate to recommend him because I am selfish, but...

http://www.mackhooverwhistles.com/

I had forgotten about Mack - his whistles are very reasonably priced and have a pretty good reputation . . .

. . . Still, I can get an "A" from Daniel for a very good price and he will adjust the holes to fit my somewhat smaller size hands.

brewerpaul wrote: . . . I have a Goldie A and it's really terrific. In fact, you're welcome to come over and try it sometime.
So far, the Jubilee's I've played have been quite nice. I especially love the Ahava Rabah whistle with it's Eastern modal tuning. Very inexpensive and lots of fun: play your favorite tunes and they come out sounding Arabic or Klezmer!

Now that you mention it, I do remember some posts regarding some of Daniel's more exotic whistles.
I seem to recall trying out your Overtons last time I was there and I remember liking some of you other whistles better. Besides, if I'm going to shell out that kind of cash, I'd rather have a Busman.

I have been looking for an excuse to come and visit with you again. I want to bring the wife this time so she can hear one of yours.

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