Commercial Posting: Handicap Whistle

Whistle
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No, I’m not refering to Golf. Before the advent of Political Correctness, we used to use this word.

I’ve met a few people who have various impairments that prevent them from playing the whistle. Now there has been the idea of making a trombone like whistle - but that’s no fun trying to find the right note.

I discovered that after removing the tuning joint and the tonehole placement could be set so that a sliding tube fits between the fipple window and the top hole. It then slides down to cover one hole at a time.

A person with two hands could hold the whistle tip with one hand and slide the slide tube up and down to play. I could also modify the fipple so that a person with one hand could the whistle in their mouth and slide the tube with one hand.

http://jubileeinstruments.messianic-webhosting.com/whis-handi.htm

Currently they are available in the key of High-D, more keys in the near future.

BTW - I will eventually have a Low-D for this and this might be good for people with small hands.

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What a thoughtful idea.

I reckon that such a generous development warrants waiving the usual constraints on commercial posts.

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Very cool idea! You’re one of the good people, Dan.

The people at Dolmetsch recorders can add keys to their instruments and I believe that if you can document that you have a genuine disability they will do this without charge with the purchase of a new instrument.

Amongst all the greed in the world, it’s nice to hear things like these once in a while.

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necessity is the mother of invention

or as my 6-year-old once put it: mother is the necessity of invention

it never ceases to amaze me what people come up with!!

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When will somebody make a left-handed whistle?

:wink:

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I got one, Cran…email me offlist :smiling_imp:

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That is a great idea Dan.