After some months of grumbling (mainly to myself) about the fact that none of the music shops around these parts seem to stock anything but Generations, I finally found not one but TWO exceptions. One of the big music shops I haven't been to for a while has now got Susatos, and I discovered a little out of the way shop that sells Feadogs and the Guiness whistle.
My question is one of relative cost. The Feadogs and Guiness are all about $15 NZ but the Susatos are $60-180 NZ. The C&F page on inexpensive whistles sort of suggested that maybe the Susatos should be / could be up to twice the cost of the others, but not four times.
My question is, have the Susatos gone up in price lately? Or should I just assume that the bigger store is placing a bigger markup on their stock?
A question on price
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A single Susato high D whislte should only be about 30 NZ Dollars.
You can order them online here:
http://www.susato.com
-Brett
You can order them online here:
http://www.susato.com
-Brett
Thanks for that Brett... I weakened and bought the Feadog D already (a nice bright red one - should help me play fast 
) and I will probably get the Walton's Guiness (for playing while drinking beer I guess ) in the next couple of weeks ... then if my fiancee hasn't locked me up for my WhoA I will look into the Susato ...
) and I will probably get the Walton's Guiness (for playing while drinking beer I guess ) in the next couple of weeks ... then if my fiancee hasn't locked me up for my WhoA I will look into the Susato ...
The NZ dollar is pretty close to 2/3 of a US dollar, it looks like.
As Bretton said, a non-tuneable Susato (Dublin model) should be ~$30 NZ for a high D
The tunables (Kildare model) run about half again as much. Figure around $45 NZ for a Kildare D.
If you are buying several whistles at once, it may be cheaper to order them from the US, since shipping 1 or half a dozen whistles costs about the same.
But I've no idea about the customs duties you'll be paying - it may be that when you factor in shipping and customs your local shop is actually giving you a fair price.
You may also want to consider ordering a Syn from Australia - they cost about $35-40 here in the US, but it may actually be cheaper than a Susato in New Zealand (do you charge duty on Australian products?). Darn good whistles, too.
As Bretton said, a non-tuneable Susato (Dublin model) should be ~$30 NZ for a high D
The tunables (Kildare model) run about half again as much. Figure around $45 NZ for a Kildare D.
If you are buying several whistles at once, it may be cheaper to order them from the US, since shipping 1 or half a dozen whistles costs about the same.
But I've no idea about the customs duties you'll be paying - it may be that when you factor in shipping and customs your local shop is actually giving you a fair price.
You may also want to consider ordering a Syn from Australia - they cost about $35-40 here in the US, but it may actually be cheaper than a Susato in New Zealand (do you charge duty on Australian products?). Darn good whistles, too.
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Hi Chris,
you're not the Chris from the Morris Group are you? One of the military style drums I did is still doing the rounds of NZ with a Morris group (still going, two heads later). Send a pm if I can help with what some people think might be a decent whistle, and at a comparable price to what they charge over there for a susato.
Cheers
you're not the Chris from the Morris Group are you? One of the military style drums I did is still doing the rounds of NZ with a Morris group (still going, two heads later). Send a pm if I can help with what some people think might be a decent whistle, and at a comparable price to what they charge over there for a susato.
Cheers
So good it has to be a SYN!
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Do contact Mr. Syn. He makes a great aluminum set and high D and C in Lancewood. His whistles displaced my wifes favorite whistle she had for over a year!!!!syn whistles wrote:Hi Chris,
you're not the Chris from the Morris Group are you? One of the military style drums I did is still doing the rounds of NZ with a Morris group (still going, two heads later). Send a pm if I can help with what some people think might be a decent whistle, and at a comparable price to what they charge over there for a susato.
Cheers
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"If you keep asking questions.... You keep getting answers." - Miss Frizzle - The Magic School Bus
Nope - not the Chris from the Morris Group ....syn whistles wrote:Hi Chris,
you're not the Chris from the Morris Group are you? One of the military style drums I did is still doing the rounds of NZ with a Morris group (still going, two heads later). Send a pm if I can help with what some people think might be a decent whistle, and at a comparable price to what they charge over there for a susato.
Cheers