Bad and good (whistle) news...

Whistle
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:frowning:

First the bad news:

No whistle for me under the tree, despite it being #1 on my wish list on the refrigerator. I am still (apart from two fairly crude home-made units) whistle-less.


:slight_smile:
Now the good news:

Golly, I’ll just have to The Whistle Shop web site, and order me a couple, plus that book/CD of slow Irish airs.


Lost

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well after those wishtles have arrived, you might still get lost, stranded, stuck, or whatever,…but,

Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown…

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you’ll never walk alone,
You’ll never walk alone…
… :slight_smile:

merry christmas!

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The Walton’s has some great tunes–and having a CD really makes a difference.

So, which whistles are you thinking about?

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Maybe Santa misplaced your letter, Lost. :wink: But Thom of the Whistle Shop won’t misplace your order - he’s a great person to deal with. One warning about the “Slow Airs” book. Not all the songs can be played on a D whistle; A few have notes too low. It is a nice book of tunes, though.

~Judy

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I second that the “Slow Airs” book and CD is a great resource. I got them for my wife (who has taken up the Celtic harp) for Christmas last year and now that my latent case of WhOA is no longer latent I have been learning a few things from it as well. Enjoy!

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Darwin wrote:

So, which whistles are you thinking about?


Everybody says start with a D, so I thought I’d get a Feadog and Sweetone. Sound OK?


Lost

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Those are good, also you might get an Oak at the same time. I like Oaks about the most of the least expensive whistles.

–James

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Have to say I like Sweetones a bit less these days. An in-tune Oak’s good.

Trisha

9

Well, I stopped by a guitar shop on the way home from work (actually to get something else), and lo and behold, on the counter, they had one of those little display racks of Megs, which I swear was not there two weeks ago. In and out for less than $4.25.

First song…Shady Grove.

I like the tone of my home-made unit better, but the commercial unit hits the second octave much, much easier, and uses less wind. All-in-all, it is OK for my first ‘real’ whistle.


Lost