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- Sun Nov 18, 2001 10:18 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT - My Luna cat is found and fine!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6474
Don't lose hope. Our elder cat was chased away by a dog a few months ago. When he'd been gone for two days, we filed a missing cat report, went to the Humane Society to look at new arrivals (even mug shots of the deceased), and started looking at kittens. He finally showed up after SIX days. He'd lo...
- Fri Nov 09, 2001 6:48 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Beatles Fool On The Hill
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4197
What a coincidence -- I was just listening to Magical Mystery Tour last night and noticed the recorder for the first time. It's actually on several cuts. Sounds like a soprano to me in Fool on the hill and on another cut, (maybe Your mother should know?). There's an alto or tenor at the end of Straw...
- Mon Oct 29, 2001 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Spooky Tunes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2725
- Mon Oct 29, 2001 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Mircrophone Terror and Total Humiliation
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5275
I was always EXTREMELY nervous about performing (giving talks, presentations, etc.), but I've never screwed up too badly, so it's abated in the last ten years or so (I haven't performed music in over 15, but giving talks at conferences is, in all honesty, a somewhat higher stakes game for me). The m...
- Tue Oct 23, 2001 6:04 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Michael Burke
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2416
I was going to ask whether he ever answers questions, or I just had bad luck. The first time I ordered a Burke, I also tried to get in touch with him a few times about delivery time and whether he would sell two barrels with one head. I never heard back from him. I did get the whistle (low-D Aluminu...
- Mon Oct 22, 2001 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: glossary ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2505
thin bore: a smaller diameter of the whistle barrel. Most whistle makers use a larger diameter (bore) for lower whistles. However, some, expecially higher-end makers (Michael Burke comes to mind) offer narrow-bore and wide-bore whistles in the same key. The narrower bore is quieter, and most beginne...
- Sun Oct 21, 2001 7:49 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Cats and Whistles
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3642
- Sun Oct 21, 2001 7:49 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Cats and Whistles
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3642
- Wed Oct 17, 2001 5:45 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Best inexpensive Bb?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4170
I also have a Generation Bb and am really impressed with it. I only own three Generations, the other two being the high F and G, that I've only seen by Generation. A question about Shaw whistles: I have played a low-D, and the sound is remarkable -- that breathy, far-away sound that's perfect in a l...
- Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:29 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Short review of Adler-Heinrich whistle (for mike.r).
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2819
I have a Weltmeister, which I've had for a month or so, and I agree that I think they're the same whistle (I know the Welt. is available in that hot pink; mine is green). I believe mins is pear wood. I pretty much agree with the previous review, but I'll outline my experience. First, the negatives: ...
- Thu Oct 11, 2001 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: How did you learn to play?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8722
I love the Uillean pipes, and heard that one must be accomplished on the whistle before taking up the pipes. (I played mostly lap dulcimer, a little harp, and had been pretty fluent on the clarinet in my youth.) I had the good fortune to live about 6 miles from the House of Musical Traditions, so wa...