Whistle evaluation catagories and their definitions

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:43 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:Well, at least we seem to have it narrowed down to two main things.

Could be worse, I suppose.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Give it time, this thread is still young

Loren

fatveg · Post by **fatveg** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:50 pm

My Criteria for evaluating whiskles:

1) Cheap
2) Available
3) Cheap

'veg

CDon · Post by **CDon** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:53 pm

peeplj wrote:"Resistance" refers to the amount of air necessary to sound the whistle; higher resistance means lower air.

"Backpressure" refers to the amount of air pressure necessary to sound the whistle; higher backpressure means you must blow with more force.

James,
Do you make a distinction between these two terms?... Well, of course you do, or you would not have put them both, but I don't think I understand the difference. Could you perhaps elaborate a bit?

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:12 pm

CDon wrote:
peeplj wrote:"Resistance" refers to the amount of air necessary to sound the whistle; higher resistance means lower air.

"Backpressure" refers to the amount of air pressure necessary to sound the whistle; higher backpressure means you must blow with more force.
James,
Do you make a distinction between these two terms?... Well, of course you do, or you would not have put them both, but I don't think I understand the difference. Could you perhaps elaborate a bit?

"Resistance" has to do only with amount of air. The more resistance, the less air the whistle requires.

"Backpressure" has to do only with the speed of the air, irregardless of amount. The harder you must blow, the higher the backpressure, irregardless of how much air you are actually using.

To make a comparison, resistance is how deep the river is; backpressure is how fast the water flows.

--James

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:22 pm

fatveg wrote:My Criteria for evaluating whiskles:

1) Cheap
2) Available
3) Cheap

'veg

Mine is similar. . 1.I like it
2.I don't like it
And most importantly I finally learned that cost has nothing to do with it..

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:22 pm

fatveg wrote:My Criteria for evaluating whiskles:

1) Cheap
2) Available
3) Cheap

'veg

Mine is similar. . 1.I like it
2.I don't like it
And most importantly I finally learned that cost has nothing to do with it..

CDon · Post by **CDon** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:28 pm

Thank you James... I see the distinction now. Good plan.

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:35 am

Thank you for all of your input. I hope everyone else got as much out of this as I did.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:39 am

How about the nyah? Why would anyone buy a whistle that doesn't have nyah?

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:40 am

OK, I will give you that one. All we need to know now is:

WHAT IS NYAH?

Rick Davidson · Post by **Rick Davidson** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:42 pm

Some of the categories seem to possibly have subcategories, for example, BillChin wrote about tactile, how it feels. You could break that out further for example:

Weight
Material used in Fipple
Material used in Tube
Circumference
Hole size
Distance between holes
Smell

I say this because a friend of mine really likes the Low composite Burkes due to the light weight, and this makes a huge difference to this player.

On the other hand, I sometimes think of some of the categories that are broken out above, as affecting a more general category. Several smaller categories mentioned above, can affect what I consider the stability of notes.

The bottom line to me is labeling and categorizing anything is useful and necessary in talking about a subject, and at the same time a hard thing to pin down. This discussion does help.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:26 pm

Actually, I think "smell" is a good addition...I love the smell of exotic hardwoods, blackwood in particular has a really nice aroma. For some reason, I associate the smell of blackwood with the taste of Guinness beer.

--James

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:24 pm

I thought I would bump this thread for all the new people since there is a LOT of great discussion on whistles and their playing characteristics.

Dang, has it REALLY been FOUR years???????

MagicSailor · Post by **MagicSailor** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:40 pm

Hi

peeplj wrote:irregardless

[/quote]The origin of irregardless is not known for certain, but the consensus among references is that it is a blend of irrespective and regardless, both of which are commonly accepted standard English words. By blending these words, an illogical word is created. "Since the prefix ir- means 'not' (as it does with irrespective), and the suffix -less means 'without,' irregardless is a double negative."[/quote]

I just wish you north Americans would stop butchering the English language.

OOps! Just realized I was posting to an ancient thread. How did I end up in here, and where did all the cobwebs come from...

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anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:18 pm

IDAwHOa wrote:I thought I would bump this thread for all the new people since there is a LOT of great discussion on whistles and their playing characteristics.

Dang, has it REALLY been FOUR years???????

And I thank you for that!! I've been wanting to know some of these lately!