A Geriatric Newbie.......but loving it!

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It has always amazed me how I eventually can get ultimately where I need to be. I have been playing and taking lessons on the high D-whistle for several months now and really loving it. I just joined this forum after following it for a while now and appreciate all the insight others members contribute.

It took me a bit of time to settle on a whistle that “fit me” best, but currently I am very taken by my new John Sindt whistle. I have spoken to him several times and as a retired restorative dentist, I really do appreciate his fine attention to detail and meticulous craftsmanship. I have also spoken to Fred Rose and hope to be able to pick up my first Rose Whistle next month on my way up to North Cumbria. :boggle: I’m just hoping that during my 34 day stay in the UK this year that I might luck out and be able to bring one of Fred’s whistles home with me.

Anyway, my entry into Irish/Celtic music has been wonderful. I am also looking forward to having one of my 5-string banjos converted to a Tenor soon as well. It’s going to be a bit odd putting down my finger picks and using a flat pick…LOL. Thanks for all the great information and insights. Hopefully, I’ll be able to add something worthwhile.

Regards,

Harold :open_mouth:

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Hey Harold, welcome to Chiff! Sounds like you’re well on your way to having lots of fun, and off to a good start! :thumbsup: It also sounds like you got a good case of the Irish flu! :wink:

Have a blast!
Barry

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Well, you didn’t say how you came to play the whistle so late in life. Did you forget?

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I know you mean well but this isn’t so funny, really.
Also starting something new when you are older
doesn’t call for an explanation.

Welcome Harold. Us old farts need to stick together.

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Welcome to Chiff & Fipple Harold, and the exciting world of whistles.


Wow Jim! ya mean there are more than two of us now? :thumbsup:

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Hey, I learned how late in life too. And no it doesn’t require an explanation but they’re usually interesting stories nonetheless.

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This is true. In my case I was kidnapped by pirates. I managed to escape by diving overboard in the middle of a typhoon. I would’ve perished but I was saved by porpoises, who pushed me to the shore of a desert island that turned out to be the tip of an underwater volcano. The eruption propelled me all the way to the Himalayas. I made my way back to St. Louis by trekking through China, disguised as a Tibetan Lama. Wow I said to myself when I finally got home. Things have been really intense! I’ve got to find a way to relax. I think I’ll take up the whistle.

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Hmmmmmmm… uh, would you recognize any of the pirates if you saw them again?

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Agewise, I am just a little behind behind you
but after your admittance
I am going to have to increase the gap.

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Would that I could forget. They all played Uilleann pipes.
The horror!

If this wasn’t a family forum, I’d tell you the
story of how I came to take up the flute.
When you are older, my children…

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talcum powder

nuttin’ worse that a bunch of old fart stuck together :smiling_imp:

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Denny, here’s empirical evidence in support of your suggestion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hvPp7JiRQ

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Welcome Harold!
Sounds like you’re off to a good start with the Sindt :slight_smile: