-Aha! -Bet you thought this referred to freebie whistles. Nope. -What a difference a vowel makes.
-I use a VSB D for practice & learning new tunes, and a Silkstone Alloy D+ for recital/performance. The two complement each other well with similar (fast) response to breath pressure along the scale and at octave break. The Silkstone needs more oomph to play high A & B squeakless, and a little more overall, but the two whistles play enough alike that playing one approximates play on the other
closely.
-Do other whistlers practice/perform with complementary whistles? -If so, which whistle pairings do you use?
Brian O.
[ This Message was edited by: brianormond on 2003-01-08 11:30 ]
I don’t perform enough to have one whistle for practice and another for performance. It is, however, interesting that the Susato VSB has a similar response to the Silkstone alloy. The same is true of the VSB and the Burke D whistles. I wonder whether this has something to do with the curved airways, since the flat-airway Generation-type whistles have entirely different response characteristics. Does the Silkstone have a curved airway?
-The Silkstone does have a curved windway.
I really like its lightning responsiveness, but play the VSB at times for a slightly quieter sound and a little more forgiving personality, at least until the
Silkstone is fully warmed, then its a delight too.
