OK,I only have two whistles, and Oak D and a SweeTone D. I’ve come to prefer the Oak, but I’ve noticed that when I play it outdoors (particularly at the beach) it really suffers from clogging. Yet back in the car, it plays fine (of course, while the car is stationary, good citizens…)
On the other hand, my SweeTone plays clog-free outdoors, at the beach, in high Florida humidity all the live long day.
The current Favorite Whistle thread is fun to read and very informative, but here is a question and a refinement: does anyone have similar indoor/outdoor problems with their favorite whistle, and does anyone have a favorite, all-star OUTDOOR whistle? (and a cheap one, at that?)
Kevin, I live in the mountains in AZ and there is a problem with wind and also barometric pressure changes in the afternoons. I use both Generations and Waltons, and the Gen’s are particularly sensitive to wind. My “D” Walton Guiness Black Whistle (same as LBW) plays the best outdoors, but in the afternoon I have to really blow to get the 2nd octave because of the afternoon air-pressure change. Once the sun sets or I come indoors, everything is fine. The Walton GBW is aluminum and very light, which takes some getting used to, but my brass and nickel Waltons (“D” and “C”) both work better outdoors than the Gen’s.
I sit out on our porch in the eve during warm months to play quite often. It’s usually breezy to very windy there. Of the whistle’s I’m playing right now the brass Gen C and Dixon A are always dependable in the wind, the laughing whistle and Dixon Low D can be forgotten if there’s much wind.
For outdoor use? My Water Weasel, which because it is made of pvc does not respond much to temperature or moisture. It lives (as I do) in Arizona, but makes frequent trips to California, and I play at the water’s edge every chance I get. Before I got the Water Weasel, my Sweetone did just fine.
If anyone knows of a more effective way to deal with wind than to just turn one’s back to it (which can look and sound really odd, especially when performing), I’d be glad to know, too.
If anyone knows of a more effective way to deal with wind than to just turn one’s back to it (which can look and sound really odd, especially when performing), I’d be glad to know, too.
Best,
Adrienne
Sometimes, depending on where the wind is coming from and how strong it is… If you have a tuneable whistle, just turn the fipple upside down… This works especially if the wind is coming straight at you…
I suppose the difference between a wind resistant whistle and not is probably some differences in the design/construction of the mouthpiece. Even so, these must be subtle yet effective differences.
Turning the fipple upside down…I’ll have to try that once I tune/tweek my Oak.
I can’t give you names of makers, but I have seen whistles with little baffles on either side of the window. They look for all the world like little organ pipes, and the baffles are intended to improve outdoor performances. Perhaps the C&F site will have pictures of some such in the whistle review sections.
Do you mean like the walled fipples of some of the Copeland whistles? I think their website has some pictures of that style of fipple. Is that what you remember seeing?
Do you mean like the walled fipples of some of the Copeland whistles? I think their website has some pictures of that style of fipple. Is that what you remember seeing?
Yes, that’s the sort of thing I was talking about. I think there may also be other makers who do this. Thanks for checking it out!
On 2002-04-26 13:31, Barney-O wrote:
Kendra, there for a moment I thought you were going to say you have an umbrella that clips to your whistle!
Wouldn’t that be cute now.
Keith
Hmm. Could be done if you tweak a ‘drink umbrella’…
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Thanks to the generous comments of this Board, and the herculean efforts of our R&D Department, Dazed Industries International is pleased to announce the commercial release it its latest breakthrough product: the FippleShield ™.
A product of painstaking craftsmanship and exotic materials, this remarkable advance in whistle technology is guaranteed to protect the windways of the most fickle whistles from the debilitating effects of wind and climate change. >
Our unique rubberized attachment device allows the FippleShield to be installed on any pennywhistle, including both high and low key whistles without marring or damaging the surface finish of the whistle.
FippleShield is available in the following attractive colors: Amber, Rouge, Sky Blue and Forest Green.
Click here to view a photo of this remarkable new acheivement in whistle technology:
Dazed Industries gratefully acknowldeges the contributions of the C&F Board in the development of this product, but if you want any of the proceeds, well, uh, hold on, my other phone is ringing…
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A product of painstaking craftsmanship and exotic materials, this remarkable advance in whistle technology is guaranteed to protect the windways of the most fickle whistles from the debilitating effects of wind and climate change. >
Our unique rubberized attachment device allows the FippleShield to be installed on any pennywhistle, including both high and low key whistles without marring or damaging the surface finish of the whistle.
FippleShield is available in the following attractive colors: Amber, Rouge, Sky Blue and Forest Green.
Click here to view a photo of this remarkable new acheivement in whistle technology:
Dazed Industries gratefully acknowldeges the contributions of the C&F Board in the development of this product, but if you want any of the proceeds, well, uh, hold on, my other phone is ringing…
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