Let's have some fun...

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:44 am

Okay, I'll start it, since no one else has! Tell me ALL about your Christmas whistles--including photos if you wish!!

matahari_1946 · Post by **matahari_1946** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:31 pm

I don't have any pictures but my three Sindt whistles came on Christmas Eve! Bb, B and a C. And they're all still shiny and don't have my fingerprints all over them yet. Mmmm . . . . .

On the subject of Sindts, didn't I read here a few months back that someone had asked Gary Humphrey to make a tube for their Sindt?

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:57 am

I got Susati in low F sharp and low E flat, thus filling in my only remaining gaps

. So now I have whistles in every half-step from low D to high F.
Now I'm not a big Susato fan. I really dislike the higher ones, but the low ones play well enough for the low price. These whistles in unusual keys won't see much playing time, but I have to have them in the gig bag just in case.
I had also asked for a Burke low F but Santa didn't come through on that one

wd40 · Post by **wd40** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:24 am

Mellow Dog set. Both are great.

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:15 am

pancelticpiper wrote:I had also asked for a Burke low F but Santa didn't come through on that one

Well, it gives you something to look forward to for next Christmas!!

(Or how soon is your birthday?)

Congrats on the complete collection of whistles!

Leahcim · Post by **Leahcim** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:38 am

It has'nt come in time for christmas, but I have a Kerry Songbird Low D coming my way

I can't wait...WhOA.....

Irish Marine · Post by **Irish Marine** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:15 am

This is fun! Santa brought me the Burke low F that I was looking for, along with a Freeman-tweaked Generation Eb and Bb. Love them all and can't stop playing

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:54 am

I did not get any new whistles, but I brought my whistles to my sister's house and let her two little ones play with them. Lesson learned: Don't give children under 5 a whistle if you value your hearing.

CranberryDog · Post by **CranberryDog** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:21 pm

I got a Reyburn wide bore, low F in just temperament. Beautiful and very expressive. Cheers.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:48 pm

I hadn't yet found anything below Bb to my liking, so I asked Mack Hoover to build me a wooden low-G, (mahogany and delrin).

It arrived a week before Christmas, but somehow I held out until then. What a treat to own this! It's a stunning and very fine whistle, as are the other Hoovers I've played. Mack's whistles are works of art at bargain prices!

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:35 pm

no Christmas whistles for me. I did get a new microphone though!

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:03 pm

Bran' spankin' new Burke DASBT for my very own.

Me likey!

Now I need a narrow bore.

I'd still like an old Copland Nickel Silver D

... and a Overton F

... and bunch others.

Greedy?

Why do you ask?

MagicSailor · Post by **MagicSailor** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:35 pm

Hi

Well, nothing arrived in time for Christmas, but I have a Thornton D coming from Doc Jones and David O'Brien has made me a five key copper set from Bb to E with two piece bodies which he'll send as soon as he receives the envelope of greenbacks I sent him. I just hope the envelope hasn't been "rescued" by a postal worker somewhere...
Edit - update - Just got an e-mail from David. The money arrived and the whistles have been sent.

I hope at least the Thornton will arrive soon to keep my emotions under control until the O'Briens arrive.

You know, I really thought I had this thing under control when I learned how to make my own PVC and CPVC whistles and they turned out to be pretty damn good whistles. Why would I possibly want to buy another whistle when I can make my own....? Well, they're prettier and they're different from the ones I make and I WANT THEM!

Oh, by the way, a couple of weeks before Christmas, I rescued an unloved Generation Bb and litterally blew a couple of years worth of cobwebs out of it (no kidding!). I gave it a little tweak, and I must say I quite like it. It's louder than my homemade PVC electric conduit Bb and not too squeaky after cleaning up the airway and blade and filling the airway cavity. And... it's nicely in tune with itself and after loosening up the head to make it tunable it's in tune with the world too. The inside of the bore is still a bit rough due to corrosion. I'm not sure how to clean that up.

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

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Bdove · Post by **Bdove** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:24 pm

My very first whistle, a Generation D. I'm having so much fun with it but it also might lead to the dissolution of my marriage! Ee gads!

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:37 pm

MagicSailor wrote:Oh, by the way, a couple of weeks before Christmas, I rescued an unloved Generation Bb and litterally blew a couple of years worth of cobwebs out of it (no kidding!). I gave it a little tweak, and I must say I quite like it.

Love the Gen Bb whistles.