Are you the only whistler you've ever met?

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Have you ever met another whistle player?

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On another thread I realized that I’d never met another whistle player.

How about you? Have you ever met another whistler?

Here’s your chance to vote, and gloat or commiserate…

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I’ve met virtually thousands. :wink:

Seriously, though, I’ve probably met several hundred in the flesh.

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Hey, there are even whistlers in San Jose!

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I don’t get this question. I’m one of the few whistle players I haven’t met.

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Wombat - :laughing:

And I guess I’m the same…

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Personally, actually really truly met? None. I was terribly happy when a friend of mine actually recognised my pennywhistle as a pennywhistle without being told. :slight_smile:

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As I was tripping up the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today
I wish that he would go away.

I’ve only met one other whistler from this board, and they aren’t on this board anymore. I guess that speaks volumes.

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I know OF other whistle players.

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geek4music- Is that Henry VIII?

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Lilymaid,
You caught me. I had hoped people would think it is me in my new
renfaire garb. :laughing: Yes it’s Hank the 8th.

BTW, I like your avatar. I have a giant poster of that very picture hanging on a wall.

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Yes, I haven’t met any, yet. I hope to remedy that this weekend in St. Louis. Perhaps I’ll meet someone else from the board and then we both can decide if that is a good or bad opportunity.

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Know thyself, Wombat. It is meet to do so.

Steve

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No, but conversely, I suspect I can count the others I’ve met on the fingers of one hand.

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so far I’ve met only one other, Jim Rementer, a wonderful gentleman!

~Larry

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Thank you. You must have impeccable taste in posters. :slight_smile:

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Shannon (my wife) plays whistle, has a lovely Parkhurst E-flat that is just about the sweetest whistle I’ve yet seen.

Well, then there’s Sam McReynolds…we play together along with his dad and Paul pretty frequently. Sam rocks…I’ve learned some good tunes from him.

Also Basil Arrick who played with us when he lived in Texarkana, was a whistler and a pretty good one.

There’s Larry and Terrie Henderson and their daughters who all play Sweetone whistles (at least to some degree.)

Also a girl named Chamille who at least has a whistle…but I think hers is more decoration than for music. (Another Sweetone…I gave it to her in exchange for some Italian coinage.)

So I know a few, and they are all Good People. :slight_smile:

Best,

–James

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I think I’ve met about a dozen chiff & fipplers IRL. But I’ve met loads of non-c&f whistlers, too.

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I met Bloomfield once, but he isnt aware of the fact

Iam the bloke that asked for the time in Potsdam platz Berlin Bloomie

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I’ve not met any in person, which is why I was so happy to stumble across C&F. :smiley: At least I know there are people out there who really view the whistle as a legitimate musical instrument. If not for you folks, I’d still be playing to myself in my bedroom. But now I own a Low D and my church band wants me to join the group. Woo-hoooooo! :party:

So I’m thrilled you all are out there. … you are out there, right? :puppyeyes: This isn’t some elaborate internet hoax to make me look like a complete and total fool, is it? I mean, 'cause I’m really good at doing that on my own, so if this IS an internet hoax, well you can just stop. I mean, really. Sheesh. :roll: Cranberry, do I qualify as crazy now, or just paranoid? :poke:

Little John

Now on the run for excessive use of emoticons … :laughing:

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If it any consolation littlejohngael I still play with my whistle in my bedroom somtimes!! :astonished: