Brand new Paul Busman high-D whistle with tuning slide. Delrin, light weight, compact design (separates into 2 pieces for a pocket fit) with stainless steel fittings. See details on Paul’s website at http://www.busmanwhistles.com
Loud, but quieter than a Burke brass Session Pro or Abell blackwood. Large holes for good half-holing and note-bending (ideal for airs). Great intonation and evenness of tone throughout the range.
I’m selling this after 10 days, because the whistle “beak” is not long enough for my personal comfort.
These whistles now sell for $250, but I’d like to get the OLD price of $200 plus $10 shipping (for U.S.). Includes a soft carrying case, and I’m throwing in a brand new copy of Brian Finnegan’s solo CD “When the Party’s Over”, on which he plays approx. 13 tunes, half whistle, half flute.
That was an experimental model made at the request of Serpent. I’m trying to figure out how feasibly I can make a similar whistle in one piece, non-tuneable. Making that danged tuning slide integral to the whistle was a pain in the butt and took a LOT of time. The idea is that I might be able to make a good quality, no-frills Delrin whistle with reduced labor and hence be able to sell them for less.
I just made a prototype C out of the same white Delrin, but added a normal brass tuning slide. It worked fine, but the brass was pretty unsightly showing through the translucent plastic. If I get some time, I may try a black Delrin one in one piece now that I have a lathe arbor long enough to do the job.
What about an external brass tuning slide, like Mack uses on his tunable CPVC whistles? Of course, with the white Delrin, a stainless steel sleeve would be even cooler.
By the way, my new Delrin Busman is rapidly becoming my whistle of choice. It has a slightly sweeter/purer sound than the bloodwood, and is just a tad easier to play. Another factor is that I don’t feel like I have to worry about damaging it, which is a big plus in my workspace. I like the shape of the mouthpiece quite well, too.
[quote=“Darwin”]What about an external brass tuning slide, like Mack uses on his tunable CPVC whistles? Of course, with the white Delrin, a stainless steel sleeve would be even cooler.
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Interesting idea-- I’ll have to see if I can find an appropriate size of tubing. Brass should be fairly easy (or not..), but stainless might be tough to find.
C’mon Paul…that whistle’d already be cooler lookin’ than just about anything out there. Why limit yourself? Use titanium coated with double carbon heat shields! Either way, the clear delrin looked very wild.
Note that this whistle looked translucent only because I took the photo with fairly bright light behind it. In normal room light, it just looked white. REAL clear would be terrific
Bruce Childress has made an all clear uilleann chanter at one point…I don’t think it would be too hard to translate a similar idea to a whistle…although it might look a bit gross with all that spit…er…I mean whistle juice after it was played!
Either way, the clear delrin looked very wild.