My credentials: I’ve been pestering the neighbors (and their dogs) for only about 225 hours (not continuously!), so I’m a newbie. However, I have some experience with all the most popular cheap D whistles except Generaton. Today I was in a local music store, and they had some brass Generations with the yucky green mouthpiece. They were cheap, so I got one. I expected to have to do some tweaking, but I’ve been playing it for about an hour and can’t find anything wrong with it. It has a very bright tone and lightning fast response throughout the two octaves. Have I lucked out and gotten a good one, or am I overlooking some subtlety?
Pinch yerself. You got lucky! Its possible.
My Eb was great until I broke the glue seal for tuneability. Now its weird, kind of raspy.
So, if your D happens to be in tune, then you can be one who pooh-poohs all the premium whistle types…
I just got one of the green-top Generation D’s from thewhistleshop.com.
It is a very nice whistle, required no tweaking, and has a pure, sweet tone all the way up, as well as a strong bell tone.
My only complaint: like all the Generation D’s I’ve seen, it came tuned way sharp. I used hot water to loosen the glue and move the mouthpiece out, and the intonation is now pretty good.
Maybe they are doing something right with this green-top “folk” whistle.
Best,
–James
http://www.flutesite.com
On 2002-08-15 18:20, Ridseard wrote:
My credentials: I’ve been pestering the neighbors (and their dogs) for only about 225 hours (not continuously!), so I’m a newbie. However, I have some experience with all the most popular cheap D whistles except Generaton. Today I was in a local music store, and they had some brass Generations with the yucky green mouthpiece. They were cheap, so I got one. I expected to have to do some tweaking, but I’ve been playing it for about an hour and can’t find anything wrong with it. It has a very bright tone and lightning fast response throughout the two octaves. Have I lucked out and gotten a good one, or am I overlooking some subtlety?
Yeah, right, a good Gen. And Elvis sold it to you, right? Actually, I envy you. Wow, a good Gen…
Blackhawk, do you want a good Gen D?
I have to say- I have bought 2 Generation Bb and an F and an Eb and they all are the best high whistle I have! The Eb does squeak a bit, but really and truly it’s still not that bad!
But does it play in tune with other instruments?
Maybe I should get a couple. It’s kind of like putting a couple dollars in a slot machine while walking through the casino. You might win, but you probably will lose.
JP
On 2002-08-15 20:59, JohnPalmer wrote:
But does it play in tune with other instruments?
That’s one of the subtleties I was overlooking. Indeed, it was sharp. I loosened the glue seal, pulled the mouthpiece out a bit, and it’s okay now.
I purchased a green mouthpieced D folk Generation simply because I have WhOA, as I had heard the mixed reviews but wanted to see for my self and promptly fell in love with it! I did the head loosening hot water treatment and have more than enough intonation control to blend in with other instruments. One of these days, I will post my theories as to why Generations get such uneven reviews.
[ This Message was edited by: Rod Sprague on 2002-08-15 22:32 ]