Generation-like whistle in A

breqwas · Post by **breqwas** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:03 pm

I love Generation Bb. I wish there was such a thing as a generation in A.
Could you advise any gen-like whistle in that key?

It is not only GenBb sound that matters (though I do really like it), but also the weight of the instrument - aluminum Chieftain in Bb was a bit too heavy for me, and A one is even bigger...

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:34 pm

I have a Sindt A that I bought hoping to achieve the very same thing you describe. I have been very happy with it. My only complaint is the quietness of it but that isn't even much of an issue to speak of since I either play it alone for my own enjoyment or mic'd on stage where the volume can be adjusted.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:56 pm

See this thread for a discussion of converting a Gen Bb to A:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?p=781414

Just 1) Pull out the mouthpiece; 2) Insert a putty choke in the bell; 3) Tape a few holes. The resulting A whistle is very Generation-like.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:36 am

Well, here is, instead of a "Generation-like whistle in A", is an actual Generation whistle in A.

It's my little collection of Frankenwhistles: Generations in A, Bb, B, C, C#, and D (plus the little ones I never play).

breqwas · Post by **breqwas** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:53 am

Pancelticpiper, MTGuru, I wish my hands were not so, hm, left :)
My own tweaking efforts were less than bad.

Thank you anyway. If that is possible, there's hope to find someone who can do that :)

scheky · Post by **scheky** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:36 am

Hey now! Us lefties may take offense at that statement

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:47 am

scheky wrote:Hey now! Us lefties may take offense at that statement

I don't know if you realise it, but some of our negative terms literally mean "lefthanded" or "left" such as:

sinister

gauche

while positive terms mean "righthanded":

dexterous

dexterity

adroit

hoopy mike · Post by **hoopy mike** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:16 pm

It's my little collection of Frankenwhistles: Generations in A, Bb, B, C, C#, and D (plus the little ones I never play).

Does anyone actually play the little Generation whistles? (I'm thinking of the one in G specifically). Mine only gets used when a small child wants to "have a go" on one of my whistles. The result is only slightly higher pitched than a small child without a whistle.

West · Post by **West** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:58 pm

hoopy mike wrote:
It's my little collection of Frankenwhistles: Generations in A, Bb, B, C, C#, and D (plus the little ones I never play).
Does anyone actually play the little Generation whistles? (I'm thinking of the one in G specifically). Mine only gets used when a small child wants to "have a go" on one of my whistles. The result is only slightly higher pitched than a small child without a whistle.

Well, if I ever decide to record a cover of Jethro Tull's "The Whistler", I might have use for a high G whistle. Otherwhise... um, no.

Edit: sorry for bumping an old thread. I was linked here and didn't pay much attention to the dates.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:59 pm

I complained not too long ago that not only is there no Generation A there is no E, either.

I think I would rather tweak my Eb into an E so I can play A tunes as if they were G tunes. But I suppose that would be too screamingly high pitched, wouldn't it?

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:17 pm

Not as high as the Gen F, which is a very sweet whistle (at least mine is).

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:24 pm

Right, the Sindt A is quiet, too much so for my
purposes, I believe. I play in entirely acoustic
ensembles. Anyhow I sold mine long
ago.

weedie · Post by **weedie** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:04 pm

Maybe if you could get hold of a Water Weasel in A it would suit you ??
I have a WW in A and it's a great whistle....nice and light too..

paals · Post by **paals** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:06 am

sbfluter wrote:I think I would rather tweak my Eb into an E so I can play A tunes as if they were G tunes. But I suppose that would be too screamingly high pitched, wouldn't it?

Not at all, really. I've got a Gen E, tweaked from an Eb by Erik Torp Olsen (BTW, does anyone know what has happened to him? No trace of the man anywhere...) and it sounds sweet, indeed 'sings like a bird' (someone used the phrase here somewhere, referring to the Eb).

Thomas-Hastay · Post by **Thomas-Hastay** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:21 am

New Option...

Find a Fife in "A" and commission one of the resident whistlemakers for a ducted flue headjoint(?) Expand your horizons!