For Sale: Bird's Eye Maple Thin Weasel

Whistle
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I’m selling the Bird’s Eye Maple Thin Weasel that Glenn Schultz custom made for me. Although the pictures don’t do it justice, you can get an idea by looking here:

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=3&uid=571515&gid=866899&imgid=10110901

This whistle is made from highly figured Bird’s Eye Maple. Glenn finished the whistle with a French Lacquer job, so I would never have to oil the whistle. That also makes this beauty highly resistant to changes in humidity. The lacquer is so thin and expertly applied that it’s very difficult to even detect it - what you feel when you play the whistle is primarily the wood grain, not some slick finish that gets slipperey when you start to sweat - very nice indeed.
This particular Thin Weasel is extremely light, yet strong which makes it a joy to play. The tone is, IMO, wonderful: a bit softer and more breathy than your standard Thin Weasel, although I doubt anyone would call it a quiet whistle - it IS a Thin Weasel after all :slight_smile: The main thing is that I find this whistle a bit easier on the ear for solo playing outside of a session.

The whistle does of course include the standard hardwood, felt lined whistle case that Glenn ships with all his wooden whistles.

Needless to say I have kept this whistle in the very best condition - it looks virtually new, even upon close inspection. If you look REALLY closly you can see a very few marks on the stainless mouthpiece, but that’s it - otherwise, it looks like it just arrived from Glenn’s workshop.

It kills me to part with this whistle: It was one of my very first wooden whistles, and I had a great time swapping rhymes with Glenn over it :slight_smile: However at the moment I have little choice, so here it is…

My asking price for this whistle is $350 + $15 for USPS Priority Mail Insured Shipping. I will package this special instrument unusually well just to be safe.

I guess that about covers the details, if anyone has additional questions, just shout.

Thanks,

Loren

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Hi Loren
I think you forgot to mention a small detail… what key is it in? It sure looks nice, I hope it finds a good home.
Colin

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Gee, all that writing and I forgot to mention the key, these whistle sales have turned my brain to mush!

This particular whistle is a Soprano D, perfect for sessions, solo playing, or simply entertaining royalty =:^o

Thanks for bringing that oversight to my attention Colin, I appreciate it!

Loren

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Oh my Gawd!, that whitle is beautiful…too bad its out of my price range :frowning: . Durn!

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Holy moly!!! That, my friend, is a beautiful whistle!

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I’m so happy that Loren hasnt been selling his whistles at the peak of my WhOa, I would have bought everything and would have ended up living in a dark and humid backstreet…

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Well, if someone doesn’t start buying these whistles, that’s where I’ll be living soon - out on the street!

I remember the days when a whistles like this wouldn’t last 30 minutes on the message board. Ah the good ole days…

Loren

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You could always sell your Olwell, he-he-he!

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On 2002-05-31 19:09, Azalin wrote:
You could always sell your Olwell, he-he-he!

Dude, If it’s even half the flute I expect, you’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead, homeless hands. And that’s AFTER trying to get past my pissed off German Shepherd. No sir, I don’t think you want to persue that course of action =;^)

Loren

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On 2002-05-31 16:45, Loren wrote:
I remember the days when a whistles like this wouldn’t last 30 minutes on the message board. Ah the good ole days…

Could it be that you’ve set the price too high? Fancy wood or not, I would think twice about buying a second-hand whistle for considerably more than what the maker charges…

On the other hand, you appearently sold your Copley flute without any problems, so what do I know. :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Jens

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Jens,

Sure, I imagine the price is an issue. However, we’ve seen plenty of hard to find used whistles go for WAY above retail in the past, haven’t we? Heck, I paid full price for a 3 year old Abell set. This set was in good condition, but was no where near the pristine state of the Thin Weasel I’m selling.

I priced the whistle $60 above what Glenn charges for his standard soprano D because this particular Thin Weasel is not just a "Fancy Wood’ but it’s also got the additional French Lacquer job that makes it maintenance free. It is my understanding that Glenn does not offer this finish as a standard feature on his whistles, and he told me it is a somewhat labor intensive process.

As far as being second hand A) This whistle looks and plays like new, Jim Rementer (Copeland Woodwinds) recently saw a Nickel whistle that someone got from me. Jim commented (not knowing initially who the previous owner was) that it looked a brand new Copeland strait from the factory. I do take unusually good care of my instruments. B) It’s two years old, if there were going to be any problems with the wood it would have occured by now. So in some respects this is an even safer buy than a new whistle.

A final thing, unrelated to the whistle’s age, to consider: As you well know Jens, I’ve played many, many different whistles: I’ve sorted through over 150 whistles - Grinters, Abells, Copelands, Sindts, Generations, Clares, Sweetones, Clarkes, Eyers, Overtons, Water Weasels, Roses, Howards, Chieftains, Albas, Reyburns, Laughing whistles, Silkstones, Shaws, O’Riordans… and quite a few others. The point being: The whistles I’m selling now, including this particular Thin Weasel, are the best of the best that I have come across…Isn’t that worth something extra?

I don’t feel my price is out of line, all things considered, for such wonderful and unique whistle. However, you may be right Jens - I may very well be asking for more than the market will bear at this time, it seems the used whistle market ain’t what it was a couple of years ago. Maybe it’s because I’m the last of the big spending, whistle loving fanatics here…we used to have more you know :slight_smile:

Loren


[ This Message was edited by: Loren on 2002-06-03 09:44 ]

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I’ll add this: Although I think the whistle is worth what I’m asking, I am in a bit of a bind at the moment, so I’m open to considering other offers.

What about you Jens? You’re WhOA used to be pretty intense, and I sense you’re about to fall off the wagon :wink: So make me a reasonable offer…

Loren

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Loren;
If I wasn’t recovering from a 4-month bout of joblessness, I’d probably snatch the whistle up in a heartbeat…I sold a lot of my high-ends during that time, and will need to replace 'em eventually. :slight_smile:

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WW,

Yeah man, I think a lot of us are going through the same thing. A medical condition has kept me out of work for quite some time now, otherwise I wouldn’t be selling off these last whistles, my favorites. Some, like the Sindts, I can replace at a later date, but whistles like the Boxwood Rose and this unusual Thin Weasel would be very difficult replace. I also have a Cocus Thin Weasel I may have to part with. The only reason I haven’t put it up already is that it has two smallish repaired cracks that would probably drive the price lower than I could bear.

Anyway, I hope you’re able to replace your favorites when you get back on your feet.

Best to you,

Loren

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On 2002-06-03 09:55, Loren wrote:
What about you Jens? You’re WhOA used to be pretty intense, and I sense you’re about to fall off the wagon > :wink: > So make me a reasonable offer…

Oops, sorry if I sounded like a tease. While the whistle certainly looks attractive, there is no way I can (or will) justify buying a whistle like that at this time. I mean, I don’t really need a whistle like this, right? :slight_smile:

Anyway, I hope you find a buyer for it - or alternatively that you manage to finance that Olwell without selling the whistle.

Whoosh! One topic going to the top. :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Jens