The best whistle under $100 thread . . .

narrowdog · Post by **narrowdog** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:04 pm

Thornton

You should've had a pole

its getting to feel like one

Tucson Whistler · Post by **Tucson Whistler** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:30 pm

I have to give a

for Thornton. They're awesome whistles, IMHO.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:01 pm

Peter Laban wrote:I have also five test-drive prototypes on the table before me (my guess is they're the same as MT's Teleman whistle)

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:44 pm

MTGuru wrote:
Peter Laban wrote:I have also five test-drive prototypes on the table before me (my guess is they're the same as MT's Teleman whistle)

Hmm. This sounds interesting.... Care to share a bit more?

Reg

Lee Stanford · Post by **Lee Stanford** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:53 pm

Sindt
Oak
Dixon Trad

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:58 pm

rhulsey wrote:
MTGuru wrote:
Peter Laban wrote:I have also five test-drive prototypes on the table before me (my guess is they're the same as MT's Teleman whistle)

Hmm. This sounds interesting.... Care to share a bit more?

Reg

OK by me.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Carey · Post by **Carey** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:36 pm

I thought so!

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:43 pm

Aha! I remember mention of this a long time ago, and was wondering what ever came of it. This will undoubtedly become everyone's next must-have whistle.

WARD1066 · Post by **WARD1066** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:54 am

It seems everyone has different tastes. It would be really cool to have a page where there are samples of every whistle, like syn, sindt, abell etc then let people look and decide for themselves which they like best based on the sound.

Is there anything like that out there somewhere?

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:07 am

WARD1066 wrote:It seems everyone has different tastes. It would be really cool to have a page where there are samples of every whistle, like syn, sindt, abell etc then let people look and decide for themselves which they like best based on the sound.

Is there anything like that out there somewhere?

Most of the manufacturers have sound samples, but even so, a lot depends on the player and their style. A beginner is certainly not going to make a Generation sound like Mary Bergin does. So even sound samples need to be taken with a grain of salt.

rance · Post by **rance** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:36 am

Ward try this web site.

http://www.tonyhinnigan.com/moviedl.php?group=29

Tony Hinnigan played whistle on the Titanic sound track and quena on the Braveheart soundtrack. This is his old grey whistle test page of his web site. He doesn't play every whistle you will want to hear, but quite a few, even some cheapies.

Craig-y-Nos · Post by **Craig-y-Nos** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:52 am

[quote="Peter Laban"]What's best? Horses for courses.

I have also five test-drive prototypes on the table before me (my guess is they're the same as MT's Teleman whistle) that are all lovely (if all with marginally different characteristics), clear, easy to play and well balanced and will probably end up under $50 when they go on sale. They'd be my pick up and play whistle for sound and playability right now.
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Very interesting. Has it yet been decided whether these whistles will be available through a UK based supplier when they go on sale ?

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:00 am

Craig-y-Nos wrote:
Peter Laban wrote:What's best? Horses for courses.

I have also five test-drive prototypes on the table before me (my guess is they're the same as MT's Teleman whistle) that are all lovely (if all with marginally different characteristics), clear, easy to play and well balanced and will probably end up under $50 when they go on sale. They'd be my pick up and play whistle for sound and playability right now.
Very interesting. Has it yet been decided whether these whistles will be available through a UK based supplier when they go on sale ?

Yes.

Best wishes,
Jerry

MagicSailor · Post by **MagicSailor** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:49 am

Hi

Jerry Freeman wrote:Yes.

I am starting to suspect that the great JF has something up his sleeve. Maybe something built from scratch rather than just tweaking someone else's product?

Will this be the final cure to WHOAD?

(Do we want a cure to WHOAD?)

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Owen Morgan

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kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:10 am

MagicSailor wrote:Hi
Jerry Freeman wrote:Yes.
I am starting to suspect that the great JF has something up his sleeve. Maybe something built from scratch rather than just tweaking someone else's product?
.....

Well now I'm feeling a bit both in and out of the know as I've only had the opportunity to try one of these babies.