I have to stop. My fingers are wearing out! I cannot own four whistles that EACH insist on being played for several hours a day. I have decided to permanently bond with the Birdseye-maple Thin Weasel and the Sindt brass.
I have a Fred Rose Blackwood and a Grinter (maybe rosewood?) that need loving homes. Both are Hi-D. They are absolutely fabulous whistles. Check the archives for my name to find recent opinions and descriptions.
In my recent whistle-acquiring frenzy I had to part with my beloved low-D (to wrest the Thin Weael from Blackhawk). So I’m in the market for another. I could also use a low G and an A. I am open to swapping proposals.
Please email so as not to clutter the board. If I don’t decide on a swap deal I’ll put these two beauties on eBay next week sometime. I’ll post to let you know what’s up.
If you have specific questions about the whistles those could be posted here so as to only need answering once.
Also if it would help another pilgrim in his pursuit of their soull-mate whistle I’d be happy to answer questions (to the best of my ability) on the following whistles I’ve tried in my journey:
Copeland nickel
Burke Brass pro-session
Burke aluminum " "
Sindt
Dixon
Water Weasel
Thin Weasel
Rose
Grinter
Bernard Overton
Goldie Overton
Thanks,
Doc
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I Whistle, Therefore I Am.
[ This Message was edited by: doc jones on 2002-08-13 19:05 ]
I am interested in the fred rose. I have an overton low d made by colin Goldie im looking to trade. I recently purchased a tunable kerry pro that meets all my needs in a low whistle.
The Rose is the ultimate pure whistle of all those I tried. I finally decided I wanted a little more chiff than that. It’s a fabulous instrument. If I had more than one mouth I would keep it.
The Burke brass session pro was wonderful. It had really pure smooth tone but still had the richness and character of brass. It also had big holes which I like. Most wonderful of all was the transition between octaves…velvety smooth almost like it was being done by mental command and not air pressure. The only drawback for me personally was the weight and the fipple. The fipple was longer than I liked and that combined with the weight made it uncomfortable for me (isn’t that dumb). Anyway I think it’s a personal quirk of mine and if you’re thinking of buying Burke stop thinking and call Mike.
The Sindt has a shorter fipple and is lighter and I wanted a brass whistle. The tone is not as strong or as pure as the Burke but is really nice in its own way. Apples and oranges really.
Check the archives for reviews of both.
I Whistle, Therefore I Am.
[ This Message was edited by: Doc Jones on 2002-08-14 17:49 ]
Pan - what’s your view of the Copeland Sterling D? Does it do Cnat with OXXOOO?
Doc - you’re right about the Rose, it’s the very reason I’ve kept mine as #1 (I just love that pure tone). I suggest you consider Grinter low D if you’d consider wood again. BTW, cocobolo, not rosewood.
Yes it does Cnat OXXOOO, very accurate.
I like the Sterling a lot, don´t have much to compare it to though, only Walton D (a toy IMO) and Clarke D which I like a lot. Some days I prefer the clarke, some days the Copeland.
The latest days though I really feel the Copeland is growing on me. It´s relatively clear, high in volume and a tad chiffy. 2nd A and up can be a little to mucho “in your face”, but otherwise it´s a fabulouse whistle.
I love the feeling of the Copeland in my hands, its very nice and “fast”.
It is for me easier to play the clarke “in tune” and easier to control, but with practise it begin to seems that the Copeland is as good as I have been made believe to think, and I like it more and more.
I agree with Pan on the Copeland speed. I’d say it was the fastest of the whistles I played. It has smaller holes than some of the others which I think is the reason. The price for the speed is that you don’t have the expressiveness of big holes on the slow tunes. My Copeland was a nickel and had wonderful pure tone (though not as pure as the Rose) and really good volume. I also found it to need less warming up than the other metal whistles. If you want to hear some great Copeland tooting get Frank Cassidy’s “Tin Air” CD
Doc
I Whistle, Therefore I Am.
[ This Message was edited by: Doc Jones on 2002-08-15 19:56 ]
The Rose is going to live with Ronaldo Reyburn in a swap involving some of his whistles. I just spent quite a while with him on the phone…really a great guy.
