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I just had to share this pic and couldn't find a more apropriate forum:

Liam McDowell literally cuts his teeth on an Alba Low D.



I'm a proud father...what can I say?

I bought my Reyburn based on Steve's first review and I've found it to be a wonderful instrument and have been very satisfied with the money spent. I am curious as to how the new head looks. Are there any pictures online? I found the wooden head to be quite pretty...and I feel rather skeptical that ...

A friend and I have been toying with the idea of trying to make a whistle from synthetic sapphire tubeing that you can buy from optics catalogs.

Doesn't Glenn Schultz do wooden low whistles?
Anyone had any experience with them?

Well, I'm not quite a 'word boffin' but I can say that I very much enjoy my Alba low D. It's the old design though, so I'm naturally very interested in the new version. Something that quite suprised me was the reach on the Alba is much easier on the fingers than any of the previous whistles I've tri...

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I've heard of a 'hammer on'...

On 2002-10-29 18:21, Bloomfield wrote:
Well, if you think Jessie is cute, you should see her cat!

I'm soooooo gonna ignore where that could go...


She is quite attractive though.

On 2002-10-29 03:48, wizzy wrote: The latest modles no longer have the turned rings, instead they have a taper turned at the end. Oh, Neat. Is there a picture of them on the web anywhere? we have made and sold around 500 low D's Does that mean mine is now a <i>limited edition</i> collectors item? :...

I just got an Alba Tenor D (second hand) and had seen mention of a recent change in windway length. Is there an easy way to tell which version of the whistle you have?

-Drew

P.S. I rather like the Alba, and am anciously awaiting Loren's re-evaluation.

On 2002-10-22 21:38, peeplj wrote:

Finally, for more money but MUCH more volume without a harsh upper register, Michael Cronnolly is now making whistles.

Any info on who's selling them?

NPR's "All Songs Considered" has a tribute to Derek Bell <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/feature ... l">here</a> (Link goes to NPR's site).

On 2002-10-15 16:11, C4 wrote: Its seems to me that language is alot like a car.A VW can get you from here to there just as well as a cadillac...Of course I am just an uneducated Kansan butting into something she barely understands....Where's my whistle??? Not according to some theories (eg, Sapir-...

On 2002-10-15 10:58, Michael Sullivan wrote:
Again I'm not espousing this onesided view but I don't think it can be laughed off either.

Oh yeah?!? Watch me:



-Drew

I don't know that it's so much of a 'decay' of our culture rathern than just 'change'. Robert Pirsig (author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and "Lila") attributes some of this to the Native American's influence on our culture (specificaly our changes in speach/lit...

On 2002-10-13 00:01, JessieK wrote:

So I said, "I'm really good at home in the bedroom!"

Oh my god! I added quickly "I mean playing the flute."

I'm sure you won over more than a few lasting fans that evening