high (and yes, I do mean high) A whistle

hoopy mike · Post by **hoopy mike** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:27 pm

Hey folks,

Has anyone bought one of these "Ethnic Micro" whistles in the key of A?

I'm tempted, but whenever I pick up a Generation in F or G the rest of my familiy threaten me with legal action and/or illegal actions!

Mike

arnie · Post by **arnie** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:53 am

didn't know they existed. Is that possible to play on with human hands?

Pyroh · Post by **Pyroh** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:59 am

arnie wrote:didn't know they existed. Is that possible to play on with human hands?

I do believe that if you make the holes smaller, they can be more distant (can´t swear on that, maybe some whistle makers can).

arnie · Post by **arnie** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:34 am

Pyroh wrote:
arnie wrote:didn't know they existed. Is that possible to play on with human hands?
I do believe that if you make the holes smaller, they can be more distant (can´t swear on that, maybe some whistle makers can).

That's true. I have an Impempe F and used to have a Gen F. The Impempe is surely a far better whistle, but the holes are big and therefore it's more challenging to play than the Gen.

Bothrops · Post by **Bothrops** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:34 am

I recently gave away a Susato high G. It was quite difficult to play, and my hands are of average size.
I didn't know that whistles in high A existed. I don't really think that a person with average size hands would be able to play one of them. At least not with ease and fast.

Ronbo · Post by **Ronbo** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:01 am

hoopy mike wrote:Hey folks,

Has anyone bought one of these "Ethnic Micro" whistles in the key of A?

I'm tempted, but whenever I pick up a Generation in F or G the rest of my familiy threaten me with legal action and/or illegal actions!

Mike

Why would you do that? Do you want to call dogs or something?

Tim2723 · Post by **Tim2723** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:46 am

It sounds interesting, but honestly I can't imagine that it would:

1- Be very easy to play
2- Have much utility in the usual genre of whistle music
3- Be especially welcome among your fellow musicians

I for one would not want to sit next to something that piercing. I head for the bar when somebody brings out anything higher than E.

Post by **Dale** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:06 am

Although I have a few very nice high G whistles, anything higher than that really needs to be outlawed.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:38 am

When high A whistles are outlawed, only outlaws will have high A whistles. Yep, I'm a whistle nut.

I bet it would fit in a pocket well though.

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:32 pm

arnie wrote:didn't know they existed. Is that possible to play on with human hands?

I did have a Burke high G at one time. Beautifully made, like his other keys. At first I had plenty of trouble with my fingers scrunching up and rubbing against each other. Forget about doing an A-roll. So I put it aside thinking that only small kids could play it. Then later on I realized I was treating the whistle as if it were the same as a D instrument. So I drastically modified the way I was holding the instrument, particularly the top hand, and voila, I was playing with the same kind of speed as a D. Didn't change the piercing second octave any though.

Brigitte · Post by **Brigitte** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:46 am

....IF you find one, I highly recommend to you to buy yourself also full body armor protection against your spouse and other housemates, be they human or not.....

Brigitte

Silvano · Post by **Silvano** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:56 am

Two years ago I made one myself just for fun. The line of the holes is a little bit offset to the fipple, but I can not close the holes anyway with my fingers

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For comparison I places a high D from Brad Anderson on the picture.

Silvano

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:23 pm

Pyroh wrote: I do believe that if you make the holes smaller, they can be more distant (can´t swear on that, maybe some whistle makers can).

I could see that working for the holed notes, but not changing the overall length of the tube & the all fingers down note. Narrower tubing, maybe?

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:33 pm

I still have you all beat with my SZBE high F!

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=50299

hoopy mike · Post by **hoopy mike** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:59 am

Wow, MT.

I bet someone's done the lowest low whistle question already. Let me guess - a modified didgeridoo with seven people needed to play it - one per hole and the guy with the biggest pair of lungs at the fipple end?

Mike

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