Bamboo Irish Whistle & Bamboo Irish Flute

Whistle
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Hello. Nice to meet you!

I respect all of you who work in Chiff and Fipple.
I am a Korean and produce Irish flutes and Irish whistles made of bamboos with my husband in South Korea Some of them consist of metals like brass or duralumin.

My favorite materials are bamboos and brass. Do you like bamboos as well? 

I am really into those instruments…

I constantly desire to find the materials and sounds that I want, so I directly make them and my husband is a good supporter of me.

Frankly, we have our own jobs so that we just make small amounts of whistles and flutes. We hardly speak English, thus we do not take orders from other countries. However, we hope to communicate with you through our instruments some day.

The increasing number of Koreans loves themusic and traditional musical instruments of Ireland and Scotland. They are eager to exchange with professional and amateurmusicians including Joanie Madden, Flook, Vinnie Kilduff, Michael McGoldrick and The Chieftains, and to see their performances just like in Japan or China. So do I.

The following images are the Irish whistles and flutes that we make and also there are the samples of their sounds.

I would appreciate if you leave short commentsabout them.
(My playing is not perfect yet.)

I wish you all the best for you and your family.

https://www.box.com/embed/9gwkynmczzpb95j.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/mnlpe8u44diiymo.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/07ha8o95e7hwob2.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/9d3ead40edd6x2t.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/97v255zi4o8xohm.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/9qkbesje4r3opp6.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/nce701ce2ugvg0v.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/zkf9jsqai5ocpe9.swf

https://www.box.com/embed/85s48ots07q50rv.swf

High D key sound sample
https://www.box.com/embed/m2mih84wlmugs4i.swf
Alto G key Sound Scale
https://www.box.com/embed/anr7rxcj6ipjay7.swf
Alto G key - The Level Plain
https://www.box.com/embed/djomjl3dnz2bv6u.swf
Alto F key Sound Sample
http://youtu.be/1v4yttojmSI
Flute Alto F key Sound Sample
https://www.box.com/embed/1ntbuhejb4m25n5.swf

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What a remarkable design for the whistle heads! I haven’t seen that before. And I like the tone. Well done. :thumbsup:

Do you ever plan to make tuneable bamboo whistles?

3

All I can say is it’s a shame you can’t make enough to take orders from the UK. Lovely instruments!

4

These look and sound wonderful! I’d love to try one of the alto whistles. Beautiful work.

5

Very nice work! I especially like The Level Plain sound sample. Beautiful. Only one tip I can offer, and that’s that you might try blunting the blade of the whistles a tiny bit. It should give it a slightly softer and more breathy sound - less recorder-like. However, that’s only my preference. Others on this board will probably argue against that. :slight_smile:

One question, is the head design similar to this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JN_vMXSP10

6

They sound amazing, especially the G alto.
I very much hope that one day you can take international orders! :slight_smile:

7

I love the G.

By the way are those O-rings?

8

Thank you~!^^

Yes. I’m making a tunable test.
Because the tube is irregular, making it difficult (ㅠ_ㅠ)

https://www.box.com/embed/pycdhbrb4bhzv7d.swf

9

ring? This is a (leather) strap.


Mr.Blower, Mr.brewerpaul, Mr.MeMyselfandI, Mr.HunterGatherer, Mr.Angel Shadowsong

Thank you for all the comments. (^^)/

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ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

Have different ways of making (^^;)
Our production methods, it is a very tricky process.

11

they sound and look great! let us know when they are for sale in the US, i’m sure you’ve got some potential buyers already :thumbsup:

12

I second this! :smiley:

13

Beautiful sound. Would love to get one.

14

I second this, too! :smiley:

15

We’re a bunch of addicts, and it looks like you have us hooked!

they do sound nice, and your playing is sweet. :thumbsup:

16

Thank you very much. (^-^)/

Mr. fearfeasog , Mr. HunterGatherer , Mr. Ted . Mr. dspmusik

Thank you for the comment.

17

Another high D key sounds.
I mainly favorite high D key has been used. (^-^)a
Phone video recording, the sound quality is a little bad video… (ㅠ_ㅠ)

http://youtu.be/Fdg3yRQqVKA

Sound Scale
https://www.box.com/embed/ddswbmwjelyf162.swf

18

How much for a D whistle? I really love the look and sound of your work.

19

Well, Mr SJIBamboo, it now looks like you can give up your day jobs and go into full scale production. Put me on your waiting list!

20

While I would hope so too, SJIBambooWhistle has already hinted that the variable nature of bamboo keeps it from the mass production necessary to be able to take such a step. Still, I hope I’m wrong.