Jean-Pierre Le Meur Whistles

Jean-Pierre Le Meur writes:

Hi Dale,

I would like to introduce you the whistles I make. Please visit my web site
:
http://www.webreizh.net/jplemeur/

You could contact me for more informations.

best regards,
Jean-Pierre Le Meur

Would Mssr. Le Meur considering touring a couple of 'em? :slight_smile:

Very nice looking.

It is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of that, in French, the whistles are referred to as being Do, Ré, Mib (mi flat!), Fa, Sol, and La, instead of C, D, Eb, F, G, and A. (Alas, no Ti.)

Phil Hardy has a review of the LeMeurs on his site:

http://www.kerrywhistles.com/movies/LeMeur_Whistles_1.wmv

has anyone played one of these? they look nice :slight_smile: I’d particularly be interested in one of the low whistles.

cheers,
Sara

I have a le Meur whistle in D. Ordered straight from the man himself and with minimal fuss. It’s a very nice whistle, high-end but without the “high-end sound” of say a chieftain, which I’m not a great fan of.

At first, I had trouble with the high B, which is somewhat shrill, but after reading some wise words by Peter Laban and having my teacher try it out, I realised that I was as much to blame as the whistle.

My main complaint is in the finish: it looks rather rough and ready, with many scratches on the body and the fipple and tone holes not looking as neatly finished as some. The chamfered holes are very nice.

Between it and my feadog, I have found most of my whistling needs answered.

In light of this, someone should suggest to him that he change the wording on his Web site, which puts him squarely in competition with Overton.

There is a clip of Tony Hinnigan trying one out on his downloads page. It sounds great and Tony was very impressed. I visited the LeMeur site after watching the clip and I found his whistles to be very attractive. When some of my other whistle desires are fulfilled I’d like to get one to add to my collection.