( First, sorry for my english…i Hope it 'll be understandable )
I have a Copeland High D whistle (nikel) for 1 year… and it’s really (in my opinion) a wonderfull whistle: the sound is clear/round/very rich/ (perhaps the richest tone) & reactive …
Go to tinwhistletunes.com and listen “Sean Reid’s reel” by “Michael Eskin” it’s really wonderfull.
( http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/reels.html )
So I love the tone but my ears can’t endure the last notes of the second octave! Is there a way to play the higher octave softer ? Do you think Michael C. can produce “quieter” whistle ? I have hearing problems and my doctor said I have to stop playing this whislte (or playing the higher octave)…
This situation is unbearable for me
I hope one day, M. Copeland will make quieter whistles… this day, those will be in my opinion the best whistles…
Thx
[ This Message was edited by: Xeluis on 2003-02-14 22:00 ]
I’m sure everyone is gonna suggest just about the same thing:
Try a Hoover. They’re pretty much the quietest whistles out there, very high-quality, but very reasonably priced. There are several different models you can choose from. You can look at them at the maker’s own page, http://home.attbi.com/~mackhoover/ . He only takes a certain amount of orders per month, so you may have a bit of a wait, but it’s definitly worth it.
Good luck!
Put some cotton in your ears. Those cotton balls (puffs) for removing makeup work well for me. Check with your doctor whether this is okay. (Regular ear plugs may reduce the sound so much that you can’t hear well enough to play.)
If you ask Michael to make you
a quieter whistle, he might do it.
A smaller window will do it.
But a better option is to mute
the whistle. If you search under
‘mutes’ or ‘whistle mute’ you
will find a lot of info about that.
There are plenty of whistles
less loud than the Copeland.
Abells will do it, unless
you need something very
quiet. I play the Copeland
high D outside.
Also there is the option of
switching to a lower key.
Sure, there are other quieter whistles out there, but they’re NOT Copelands – they don’t sound like Copelands (in deference to Jim, my Abell is as close as any whistle), they don’t respond like Copelands, and most importantly to me, they don’t FEEL like Copelands. (Note, the Copeland is not my favorite high-D by a longshot, but it is very different from any other whistle, and I do love the feel of it.)
If you want to play a Copeland, earplugs or a mute is the only way to go.
Yes, Copeland will custom voice whistles to your desires, so if you order one and specify that you want it quieter than the standard, that’s what you’ll get.
My high D - which also had those ear-bleeding notes at the top of the 2nd octave - is back for revoicing at the moment.
[ This Message was edited by: Jens_Hoppe on 2003-02-17 03:49 ]
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