It just shows you that there is no such thing as a perfect whistle, AND, that most whistles must not satisfy, much. I’ll bet that only a handful of people have all the right whistles for their needs and need no more. But then, what do I know? I don’t even know the people on this board, let alone be able to recognize Dale if I saw him at the store.
WhOA is hitting eBay twice a day to see if anyone has posted any good whistles (I used to do this before all the rest of you found eBay and spoiled all the fun ).
WhOA is buying 11 Generations at a time, even though you know all about Generation inconsistency, in the hope of finding one of those elusive ‘old’ models.
WhOA is cutting a deal with someone else on C&F to share the bounty and not cut each other’s throats on our eBAY forays (Remember, Lee?)
WhOA is buying another whistle before the last one has even arrived in the mailbox, much less been played.
WhOA is buying an E (not Eb) Chieftain because the price is good - with the almost certain knowledge that you’ll never find a tune in that key to play.
On 2002-09-12 00:41, Chuck_Clark wrote:
WhOA is hitting eBay twice a day to see if anyone has posted any good whistles (I used to do this before all the rest of you found eBay and spoiled all the fun ).
I still have 5 ebay “agents” that mail me if new items get listed in certain categories (such as “oriordan whistle” or “copeland whistle”)…I recently took the “susato whistle” category away. I never got any whistle listings, and kept getting classical cd listings. heh.
Poor man’s WhOA: Buying a cheap low whistle (e.g. Dixon Low D) and you don’t like it, then get onto the waiting list for an Overton Low D, even when your cash supply is, like, low.
WhOA ['wO, 'hO, 'hwO] acronym
Whistle Obsessive Acquisition Disorder : a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable desire to buy, or otherwise acquire, large numbers of tinwhistles or pennywhistles : a form of IAS (Instrument Acquisition Syndrome) q.v.
(source: Langford, Samuel E., ed. English Dictionary of Musical Psychoses. Hoboken, UT: Random Press, 1999.)
Reasonable Person W a l d e n
When a whistler plays, he stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if he is good, he knows how to keep it from hurting.
[ This Message was edited by: Walden on 2002-09-12 11:51 ]
We think we have problems with WhOA: I was talking last night to a friend who has OUPAD - obsessive uilleann pipe acquisition disorder. Admittedly his family are reared and off his hands, but we’re still talking pretty serious money there.
I think we also need to add that beginners can get away with buying a fair number of assorted whistles and not claim WHOA. You need to sample a broad range when you start to find what suits you. I ended up with about 12 whistles in the first three months of playing, but once I found the ones I REALLY liked, my need to acquire has gone down.
Now, if in a year, if I’ve got a good whistle in each needed key that works for me…and I’m STILL buying them, well, that’s WHOA.
[Sob] By criterion above, I don’t really have wHOA. I only have WFPD (Whistle Forum Posting Disorder)… A WSMAD (whistle sheet music acquisition disorder)…
Just saw BSteve’s Dossan of Heather book at Borders in San Rafael. I was so out of it, I didn’t even know it existed. Sorry BSteve!
My WHOA has definitly shifted to the Sheet Music Disorder as well. I can’t get enough new sheet music. It’s really an addiction. Of course, I can’t play half of what I have but that’s a different story…
Sometimes I just sit for hours typing stupid search tearms into JC’s ABC tune finder. I listen to all the midis and once I find one I like I’ll pull up the music in another window and move on in my search. Sometimes I’ll have 15-20 windows open…all with really cool tunes waiting for me to download them. Then of course, windows crashes and I loose them all and can’t remember the titles of any of them.
I can’t read sheet music yet so I’m safe there, but I do still desire more whistles. I currently have Low WhOA, though, which is the more expensive strain. Not as bad as flute, though. I want to get/find out about a Reyburn Low D, and find a good Low F and a good low G. And I still need to get a decent soprano Bb. The only one I have is a susato.
I have a spare laughing D on order but that’s the only soprano D I desire at the moment, so maybe I am safe there…?
I still have 5 ebay “agents” that mail me if new items get listed in certain categories (such as “oriordan whistle” or “copeland whistle”)…I recently took the “susato whistle” category away. I never got any whistle listings, and kept getting classical cd listings. heh.