lowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww-G! (overton)

hello all you wonderful whistler’s out there! there is one instrument
that i do not possess. yes, the “mother ship” of all whistle’s, the
lowwwwwwwwww-G. allways wanted one. i’ll even purchase used.
i have no problem playing low-A. so i would love to give the low-G a shot! can someone pls help me?-talbert :frowning:

Call or email Colin Goldie.

www.overton.de

Didn’t you just sell some?

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=16164

or are you referring to the G below Low D?

I do think he is referring to a low-low G. I don’t think Colin regularly makes anything below the low-low A. Doesn’t mean he couldn’t, though.

Wow! That’s gotta sound amazing. Does anyone have sound clips floating around of those keys lower than low D like the low low G that talbert is drooling over?


:slight_smile: Sara (who really wishes she could help talbert by having an Overton low low G to sell him, but hasn’t yet had the good fortune yet of even playing an Overton let alone owning one, but perhaps someday hopfully…)

Just make your own!

ACME used to sell the “Pipe Full of Fun Kit No.7” (I actually saw Foghorn Leghorn use one) if not get on down to Lowes’ or Home Depot, or heck, even Wal-mart and pick yourself up a twelve foot section of 8 inch drain pipe, a blow torch and an axe if you dont already have one.

Now here’s where you gotta be a little careful. Use the torch to cut a window and the finger holes. The exact specs can be calculated with the Flutomatic website. I think the smallest hole will be about 2 inches across. The nice thing about working in this scale is you don’t have to use those sissy little tools. Use the axe to carve a windway in a tree stump for the fipple plug. If you go with the pvc drain pipe (highly recommended) you can use the axe for carving the blade too.

Imagine the look on your friends faces when you fire this baby up at your next session! :thumbsup:


Cheers!
Scott McCallister

Alba is making whitles that go even lower, in their factory in Iraq. Check out this thread:

http://www.gaeliccrossings.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=595

I had totally forgotten about that thread, G. Good one, that is.

My largest whistle is a LOW-LOW-C that I built a few years ago.
I recently built a Low-Low-D and put key on. I also decided to bend the tube around to make it more compact.

So now have whistles from Low-Low-C to Octave above High-D.

Here is the Low-Low-D Basswhistle:

just wan’t to express my appreciation to all who responded to my desire
to own a low-g. still searching! keep getting glimpses of the mother-ship
but just cannot get her to come a little closer. i’ll get her soon. i’m very
determined! may we continue to find her together? thanks, captain st.claire. :slight_smile:

Daniel I love the look of that whistle. Now what struck me was that the bending of the mouthpiece would make it very suitable for somebody with disability problems. Also the sound . Would it resemble the deep sound of the Bass Recorder by any chance? I have one but it is too heavy for me to play. I did buy your building Tin whistles book from you some time back but it’s beyond my physical limitations. As an aside. I bought the Dixon Tenor D tuneable flute but couldn’t hold it straight phsically so Tony, wonderful man he is, made and gifted to me a mouthpiece to enable me to play it as a low low D whistle. It’s a beautiful whistle.