Jerry Freeman Low G

Just an update, the whistle I paid Jerry for on May 18 hasn’t arrived, so I can’t post my experience with it yet.

Patience, Grasshopper. :wink:

I appreciate your patience, Richard (and others).

I’ll be sending your low G whistle in the next few days. Gradually, I’m getting caught up on the orders that have come through PayPal. These got behind because I was ill for several weeks during February and March and then had surgery March 22. I’m 100% better now, thankfully, and getting a normal amount of work done again. Orders that come through eBay get processed faster, but I have to charge a few dollars more to cover eBay’s fees. If you’ve ordered through eBay, those orders I am able to get out in just a few days time. Hopefully I’ll have the PayPal orders caught up before much longer.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Richard, I put two whistles in the mail for you today, the wider bore tenor G you’ve been waiting for and another whistle I would like you to give a try.

My Freeman low (alto) G with the aluminum body was delivered a few days ago. What a wonderful whistle. I can’t put it down.

I second what Tyler says. Top quality and very enjoyable to play.

The bigger-bore alloy Freeman Mezzo G was waiting when I came home from work today. Thanks Jerry!

My first impression is that I love it.

Playing it back-to-back with the narrower-bore brass Freeman Mezzo G is fascinating due to the whistles being more different than I had expected.

The narrower brass bodied one has much more of a Generation vibe to it (players of vintage Generations will probably know what I mean).

The wider alloy bodied one has more the feel of dedicated Mezzo G whistles, with a bigger sound throughout.

I’ll play the new alloy one for a few days to get a better feel for it.

So far my only quibble is aesthetic: I’m not a fan of the grey plastic socket.

An alloy band over the PVC tube would make it look much more “professional” and gleaming and cool, yet probably add very little weight.

Hi, Richard.

Thanks for the kind words about the wider body low G tweaked Generation whistle.

Regarding the gray socket extension …

Without giving away my methods and materials, I had to begin with a material that’s affordable and easy to machine to the needed dimensions. An exhaustive search turned up that material, which only comes in gray. I tried painting it, but that was a lot of work and made the whistlehead smell like paint. Better to use as few materials as possible and make sure the materials I do use are odorless. Creating a metal covering just to make it look prettier would require as much machine work as making the headjoint itself. I don’t think people would pay an extra $15 or $20 for that, and there isn’t enough time in a workday to make that kind of embellishment.

I made a very un-slick video yesterday playing both my Freeman Generation mezzo/alto G whistles, and my c1980 first-model Susato mezzo/alto G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_soKuEJTRaM&t=2s