Grinter high D

Whistle
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Hello, I just received my Grinter high D today and had a few comments and a question for other Grinter high D owners.

The whistle is made from cocobolo wood, I think. I thought cocobolo was a very dark wood (like blackwood) but the whistle is more of a dark red with light red stripes kinda thing. Looks beautiful!

The craftsmanship is pretty close to Abell quality but maybe just a tad less.

I’ve only had it for about 4 hours so any impresions I have so far will probably change…

so far I really love the lower octave…very resonant. The 2nd octave I don’t care for as much, yet… it sounds a little raspy or spitty. I have noticed if I really lean into it this goes away a little bit. It has a good bit of back pressure but doesn’t really take much air the way I’m playing it now. I’m beginning to suspect that it likes being played more forcefuly than I’m used to…

Anyway…don’t want to post too many comments that I’ll just change later after I get to know the whistle better. I’ll post again about it next week.

For those of you who own a Grinter high D, do you feel that the high end is similar to what I describe above? Does it just take some breaking in? I know Abells really seem to play much better after a few months
…maybe all wooden whistles are like that.

-Brett

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I’ve had a Grinter low D for 3 months now and it’s the best low D I’ve played - no probs with the second octave.

Regarding wooden high Ds, they vary maker to maker. Abell is too chiffy and hard work for me, Rose is pure and instantly responsive, and the Water Weasels and others get many posts here to describe them. I played Grinter low F, plus Bb and high D and liked them all (especially the Bb).

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I have Grinter in D, Bflat and Low F all in red lancewood and love them all. I find the D to be particularly wonderful in the second octave. Once in a while there may be some raspiness, but I sort of blow through that quickly. Some of this may be because I keep my Grinters well oiled because of the humidity in my apartment and because lancewood is not generally as dense as say blackwood.