(edited 30-Oct to add schedules at top to be easy to find)
The whistles were put in the mail on 29-Oct, heading for Greg and Phil.
Let me know what you think and when you send them on.
The whistle schedules:
Whistle 1
Greg Adams
Peri Holguin
Judy Kingrey
Ron Kiley
Tommy Dion
Whistle 2
2) Phil Sexton
4) Sarah A McUmber-House
(the ‘A’ is for ‘annie’)
6) Michelle Osborne
8 ) Art Drummond
(Original post below)
I’ve decided my Every whistles are ready for a tour, so PM me your mailing address if you are interested and I’ll add you to the list below:
The list
Greg Adams
Phil Sexton
Peri Holguin
Annie (as in McU)
Judy Kingrey
Michelle Osborne
Ron Kiley
Art Drummond
Tommy
(your name here)
And maybe Breqwas
I think five to eight people per whistle would be good, and I am willing to send out two whistles this first time around. There’s no official form to fill out, just play the whistle for a while, a week would be about right, and take it to a session if you can. Then let me know what you and any others thought of it.
Be forewarned, it’s a tunable CPVC whistle, and I’ve read some folks don’t care for plastic whistles. But if you want to give it a toot, let me know. I used plastic so I could carry it with me in the swamps and beaches of southwest Florida. I call it the “Every” whistle because everyone should have one so they can take it everywhere.
It comes with a tone ring for adjusting the volume and breathy-ness to which I’m particularly interested in hearing your reactions. You can see photos and read a bit about it at http://www.parkswhistles.com. There are some sounds clips on the whistle page. Look to the bottom of the page for the muting example.
Blackhawk, yes I have one in the list of things to do. It will be a little while before I get to working on it however. I’ve got a low D on the workbench now.
Carey, I had a look at your site and I’m very impressed. Your whistles look very nice, and I congratulate on the low price! Bravissimo!
I haven’t received your package yet, but before pronouncing it lost I’ll wait a few days more. There must be something wrong with Poste Italiane lately, I’m not receiving any mail.
As i mentioned in my first thread, i’m looking for a cheap Low D whistle for practising grib and style of play amongst other things, before i begin spending way too much money on some of the models i dream about.
Please do post more info about the Low D you’re working on, especially if you manage to keep the price at the same level as this. (A price this low makes it possible to buy and pass on as gifts to other interested people too)
After reading info on your page, a ghost Low D seems like an interesting idea, imho.
Art - You are in! I will wait until no other people join the tour for a couple days and then send out the whistles with mailing labels for all.
Guido - I’ve been trying to be patient. The fact that you are suspecting mail issues gives me reason to hope. Let’s wait a bit more (and I’ll make more whistles in the meantime.)
Right now the price is too low for the time involved, but I’ve got some ideas to improve my manufacturing process should demand justify the investment in tooling. I hope I can keep it where it is.
ElPollo - I will update my blog as I work on the low D. Watch for updates at http://www.parkswhistles.com. I’m working on how to make the head for whistles of that diameter with my meager machines. I’m certian that it will be a three piece whistle so I can fit the parts into the lathe. The other benefit will be you can vary the offset between your two hands and the head to make fingering more comfotable. Per another thread just posted, Glenn didn’t get into low D Water Weasels and I suspect there are issues with pipe diameter etc. that cause the octaves to be less balanced than one would like. But I made a rough hack at a low D out of 1/2 inch PVC a while ago and aside from being pretty quiet I enjoyed playing it. So it might be a low D “starter” whistle for people to mess around with. We’ll see. Mack Hoover does low D’s in CPVC, so it must be possible. But then again, Mack may have a deal with some fairies in Ireland so his whistles all play nicely.
So… it seems Carey has made it possible that the grip of WhOA can be relieved (theoretically, that is) with the purchase of just one single whistle… “Why, yes, I do own (an) Every Whistle.” … fiendishly clever … but i fear it will fail, as the other whistles already know my name, and whisper to me constantly.
But the long answer would be it might never happen because my source of pipe for the Ghost whistle jumps to a diameter too large for a whistle, and the 1/2 inch ID that I use for the Ghost whistle is too small for a low whistle. It is possible that I would find some material that would work well. I have not run across any yet, but I have not looked either.
