Adrian
April 5, 2008, 9:19pm
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Todd:
Another question I haven’t considered before: How is the wind resistance on the newer Burkes? I will be playing outdoors from time to time. I know The Whistler said that his Burke had low wind resistance, but I wonder if that was due to the C nat thumbhole. The talk about the composites has tweaked my interest as well, but I can’t find any sound samples of a Burke composite.
I play out of doors a lot and find that most whistles, including Burkes, can be played in a moderate wind simply turning your back to it, as swizzlestick said.
Xyzzy
April 6, 2008, 2:06am
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CranberryDog:
I would like to add that my brass session, DBSBT is dated 2/2008 and I believe is the latest rendition by Mr. Burke. It does have the longer mouthpiece and longer streamlined tuning slide. It does seem to have a wider bore and a slightly thinner wall dimension; however, my memory might be off.
How do you know if you have the latest rendition? (Mine is 7/2007)
MTGuru
April 8, 2008, 11:52am
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See this thread:http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=56355
Another trick for playing in a light wind is to rotate the head upside-down so that the fipple window is facing toward you. You lose some projection but gain a bit of wind stability.
Xyzzy
April 8, 2008, 8:10pm
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Thanks!
In a nutshell, the newer ones have a 70mm tuning collar and a 34mm beak. Apparently mine is one of the newer ones.
