What is this whistle?(VICEROY)

kosuke · Post by **kosuke** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:11 pm

Hello all.
Coud you give me information about this whistle?

Stamped VICEROY ,MADE IN ENGLAND on the fipple.

King Friday · Post by **King Friday** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:42 pm

that blue one's really cool in a really tacky way

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:14 pm

That's a Viceroy. These were made in England. They had plastic tops.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:25 pm

...and they come in colors and have teeny B and F tone holes...

Philo

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:34 pm

Oh boy, yet another whistle mystery!

Flogging Jason · Post by **Flogging Jason** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:58 am

How about these mystery whistles on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:10 am

too bad the red fipples don't come in other colors to actually match the rest of the whistle. i do like the blue.

CHIFF FIPPLE · Post by **CHIFF FIPPLE** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:52 pm

PhilO wrote:...and they come in colors and have teeny B and F tone holes...

Philo

B hole ?

OXXOOO C

That's a Viceroy. These were made in England. They had plastic tops.

And they had VICEROY ,MADE IN ENGLAND moulded on the fipple.

CHIFF FIPPLE · Post by **CHIFF FIPPLE** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:55 pm

Flogging Jason wrote:How about these mystery whistles on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

holy poop $28.00 to ship

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:56 pm

C# & G holes

it's a bloody plage it is.

CHIFF FIPPLE · Post by **CHIFF FIPPLE** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:08 pm

Denny wrote:C# & G holes

it's a bloody plage it is.

yes

but I never say things like that

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:10 pm

CHIFF FIPPLE wrote:
Denny wrote:C# & G holes

it's a bloody plage it is.
yes but I never say things like that

well!

I've never been much of a lady...

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:20 pm

Walden wrote:That's a Viceroy. These were made in England. They had plastic tops.

They could be counterfeits made in a third world sweat shop by slave labor.

doogieman · Post by **doogieman** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:28 am

I bought a "Saxaflute" whistle off Ebay some time ago. The one I got was in really bad shape - windway smashed in and all. With a little work it is in playing shape again and is - at best - a fair whistle. It plays in B. And it's surprising the amount of thought and engineering that went into this - look at the fancy little "bump" in the wood part of the fipple. Actuallya pretty cool piece!

My grandson likes to play "the Red one"!

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:09 pm

I have a couple of those Viceroy heads. I can't remember when and where I got them - dim recollection of buying them in a music store that had a box full of them for a few pennies, no bodies. They are wide - wider than a Gen Bb body. But once you do fit them onto something, they sound pretty weak.

It's funny but with that name, you'd expect them to made in India. Presumably the brand name predates Indian independence anyway (1947), if not the articles themselves. Hmm. They might be made of bakelite...