Greetings, fellow whistlers.
While lurking here for a couple of years I’ve come to admire the fine community you’ve built, and have decided to come out of the closet to declare this sentiment as well as my thanks for the many tips, reviews, and laughs. I look forward to finally participating in discussions related to our mutual disorder.
Greetings Bo. Is your general disorder confined to the whistle? I enjoy whistle and have started a disorder in the flute family with an Olwell bamboo G.
matt
Yes… for now, 'tis restricted to whistles. I’m a former trumpet player, but was never found suffering from TrOA as many of my former colleagues were.
Welcome Traveler. Don’t hesitate to put in your two cents. None of the rest of us do! 
Good to meet you Bo welcome here.
So what took ya so long? huh?
Hi Bo…pleased to meet you…
tyg
Hey, are you one of those people from the Procrastinator’s Club? I look forward to hearing from you next year.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you all for the kind welcome, and…
Yes, I’m a charter member of the Procrastinator’s Club. But this is important (unlike honey-do lists and work). So, though I might be strange, I’ll not be a stranger.
some of us are strainger than others… It doesn’t put that many off.
Welcome!
Welcome, Traveler… glad you have left the ranks of lurkdom and entered the ranks of … well… ummm… ( let’s see… mouthy, opinionated, irreverant, testy, supportive, semi-functional, talented, semi-adjusted, intellectual, smart-*ssed, excetpional, generous, … hmmm 
) … gee.. there are so many descriptive terms to use… how about … welcome to the divine madness that is C&F!
As once stated by Tony Higgins, a vet chiffster, we refer to it as “work,” especially if you are near a computer with an open portal to Chiffdom.
It’s that unpleasant activity that robs from valuable whistling time.
Remember, there’s more to life than whistling, but not much more.
Gee, I should fit right in!
…welcome to the divine madness that is C&F!
Thanks, again. 
Trumpet was one my first band instrument - that was started somewhere around 1970. When it comes to air requirement, whistle and trumpet seem to be the opposite side of the scale.
Hey! You’ve spelt these two wrong - you need to exchange a vowel from each so that its
irreverent and tasty.
See?
See?!
Welcome!
Welcome aboard, Bo:
I lurked for a long time, too before I started coming out.
I, too, played trumpet as a first instrument. Started taking lessons in the early 1950’s. Classically trained, naturally. I was taught the arts of tonguing, double & triple tounguing, with stress on clean, precise articulation. Sloppy, “flubbed” note attacks were frowned upon.
In whistledom, slurring ( called “not tonguing”) is the preferred articulation. But you still have to tongue a lot of notes. I have found that my trumpet training has been very useful; no doubt you have found the same.
There doesn’t seem to be much call for trumpet players any more. I have much more opportunity to play my whistles, harmonicas, etc. My Vincent Bach Stradivarius Bb (Mt. Vernon vintage) horn just sits down cellar collecting dust. They’re too loud for most acoustic settings, need a serious ensemble in which to work, etc. And unwelcome in IrTrad, folk.
Tell a little about your trumpet times, And how you switched to whistle. I love the whistle and you should too.
Regards, Lloyd
I had Guitar WhOA way before I came here. We call it GAS (gear aquisition syndrome).
I transfered nicely to the whistle, while still leaving a heathy portion of guitar lust intacked. The WhAO has actually subsided a bit in wake of the intense desire to have a Keyed flute.
And a cello.
I’m sure you know the Mt. Vernon. Bach is highly desirable/collectible?
And unwelcome in IrTrad, folk.
Well, kinda… check out Lunasa’s Stolen Apples (on their Otherworld album). Also, Mike McGoldrick’s Fused album incorporates trumpet (albeit, with tight harmon) on at least two cuts. And then there’s the ever-popular (probably not) Empire Brass King’s Court and Celtic Faire album.
Tell a little about your trumpet times, And how you switched to whistle.
I was in the Air Force Band for 20 years, playing primarily the “louder/higher/faster” idiom. For several years after leaving the AF, I completely lost interest in music until the cultural epiphany known as Braveheart and Eric Rigler’s fine pipe playing. This general interest quickly evolved to a frenzied interest in ITM and whistles after about a nano-second of listening to Joanie Madden [insert BrassBlower’s Obligatory Post! ]. I’ve been playing whistle (or attempting to, anyway) for about four years. One frustrating thing I’ve discovered in the transition from trumpet is the matter of dexterity. The right hand works very well, but the three naughty little fingers on the left hand are very disobedient. I’m working on it, though, having also discovered there’s no substitute for practice.
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