FTG - I finally get it
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FTG - I finally get it
Years pass... I collect and/or play numerous "high end" whistles including 15 O'Riordan's, and don't give a second thought to "cheapies" (or to threads about them on this forum, for that matter).
This past Saturday I'm in San Francisco and drop by Lark In The Morning's new digs in the Mission District to check out a Chieftain A. While hovering there in the whistle department, I noticed a bundle of what's labeled "Freeman Tweaked Generations." Though she wouldn't sell them individually (dad-gummit), Kira encouraged me to play them. Hmmm... I might not get this opportunity again, so, I did.
The epiphany came about 30 seconds after the first note. WOW!!! I couldn't have imagined they're SO NICE... great response, intonation, tone, character, and balance; moderate backpressure, good chiff, great sound and volume... all the things I look for in a whistle. I would've bought a couple had she consented to breaking up the bundle. Gee... maybe I should go back and buy them all!
This past Saturday I'm in San Francisco and drop by Lark In The Morning's new digs in the Mission District to check out a Chieftain A. While hovering there in the whistle department, I noticed a bundle of what's labeled "Freeman Tweaked Generations." Though she wouldn't sell them individually (dad-gummit), Kira encouraged me to play them. Hmmm... I might not get this opportunity again, so, I did.
The epiphany came about 30 seconds after the first note. WOW!!! I couldn't have imagined they're SO NICE... great response, intonation, tone, character, and balance; moderate backpressure, good chiff, great sound and volume... all the things I look for in a whistle. I would've bought a couple had she consented to breaking up the bundle. Gee... maybe I should go back and buy them all!
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Re: FTG - I finally get it
Traveler wrote:"Freeman Tweaked Generations."
WOW!!! I couldn't have imagined they're SO NICE... great response, intonation, tone, character, and balance; moderate backpressure, good chiff, great sound and volume... all the things I look for in a whistle.
Now you've gone and done it. Just when I thought my WHOAD was giving it a rest....
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