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You really love self-inflicted wounds, don't you, Bill? I consider you a friend, but I must say you can expect no sympathy from me regardless of the outcome of this post. http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/jpshakehead.gif I missed my calling. I shoulda been one of them flagellants in ... u...

There are a lot of factors that influence which head works best on what whistle. For any given key, there is an optimum length of window, from edge of blade to end of fipple plug, for any type of head. If the distance is too short for the key, you get squeaks and accidental octaves. Too long, and yo...

Didn't take long. A breath of controversy, and my posts get censored. That I will not accept. Alan, you and I are gonna have to agree to disagree, but I respect you for not stopping me from having my say. Cranberry, I still think you're an eedjit, but I'm going to remove the commercial info from my ...

Today is the 16th, and a visiting friend did the drawing.

The winner of the $35 gift basket from Nine Shoes Farm is Stuart Larson, of Onalaska, WI. Stuart has been notified by email.

Congratulations, Stuart!

Bill "serpent" Whedon
Serpent Music

I hope for all our sakes that Alan can get a handle on it and that he's as quick to run off the ordinary jerks as he is to run off the commercial jerks. :) I didn't run Bill off, he left in a huff because I denied him what he wanted from me now that I have become a moderator at C&F. I was not &...

To my friends who have been so very supportive, thank you.

You can find me at Gaelic Crosings now.

serpent

Rod, I've sent you email. I understand your situation completely, being in it myself. Jerry? Daniel? Thomas? Gary? Colin? Phil? Let's get this guy in the fold!
Cheers, Happy Holidays,
serpent

BTW - What does 'Keyed Demographic' mean anyway? Heh! Who knows. :) BTW, you had the same idea I had about the Channukah menorah, with whistles, but I gave up on mine. Your animated version is much better. Okay... Where the heck is Aderyn our Spelling Cop when you need her!? Is it: Hanukah Hanukkah...

I call my Anaconda A an "Alto" whistle.

Now, why don't we call the ones below "Baritone"?

And what ever happened to "Tenor"??

Oh... sounds too much like re***ders!


serpent

I'm with Susan... my Clarke C is horrid. I feel like I'm going to pass out within a few notes and it's the 'whoosh-iest' (for lack of a real term) sounding thing I've ever played. Susan saying "mostly air and no sound" pretty much sums up mine as well. Ugh. So, yes, there is such a thing ...

I make both sorts of whistles - breathy and pure. Personally, I prefer the breathy, as they sound more "whistle-y" to me. The ones I call "pure" sound more like a rec**der. That's my opinion. From a purely technical standpoint, I would point people at a dB meter to decide which i...

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:Congratulations, are going to have sound files?

There's one (such as it is) there now, and there will be more as I get into the actual instrument.

Cheers,
serp

Let me be clear that this board belongs to rich and myself and Alan has our complete support. Obviously, in his position as moderator, if he uses the boards to promote his business, everybody would be on him like white on rice. Let's not ANTICIPATE a problem. If a problem develops, we'll deal. I co...

I'm not sweating it, Tony. The first time I didn't post my concerns and I should have gone with my better judgement and not posted them the second time. To make it clear, I recieved a PM that thought I was commenting on Alan , and I wasn't, it was meant to be toward an instrument maker in general m...

Serpent As I posted on the other Fujara thread...A Fujara is simply a sub-contrabass <b>Tabor Pipe</b>. Any Tabor pipe measurements can be multiplied 2 or 3 times to produce Fujaras. I find the larger pipes even easier to build than the smaller ones. Should I post 2 or 3 sets of measurements for po...