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Being long under employed and bills looming I need to part with one of the jewels of my collection. Sterling silver Copland D bought around 2001 +/- I'm including links for photos. I haven't polished it yet so it ain't purtied up as much as it could be. :-) Comes with heavily padded pouch. $1100 fir...

When I was a child I learned that now matter how hard or how much you pray for something sometimes the answer is still "No". Despite a marrow transplant Evlin's leukemia returned on August 14th to be further complicated by a fungal infection. She had the best care possible at Boston Childr...

jkrazy52 wrote:Didn't Jessie have a gold whistle in her collection?

A Copeland, if memory serves...

Past due for an update, but life has been so busy… Evlin had her marrow transplant on Feb 24th (as noted in previous post). Essentially it amounted to a very long IV drip of marrow stem cells. She then had to contend with the aftermath which included sores in her mouth & digestive tract (a norma...

If I need volume I play either my Copeland Low G or my Burke (Brass). If I need a quieter sound I play my Honer/Generation hybrid. There is not one favorite really. I like them all for what they are.

A brief update. Evlin had a marrow transplant in the wee hours of Friday night/Saturday morning. Since her brother, Colin, was not a match (35% chance) we are very fortunate that a match was found in the national database (50% chance). The transplant itself (on Evlin's end of it) was somewhat of a n...

PLEASE let's not turn this thread for my daughter's recovery onto a religion flame war! PLEASE! I don't want this thread to get locked because folks can't agree to disagree and just play nice. I have enough stress going on right now, thank you. Please don't add to it by dissing good intentions of re...

Thanks very much for the well wishes, killthemessenger. I'm very pleased for the prayers and thoughts of all, so thanks to you too, riverman.

I know nothing about Rose but have owned an Abell D from the early years of his production (#52). I did upgrade the head-joint a few year later when I visited Chris's shop when he was in Concord, MA. While it is a marvelous whistle, it is not for the faint of heart. Nice tone & loud . Good for a...

The most expensive whistle (except for a couple like Copeland) is still cheaper than the cheapest flute! It's all relative... Oh yeah - don't even talk about trumpets (or oboes, bassoons, etc, etc, etc)! I agree. Just take a look at the cost of a high end handcrafted recorder. A nice soprano record...

MTGuru wrote:The tab for e in Bar 14 is missing the + sign. Otherwise, looks good.

Thanks for spotting that! Just made the correction and tried to increase the resolution a bit as well.

Here is the whistle tab. Please, anybody, let me know if I screwed it up anywhere and I'll make corrections. And osage, thank you as well. My earlier reply was typing on my iPad on the train with dodgy wireless so I had to be hasty. Didn't mean to leave you out of the gratitude!

Does anyone know where I could find this beautiful tune in whistle tab (Filled in holes)? I can't read music yet, though I plan to work on learning to. But I would love to get this song in tab so I could start learning it. I think it is one of the most beautiful tunes I have ever heard. I play it i...

I love that! Thanks for sharing

Last Sunday I did not make our local session in Gloucester. Was doing my best to rest & let my body fight off a cold that was on it's way out. Cold germs are not welcome on an oncology ward and I needed to see my girl. Had to miss a visit last week for the sneezing, and draining sinuses. At any ...