Help in identifying

Whistle
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I just today received a whistle I won on an ebay auction. Can anyone help me identify it. The ebay id# is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1520493309&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1015369047&indexURL=0&rd=1

It’s a C whistle with 7 holes. When I tape the top hole I end up with a straight C whistle. I haven’t had it long enough to figure out what notes I’m playing when using the seventh hole in combination with others.

The whistle is rather heavy and has a decent sound after I cleaned it up a bit. It’s all metal except for the cork that creates the fipple (if that’s what it’s called). I’ve moved it forward a bit and it has a bit better sound. I’m thinking of making a wood insert rather than staying with the cork, or maybe having a whistle smith work on it. The windway is all metal, top and bottom, the cork is not actually part of the windway itself.

If any one can tell me about the whistle, I’ll certainly appreciate the information. I don’t have a digital camera to post pictures but you can check out the ebay site and I’ll try to borrow one so I can post in the next week or two. Really a nice whistle with a lot of potential.

ps: it also has “ears” on each side of the airway


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Peace

Namasté

jim

[ This Message was edited by: livethe question on 2002-03-13 19:48 ]

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Looking at the alignment of the
holes, it looks to me like the top
six holes are the scale, and the
bottom hole, being off-set, is an
added note. What happens when you
cover all seven holes? They still
make 7-hole whistles, and the bottom hole is the note below the base note (i.e., C on a D whistle). It sure is a pretty little thing.

I got an odd little instrument at an estate sale. They told me it was an
“Irish Flute”, but it certainly
isn’t that. It’s 12-1/2" long and has six, very oddly arranged holes on the topside and an off-set hole on the underside. It’s hand-made, VERY heavy metal, and has an enameled design etched into it.
It’s bronze colored and has “Sabine” etched in cursive under the
embrasure, which has a flute-type
chin rest. Somebody suggested it may be a fife, but I’ve never seen a
fife like this. This is another
instrument we can sometimes run
across that has potential like your
whistle. I do know this is a really
mellow-toned “D”, whatever it is.