I’ve been trying to go back through some old threads about whistlemaking and how makers figure out designs, improve, evolve, etc.
I’m just starting to look at whistles again after having played the same 3 for 12 years or so and I’ve been amazed and pleased by the growth in numbers and quality of whistles. What I haven’t found is an organization where makers can share info.
For those of us who were buying guitars in the 60s and 70s, life was grim. What you had were icky imported plywood dreadnoughts or inconsistent and very expensive Martins and Gibsons. Noone was building other styles or at better value points.
The Guild of American Luthiers and books like Irving Sloane’s and Teeter’s encouraged a whole bunch of folks to build in the 80s and share what they learned. 20 years later, the results are guitars vastly better than anything we saw back then at much better prices.
Am I just not finding it or is there not a GAL equivalent for budding whistle makers to share their experiences?
Players and builders alike benefit when the state of the art is improved.
Yeah, I know. It’s only a whistle B^)
[ This Message was edited by: MandoPaul on 2002-10-17 16:07 ]
