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- Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Went nuts and bought the Water Weasel from the Irish Flute Store
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6272
Re: Went nuts and bought the Water Weasel from the Irish Flute Store
I owned one 'thin weasel' that was a lovely whistle, and more than a few 'water weasels'. A high D that was white with a red plug, and was one of my all time favorites that I should have kept and didn't. I kept a gray bflat that's really very nice, too.
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Mack Hoover Updates
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4926
Re: Mack Hoover Updates
I'm glad to hear you are still amongst the living, Mack. I've said many times that a Mack Hoover small bore brass whistle will teach a person how to breathe and is a must-have! ---Reggie
- Fri May 05, 2023 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Wood whistles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10975
Re: Wood whistles
I think there's been a lot of effort over the years to say that it doesn't matter what a wind instrument is made of, but it is, as someone said here, as much a part of the player's experience as the listener's. Organ pipes have been made of all manner of materials for a very long time, and it is sti...
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: If one window is good, what about....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2128
Re: If one window is good, what about....
I've worked with a few doppelflute sets over the years in organs, but don't recall any thinking about varying cut-up heights on the mouths. The windway, or flue, can be varied by filing either the block or the cap, but the block can't be moved as it's an integral part of the structure of the pipe. T...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Wrestling if time to sell Boisvert
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2180
Re: Wrestling if time to sell Boisvert
I've owned several of David Boisvert's whistles over the years. They were all nice, some nicer than others of course, and of some interesting wood species, too. My favorite, and I wish I'd never sold it, was made of purple gidgee. Beautiful to look at and play. Good luck.
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: The search for "the holy whistle grale".
- Replies: 57
- Views: 15431
Re: The search for "the holy whistle grale".
I feel a bit like an old-timer in liking O'Riordan whistles, which I don't think have been mentioned here. I started playing for my own enjoyment and later on a few weddings, etc., in 2006 I believe it was. I bought and sold many whistles over the years, and ended up with a collection of Pat's whist...
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:47 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Blade width VS Bore width
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2682
Re: Blade width VS Bore width
This is largely academic, but I’ve spent a lifetime in the pipe organ (which are largely whistles) business. I’ve had a few conversations with Pat O’Riordan and correspondence with Michael Copeland about organ pipes as they relate to whistles, and have done a quick and dirty analysis on an O’Riordan...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Blade width VS Bore width
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2682
Re: Blade width VS Bore width
Loren mentioned O'Riordan whistles. They have a narrow blade that is flat, and a 'D' shaped windway that narrows in height as it reaches the opening, an isn't restrictive at all. The same construction was used by David Boisvert in his Greenwood whistles. Compared to the mouth of a Grinter that is qu...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: What's a fipple?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5260
Re: What's a fipple?
The whole affair being closer to an organ pipe than anything else, although the parts have different names.
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: What effect does bore size have
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7218
Re: What effect does bore size have
Having spent many years as a pipe organ builder/voicer, there are lots of details that determine how a whistle plays. Bore can be utilized for overall power or tone color, or both. Mouth width (window in whistle-speak) is as important, as is blade height (cutup in an organ pipe). Actually, for somet...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:35 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Timeline of Whistle Makers?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10771
Re: Timeline of Whistle Makers?
Patrick O'Riordan isn't on your list, but deserves to be. His obit mentions that he was an 'exhibitor and demonstrator' at the first Johnny Appleseed Festival in Ft. Wayne, IN, in 1975. I'm not sure when he stopped making whistles before his death in March, 2019. I have an early wooden set marked '6...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Killarney VS Sindt...again
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9565
Re: Killarney VS Sindt...again
I'm a big Sindt cheerleader and have never really noticed the C natural issue. Maybe I and my other Sindt playiing friends just blow to compensate. I have a Copeland too which is always spot on. I've noticed it only because I wanted to. I never quite understood nitpicking tuning on a whistle when t...
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: A Tale of A Tub
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11989
Re: A Tale of A Tub
You can't believe the incompetence of those in charge on the British side. It's amazing that we won the war. As I understand it, command was epically incompetent on both sides of the Burma Campaign, and the eventual outcome was pretty much a matter of sheer dumb happenstance. Perhaps embarrassment ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Introducing: The Fliphead
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12405
Re: Introducing: The Fliphead
Thought not really helpful in this situation, there was a mouthpiece called 'Eklute' that has long since been out of production. They used to show up
on eBay occasionally.
on eBay occasionally.
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: A blast from the pre-plague past
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3081
A blast from the pre-plague past
There are probably a few newer members here who haven't seen this little jewel, expertly executed by C/F members Eskin and MTGuru. It is a classic, IMHO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqefRi_pXE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqefRi_pXE