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Just to echo everyone, you're lucky to be starting so early, relatively. Linguistic and musical ability are a bit slower in the acquiring when you get to be an old f*rt. Keep up with it and good luck!

A little late to the ball game, here, but figured I'd throw in my two cents. Paul's absoloutely correct in that it's the whistler in many cases, and not the whistle. BUT I can speak from understanding a perspective very close to your own. When I was trying to learn on a Feadog, and even the Clark th...

Hey all, I usually post in the whistle forums, but I figure this would be the most appropriate venue for my question. I'm interning in an elementary school and will be bringing a few of my whistles in on monday to perform for a few of the classrooms. I'll be working with one of the third grade teach...

A little late in the game, but I've a similar experience to Jason to throw in. I received my delrin Rover from David a few weeks ago, and I'm still getting used to it, but I have the exact same issue as Jason. I'm no stranger to backpressure, having played the clarinet for a decade previously, but t...

Unfortunate circumstances last summer kept me from being able to get to the Sweet's place last summer, but I'd certainly be interested this time around with enough advance notice to get the time off from work.

-Matt

<3 Redwall. Well, the first several of Jaques' novels before they became so bloody redundant. As for the original topic, I am all about getting the instrument out there for other people to enjoy. I suppose the fact that I know a couple whistlers in my zip code and already know that I'm the worst of ...

Thanks very much for the info, Ned. That's a riot about the duct tape, too.

As Judy said, while not a "cheapie" by nature, the inexpensive Dixons are a fantastic buy. The polymer D is about $18 or so most places and it's a very sweet whistle that is well in tune. Edit: Just read Strom's post, and I have to agree with him. The Dixon was the first non-cheapie I'd pu...

Erle's Black Diamond line indeed had a website at the domain http://www.bdwhistles.com/

It appears to be "reserved" for another customer. So I guess the only way to get the definitive answer is to e-mail Mr. Bartlett himself.

-Matt

Wow, what a keen sounding whistle for the size.

I actually just found out about SZBE whistles today and then saw your post. Great job managing to play with only four fingers and still have the Kesh Jig (mostly) recognizable!

Thanks for the responses, guys. I definitely plan on dragging it around any number of places, so delrin is really sounding like the best option for me. I could always buy a blackwood, too... ... once I get my car paid off. :boggle: :oops: Again, thank you all. The C&F community is always incredi...

For those unaware, Great Big Sea is a phenomenally talented folk/rock group out of Newfoundland. Currently consisting of members Alan Doyle, Sean McCann, Bob Hallett and Murray Foster (Formerly of Moxy Früvous <3), they're only recently starting to see the same levels of popularlity in the United St...

Hey, Squeezebox. That's quite the scratch there. The sort of scratch I'd considered enjoying over the next... fifty years or so. :lol: Congrats on such an enjoyable sounding batch, I hope it serves you well. Any other praise for the Delrin Rover? I've been trying to decide between delrin or blackwoo...

"Rasp" is something that confuses me here. It sounds like you mean it in a positive way but, if you could elaborate that would be great. Mr. O'Brien has been very helpful and patient with any questions I've directed his way, and as such my next request isn't really of a technical nature, m...

I know the CP by Mr. O'Brien was made only recently regarding the Delrin model, but I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience with his Rover series of whistles. Specifically I'm looking at the Delrin rover he showed off in the recent CP. It looked fantastic, and the clip on the site soun...