It has been some time since I have made a commercial post, however, I have been busy redesigning and re-voicing all of my low whistles. Due to the success of the Delrin/brass head for the high whistles I have included this design for the entire collection of my instruments.
The low whistles now have a darker tone and are less sensitive to breath pressure so that they are easier to play making them suitable for beginners as well as advanced players. The new voicing design has created an even better evenness of tone throughout the entire range and the whistles have a bit more volume. I’ve never had any problems with the maple heads cracking but with the Delrin I believe it is an even more durable instrument. I’ve also adjusted the hole pattern for the low whistles shortening the reach of the bottom hole and reducing its size to make it easier to play.
I have put up a new interactive website with new pictures and sound clips which I invite you to visit. The address is http://www.reyburnwhistles.com
I welcome your comments.
Thanks very much for your support thru the years as I really enjoy making whistles.
Thanks for the link to the new website. The design changes on the low D’s sound very interesting. (And I’m still delighted with the C/D session set I bought from you some years ago.)
Ronaldo your new website is beautiful. I really like being able to make comments about your whistles. I recently played one of your new Low Ds and it’s a charmer… very easy to play (I tried the off-set holes which was fairly easy to cover) and it has a wonderful tone. And I especially like the slow air on the soprano D…whats the name of that tune?
Constance, The slow air, being played by Patricia Maureen O’Scannell, is “Collarbone of a Hare” and can be heard on each page of the site (upper right hand corner Session D). www.reyburnwhistles.com
I’ve had my Reyburn session D for a couple of days now…
Seems like a great whistle! The Reyburn is definitely louder than any whistle I’ve had previously, so, it’s sort of hard to make comparisons. But, at any rate, I’m very happy with the Reyburn. I love the tone, the solid feel of it. No clogging.
Man, that high B sure is loud, and high… it’s a bit much on my ears, sometimes. I’m guessing that’s true of other session-bore whistles as well. Just comes having a loud whistle, I guess, eh?
Anyway, very nice work, Ronaldo!
And now that my whistling can actually be heard at sessions, guess I’d better get practicing…
I’ll be at Burning Man this next week (Aug 31 to Sept 7) and I’ll have one of my new low Ds with me. So if anyone sees me and wants to try it out, come on up and you can give it a go.
