I feel like I know you all so well, but this is my first post. I’ve been whistling for about a year now and I’m hooked. And I do tend to check in and read posts, but never reply because by the time I’m caught up reading all your crazy digressions I think–jeez, can’t waste more of my precious free-time (I have two small children, 'nough said) reading, I need to be practicing!
I do suffer from WHOA and have some nice whistles. But I do want to sell one, a high D tunable Overton by Colin Oldie, with certificate of authenticity, in mint condition. I just got it about a month ago. It’s a great whistle, just not my style–it requires more air than I’m used to and my finger pads just seem to small for the holes. My abilities may grow into it, but I’m finding that I just like smaller bores and less heft. My favorites now are a narrow Burke and a Reyburn. For anyone who likes Overtons, email me. They’re $156 plus shipping new, but I’m willing to negotiate and give someone a good deal.
Glad you all are here! And anytime you’re in Pittsburgh, look me up, we’ve got great, open friendly sessions here!
Give me another few years, and perhaps I’ll be one of the even fewer women who plays the pipes as well. But not to worry, I won’t abandon the whistle, as it seems like the perfect instrument: take it anywhere, play it anywhere, everyone likes the sound of it (or so they’ve said), easy to pick up a tune, yet complex enough to take years to master it.
But there’s something about the pipes that I just love, if ony they weren’t so impractical, cumbersome, difficult to play the easiest of tunes, and often annoying to others!
If only I’d started the pipes when I was 9,I’d be up there with the best now.
Zoe,unless you are some kind of miracle worker, put the pipes out of your mind…like …nice idea but!
We can only wish.
But then again …WHY NOT HAVE A GO.
Phil.
