WhOA and newbies

[Thud]

You people need to warn newbies about WhOA a little more energetically. Maybe I wouldn't be on whistle #9 if you had.

But thanks for all the info on this list, it's unbelievably helpful! And downright fun too.

[ahogrelius]

You people need to warn newbies about WhOA a little more energetically. Maybe I wouldn't be on whistle #9 if you had.

But thanks for all the info on this list, it's unbelievably helpful! And downright fun too.

There's no point in warning the newbies about WhOA. When they've picked up their first whistle and have arrived here it's just too late...

Cheers,
Anders

[Tikva]

I have not been warned in the first place, but found out about WhOA during research about Tin Whistles very early on. - Even before making the conscious decision to buy one.

While it took me about two weeks to make up my mind which model to get, I knew from day one that I'd most likely "contract" WhOA. That was even before I got my first whistle!

It really is simple to explain:
1) There are all these different models, materials and brands.
2) Every single whistle sounds a little different, even if they've the same
pitch.
3) The curiosity what another pitch might sound like. - Makes you return
to n° 1 and 2. - An infinite loop!

So here's my conclusion: Aware or not of this little side effect, there's just no way to avoid it! It really doesn't matter if you warned people sooner.

[mutepointe]

You people need to warn newbies about WhOA a little more energetically. Maybe I wouldn't be on whistle #9 if you had.

But thanks for all the info on this list, it's unbelievably helpful! And downright fun too.

That's 4.5 whistles per posts.

[Tommy]

It is more easy to collect whistles than grand pianos. Whistles weigh less, and can be traded through normal mail.

[anniemcu]

You people need to warn newbies about WhOA a little more energetically. Maybe I wouldn't be on whistle #9 if you had.

But thanks for all the info on this list, it's unbelievably helpful! And downright fun too.

By the time you know you've got it, you've already infected half the room.

[dryer]

You people need to warn newbies about WhOA a little more energetically. Maybe I wouldn't be on whistle #9 if you had.

But thanks for all the info on this list, it's unbelievably helpful! And downright fun too.

This syndrome effects newbies and oldbies alike. No distinction.
My wife currently has 26 potted plants on the patio, all costing as much or more than my most expensive whistle. "You want ANOTHER whistle???!!"
"Well darling, about those plants....I don't have 26 whistles...yet." *


*i'd be dead meat if we counted guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, whistles, and other associated hardware.

[Thud]

It really is simple to explain:
1) There are all these different models, materials and brands.
2) Every single whistle sounds a little different, even if they've the same
pitch.
3) The curiosity what another pitch might sound like. - Makes you return
to n° 1 and 2. - An infinite loop!

EXACTLY right! You nailed it. I won a Feadog on ebay, and while I was waiting for it to arrive I found a Sweetone C at a music store, then found a great deal on a couple of Clarke Megs on ebay... then bought an Oak, then a Generation... few more on the way... they ARE all different, and which one I play really depends on the mood. I think The Feadog (brass D) is my fave, although the Oak Nickel D is a sweet whistle as well, and the Generation Brass D has a clarity to it...

To be honest, it's frustrating. It would be so nice if there was the ONE whistle that was perfect. Part of the charm of it, though.

[ziggysp2000]

Ya, I'm of the opinion that WhOA is half the fun, why would you want to avoid it?

[Thud]

Ya, I'm of the opinion that WhOA is half the fun, why would you want to avoid it?

Well, it's not so much me avoiding it as it is my wife getting VERY annoyed at it. One or two I can justify. More than that and I have to either hide them or explain them.

[Killaloe]

I have embraced WhOa. I am at one with the whistle gods. I now find my self looking at Whistle and Drum and seeing what I need not what I want.



It's great isn't it!!

[RonKiley]

The real problem with WhOA is it leads to the hard stuff. Next it will be flutes, dulcimers, and pipes. Where will it end. xaphoons?

Ron

[ubizmo]

The real problem with WhOA is it leads to the hard stuff. Next it will be flutes, dulcimers, and pipes. Where will it end. xaphoons?

Ron

I so want one of those.

[Thud]

The real problem with WhOA is it leads to the hard stuff. Next it will be flutes, dulcimers, and pipes. Where will it end. xaphoons?

Ron

Got dulcimers. Have small (kiddy) pipes and chanters. Avoid normal flutes, do have a collection of Native American flutes. I'm beginning to think it DOESN'T end.

[ziggysp2000]

Yeah, I didn't go irish again but whistles did lean into ocarinas, hahaha