Let’s talk about whistles again. After listening to a few mp3 from clips & snips I want to get a Burke whistle (high D). I can’t make up my mind between an Alu Narrow Bore D and an Alu Pro D. They both sound lovely on the clips.
How do they compare to the whistles I know: Dixon tunable, Overton, Rose, Kerry Pro tunable?
Do the alu whistles have a delrin fipple?
Anything else I should know before making a decision?
Best wishes for 2003 to all you chiffers! May Peace, Wisdom and Whistledom reign on Earth! May all those who have lost their jobs recently find a new one soon. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Cheers.
The one I have is the AlPro, needs very little air, has a delrin fipple, is not too soft, though I’m affraid not loud enough for a session with more than a few players. I think difficult to compare with the makes of whistles you know (according to your post of course), it has a nice modest sound and plays very easily from bottom to top (e third octave). A good price for an excellent whistle too.
All the best
Erik
On 2002-12-30 13:01, jim stone wrote:
I believe that they do have a delrin
fipple, but the main reason I’m
responding is to say how much I
wish I knew Latin and had a name
like yours! Best
hm… I must confess I borrowed the last part of my name from someone else
I think sweetone did a good basic review. I want to add that I actually prefer Mike Burke’s composite high whistles over his metal high whistles. Though not as break-resistant, they have a bit of a stronger tone and can handle being played a little less delicately.
I’m not sure what you mean by delicacy. On some whistles, if you are not very careful, the bottom couple of notes will wobble a little if you don’t hold your breath back. Mike Burke’s composite session d can handle the lowest notes a little better than the al-pro, with a little flexibilty there. The al-pro is an adequate whistle, but it doesn’t have as much personality in tone as some others, especially the Rose, and it won’t be much louder than the Rose.
On 2002-12-30 15:00, JessieK wrote:
I’m not sure what you mean by delicacy.
Actually, I was thinking about a soft sound, as opposed to a mighty loud session whistle. So there was some misunderstanding. Thanks for the explanation.
I can’t tell the diff between the AL and the brass, and would prefer the Al if I had played that one first because it doesn’t tarnish. The wide bore is a bit louder than the narrow, neither are piercing or difficult to listen to.
Like Jessie, I prefer the sound of the composite high D over the Al Pro. I have both although the Al Pro is on loan at the moment. I also had the session brass.I just the think the composite has more “character”, whatever that is. I’ve come to really prefer the composites and currently have them in high D, C, Bflat, G, and low D. I had to trade off my A in order to get a whistle I really wanted but do intend to replace it.
I’m still looking for a high D composite narrow bore, if anyone has one they are willing to let go.
Not like wood but closer to wood than to metal. I like the “softer” sound and that does not have to do with volume but with having a rounder, more full sound that is not as “pure”. The sound is just more pleasant and blends with other instruments better, IMHO. I also like the lightness of the composites. I still like my very very pure Rose but the particular Blackwood Weasel I got from Doc Jones (Patrick) a while back combines the best of the pureness and the rounded, fuller sound that I like.
Now you see why I don’t review whistles here. The words just don’t do justice to what I’m trying to describe.
You just gave in a few words an undestandable explanation, complete with readable nuances, for a complex phenomenon.
If feeling could be measured, we’d all play virtual whistles from behind a puter screen.
This is why I wouldn’t care for “synthetic” or “digest” reviews.
On 2002-12-30 15:01, claudine wrote:
we don’t have too many brits here nowadays, just an awful lot of french … >
Do like I did : go to Brittany. True, we get an awful lot of French too, but they all go back in mid-August from where they came from in mid-July. And it’s like D-day : they only storm the beaches
On 2002-12-30 18:52, Zubivka wrote:
Do like I did : go to Brittany. True, we get an awful lot of French too, but they all go back in mid-August from where they came from in mid-July. And it’s like D-day : they only storm the beaches >
L’homme nommé cheval est donc séparatiste? Mais je n’ai rien contre les français, pourvu qu’ils aient un peu de délicatesse.
