No, that wasn’t planned. The body section of the Dymondwood shattered on the lathe, so I just made a polymer body for it. The head was too pretty to simply trash. Thanks, Phil
Everyone has their own circumstances that they must work with. That being said, even expensive whistles like Paul’s are relatively cheap compared to many instruments. Just look at it this way, if you put $5 a week into a jar, at the end of a year you will have enough money for a Busman Whistle. Yeah, the wait might be rough, but it sure beats some of the sacrifices I am going to have to make for my new concertina .
I understand. I’m not saying they aren’t worth it. I just wish I could afford one right now. My really big instrument purchase for the year was the uilleann pipe order. Paid for with the $5 a week plan initiated over a year ago.
Next year’s big instrument purchase savings fund is already in progress.
I stopped smoking in 1975 with the idea of saving $1 per day for free spending on instruments. I have avoided smoking about 13,000 packs of cigarettes since then, and have spent only a small portion of that amount on on instruments.
So, having revisited the numbers, I should really be out on a major spending binge. Yeah, buy what you really want.
Osage also makes for good longbow wood. And having had to mow near them all my life, I hate them while they are alive. But their wood is awesome for making stuff.
Mowing isn’t a problem for us. We actually have a guy who comes around in the fall and picks up the hedge balls. He gives us a big bag of sweetcorn and picks up all the balls he can find. I believe he sells them to a home decorating store for a dime each.