New Sweethearts and a Name Poll [Commercial Content]

ElPollo · Post by **ElPollo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:51 am

Strom wrote:I may be going out on a limb here, but if the bolder one is going to be the Pro Plus why not name the softer one the Pro Minus.

Very simple answer

If offered 2 alike items, would you buy the one named plus or the one named minus??

Basicly you don't want anything with a negative meaning in a name for a product you want to sell. (Unless its function is to remove something in/from your life)

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:51 am

Two whistles is a good idea. Not everyone will play with a session or want to. I like not rattling my neighbor's windows.

Strom · Post by **Strom** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:12 pm

Very simple answer

If offered 2 alike items, would you buy the one named plus or the one named minus??

Basicly you don't want anything with a negative meaning in a name for a product you want to sell. (Unless its function is to remove something in/from your life)

Although I do see your point

, I do think that if we just veiw Plus as meaning bolder and Minus as being softer that it wouln't be veiwed as negative only descriptive

ElPollo · Post by **ElPollo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:16 pm

WE would, because we know about it.

But players not into the naming, won't know, and therefore will be most likely to by the plus, no matter what.

I still hope for the multiple parts that you combine yourself idea, as this really opens for different possibilities. (Like buying 2 different heads and 3 bodies, with the last body being a spare (just an example))

KatieBell · Post by **KatieBell** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:22 pm

ElPollo wrote:WE would, because we know about it.

But players not into the naming, won't know, and therefore will be most likely to by the plus, no matter what.

Strom,

Vixen and Muse, for example, bring about certain visions, emotions, and ideas. Plus and Minus do as well. While Muse has a connotation of dreamy, soft, and inspiring, Minus has a connotation of lacking, ineffective, something is missing.

Vixen and Muse don't seem to have interest here, but the idea should be applied to whatever is chosen. The name should evoke the ethos of the whistle.

NorthWind · Post by **NorthWind** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:19 pm

Even though one of the two names has probably been selected, my vote is for Sweetheart Pro Session and Sweetheart Pro Mellow. These names fully describe the playing characteristics of the whistle, and because it is a Sweetheart Pro, folks will know it is a high quality professional grade whistle.

Lyn D · Post by **Lyn D** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:42 am

I agree with Northwind.

Also, the "Plus", to me, kind of implies that this whistle is a higher level of quality, in some way, than the Mellow.

My original names were the Sweetheart Pro Session and the Sweetheart
Pro Mellow. These are still my choises. The names make them sound equal in quality, but each having their own characteristics.

Lyn

KatieBell · Post by **KatieBell** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:49 am

The more I think about it, the more I like Muse.

If Walt doesn't name a Sweetheart that, could some other whistle maker pick it up? It just sounds so cool!

Do you think you could play it?
I don't know. Let me go get my Muse.

Where did Jim go?
He went to get his Muse.

OK... I'm done.

cavefish · Post by **cavefish** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:41 am

when will these be available

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:23 pm

Si Beag Si Mor has been so overdone as a tune! Cute idea, but I'd pass on it as a name for whistles. Guido used "Stout" and "Larger". I doubt those are copyrighted.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:47 pm

Sweetheart alert!!!! The new models have debuted!!! (Is that a word?)

http://www.sweetheartflute.com/whistles.html

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:13 pm

wow, cant wait to try one. i love Sweetheart whistles.

Lyn D · Post by **Lyn D** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:31 pm

Hi all,

I had the pleasure of trying the new "Pro-Mellow" and the "Pro-Plus" whistles yesterday. It's really great living only 15 minutes away from the Sweets.

You can read all about them now, on the Sweetheart website. The woodgrain is pretty and they are very lightweight. The transition from first to second octave is nice and smooth, and the second octave is sweet, not shrill. The "Pro-Mellow" is a little quieter than the "Pro-Plus". Being more quiet, I found the tonic note to be sensitive, and I overblew it easily, but I tend to do that on quiet whistles. Someone else may do fine with it. It could even be just getting used to a new whistle, and how to treat it. Being a little louder, the "Pro-Plus"' tonic note is nice and solid, my preference. I have an older "Sweetheart Killourhy" whistle in Blackwood, which is loud in the second octave, so I thought I'd like the "Pro-Mellow", but I loved the "Pro-Plus" best. The volume was about the same as the Killourhy, but the second octave was much more focused and sweet.

Don't forget that I am only describing my experience with them. Someone else could have a different experience. So, to know any more about them, I guess you'll just have to get one, or try one, if you're fortunate enough, (thank you Ralph and Joseph for the opportunity) and see for yourself.

Lyn

DoOrDoNotNoTry · Post by **DoOrDoNotNoTry** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:50 am

Thanks for the review Lyn D. I'm seriously considering buying one. Anyone else out there had a go at the new "Pro-Mellow"?

Thanks.

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:14 pm

KatieBell...

Every time I whistle, I Muse. Go A-Musing, as it were.

And I'm James, by the way...

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New Sweethearts and a Name Poll [Commercial Content]

What to name the two types of new whistle

Anyone else who has tried the "Pro-Mellow"?