September offerings...C_P

[brewerpaul]

(Note-0p-0p my cat j6ust s-p=illed coffee onto my keyboa5rd, mak=in4g fo5r some =inter5est=in4g ty-p=in4g...)"

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F5rom left-0p-0p
Finished:
Dymondwood/Acetal hybrid-- half of two whistles self destructed, but the surviving parts were too nice to trash. Turned out very handsome!
Osage Orange
Pau Rosa-- this is a "factory second" with a couple of repaired cracks overlying the brass tuning slide. These cracks are fully stable and the repairs are as usual fully guaranteed.
Offered at $200.

Partially Finished: fittings are not yet glued, so brass can be switched for stainless and vice versa. +I can ema=il t7he f6ull s=ize =ima4ge f=ile =if t7h=is one =is too small to see.
Katalox: very nice, very hard wood in a purplish/cocoa color-- this one's new for me.
Blackwood (2)
Louro Preto: Resembles Bocote, but seems a bit harder and smoother grained. Another first for B.W.
Kingwood
Tiger Maple

In advance... I just got two chunks of very pretty figured Koa from a Ukelele maker in Hawaii. I'll be starting to saw that up soon.

(T7he above =is c6ut and -pasted f5rom a -p5ree coffee =inc=ident ema=il)"

+I can ema=il the7f6ull s=ize -p;=ict6u5re f=ile =if t7he above =is too small to see

[MTGuru]

[brewerpaul]

I wasn't kidding about the cat spilling coffee on the keyboard. I'm typing from my wife's computer now. I tried leaving the keyboard out in the sun for a few hours, using a blow dryer on it, and finally taking it apart to dry things out. It's better now, but still missing the shift keys, and a couple of important letters like a and s. If it's not better (ie, dried out) by morning, I'll consider it trashed.
If anyone couldn't understand my previous posting, please let me know and I'll translate it into English

[Denny]

unplug
flush well with distilled water
allow to dry

g'luck

[brewerpaul]

unplug
flush well with distilled water
allow to dry

g'luck

Thanks, but for a 5 yr old keyboard/mouse combo that I can replace for $30, that's more trouble than I'm willing to go to for a fix that may not work anyway. I need it NOW-- all my whistle making pictures, website files etc are on that computer.

The design of the keyboard is pretty interesting btw. The main guts of the thing consists of three thin plastic sheets. The top and bottom sheets have printed electrical contacts which are kept separate by the middle perforated sheet. When you press a key, the corresponding contact on the top sheet is pressed down onto the contact on the bottom sheet. Simple and effective.
This design makes the "allow to dry" advice problematic since those plastic sheets don't easily allow for evaporation.

[Denny]

for the price of a key board, I agree

a camera, phone, ....

[sjcavy]

I'd go buy a logitech wireless mouse and keyboard set up. Easy to use, and easy to clean when stuff has been dumped on it.

[brewerpaul]

I'd go buy a logitech wireless mouse and keyboard set up. Easy to use, and easy to clean when stuff has been dumped on it.

That's what I had before, and that's exactly what I went out and bought fofr $29.99. This is a slightly new model, made with me in mind apparently, because right on the box it states that is "spill resistant"

[Feadoggie]

I wasn't kidding about the cat spilling coffee on the keyboard.

I was sure this was a cunning marketing tactic on your part, Paul. Most of the text was scrambled but still decipherable except the important bits about the materials and pricing. No matter what, I had to read the whole post. Either your cat is a marketing genius or you are one sly fox.

+Can) y70u ema=il the7f6ull s=ize -p;=ict6u5re t2o m3, t7he above =is too sm@ll to see.

And the whistles look terrific!

Louro Preto: Resembles Bocote, but seems a bit harder and smoother grained.

I guess that's why some timber resellers call it Brazilian Bocote.

Feadoggie

[Taji_Sapper]

Paul,
I saw the Katalox whistle...looks nice. That was one of the pieces I thought would be nice last time I bought a whistle. Turned out I was right! Someone better snap it up before my WhOA gets the better of me!!! Not kidding here. People, help me out...LOL. Seriously Paul, another nice set of whistles. And anyone who's interested...flying back to states TOMORROW!!!! YES! Let the Pub craw begin

[brewerpaul]

Good news Taji! Where in the States will you be?

[Taji_Sapper]

Will go from Ft. Dix to Johnstown, PA. Then on to Richmond, VA and then home to Tybee Island (Savannah) GA. (Then 3 whole months off before it is time to go to the other war.) Still trying to find some sessions in those areas, but no luck. Well, maybe I will have one too many beers and break into whistling at a bar! That would be a hoot!

[Whistler Bard]

Heheheh I think you already lost time trying to save that keyboard

As for the whistles...I dream of having of of yours! Maybe some day when I climb a bit more in the whistle food chain!