I bought this several months ago.
It plays fine. It was a bit shop worn
when I bought it, so that it has
some tiny marks on the finish
that you have to look for to see.
100 dollars; that’s 30 dollars
less than new at The Whistle Shop.
I pay shipping and insurance.
So, Ludwig, have you seen the Chieftain
low D advertised on snortandsuckle?
Ya, Ya, Hans!
Do you believe the tale that Chieftain
is made by slave children
in an underground
dungeon in Liverpool?
Slander, Hans! Anti-whistle
agents spread this gossip!
Ah, Ludwig, glad is my heart to
hear this truth at last. I long for the melodious sound of the Chieftain low D.
Yah, Hans, it honks like a lovelorn
goose flying over the central
steppes of Asia…two and one half
octaves of sheer goose angst,
in tune, lovely, complex overtones,
rich and deep…robust volume…
we hear it high above us, as
in a dream.
No more, Ludwig, I beg. Ah, I grow
faint with desire…
falls over laughing
I’m tempted to buy it and risk the consequences just because of that little dialogue..
No risky consequences. It’s quite
a good low
D whistle. It’s alloy, light,
sounds something like an Overton,
what might be described as
a more ‘open’ sound. Still
cosmic, less drainpipe; I
prefer it, though in that
I’m in a minority. Some
backpressure but not
hard to blow. Less
well finished than
the Overton, but handsome
none the less. Easily
fingered with piper’s
grip, which is all I can
use on low Ds. If somebody has
very slender fingers, some
of the tone holes are
large. Includes a thumb rest.
If anybody has any questions,
please contact me. Best
[ This Message was edited by: jim stone on 2003-01-28 10:31 ]
Even second hand these things don’t come cheap, do they? You ought to see what a cheap Hohner whistle goes for on eBay these days!
True, true. Such a deal!
On 2003-01-28 10:28, jim stone wrote:
…Includes a thumb rest.
If anybody has any questions,
please contact me. Best
I have a question: Is swine the plural of sow, orginally? No, seriously. I’ve always wondered about that. You know, the old plural of cow is kine (Tolkien uses it, now there’s a reference for you). And it’s in the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.
The American Heritage Dictionary says:
KinePronunciation: (kIn)
—n. Archaic.
a pl. of cow 1.
But it’s not otherwise helpful:
The American Heritage Dictionary says:
SwinePronunciation: (swIn)
—n.,
—pl. swine.
- any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. > Cf. hog, pig, wild boar. >
- the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
- a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
- a contemptible person.
Was there an archaic meaning realting to “sow”? sus scrofa? Well, it’s a mystery I’d like to solve.
What those “other products” are, by the way, is a mystery I’d rather not solve.
While ‘swine’ is a plural, and ‘swine’
and ‘sow’ (or a verbal ancestor of ‘sow’)
are both there in old English, the
OED doesn’t say whether ‘swine’ is
the plural of ‘sow,’ originally.
Well, I invited people to contact
me with their questions, but I never
said I could answer them.
Bloomfield, please don’t send me
any whistles, by the way. We’re
going under. Best
It’s gone. Thanks, gang.
See!?! The trick is to ask the right questions.
I thought it was renewed confidence
in the economy after the president’s
speech last night. How foolish of me.
It was your question. Thanks!
For corroboration, there’s also a reference to “kine” in the taditional song “She Moved Through The Fair”.