On 2002-09-18 05:17, nickt wrote:
Greg - is it the narrow or wide bore? I understand that the narrow bore is quieter. Also, do you prefer the Al or Brass?
Far as I know, it’s the standard al-pro D. It’s aluminum, of course (the “Al” part of Al-pro). The bore doesn’t appear any narrower or wider than ‘standard’ whistles. When I ordered it from Song of the Sea, it was marked as “DAS” so I’m assuming it’s the “Aluminum ProSession” listed in Mike’s price list.
I generally don’t like brass, solely because I don’t like the way it tarnishes. Some folks like the tarnish patina, but I’m not one of those folks.
[ This Message was edited by: Wandering_Whistler on 2002-09-18 09:46 ]
On 2002-09-18 07:32, brewerpaul wrote:
Dang!! Sorry about that! I truly try to answer all e-mails instantaneously, but sometimes AOL mail doesn’t seem to send what I think it is sending. Please, ANYONE who asks me for info and does not receive it right away ask me again!
That said, I think you’ll be happy with any of Mike’s whistles. If you’re not interested in another whistle right at the moment, I can’t think of a guy I’d rather “lose out” to ( except maybe Glenn Schultz)
Paul,
I wasn’t tryin to bust yer chops 
I’ve missed emails myself (and I tend to get a fair number of 'em asking questions about my website). I’m just not much of a waiter..If I have two choices, and one of them doesn’t involve waiting, I’ll take the instant-gratification route.
That said, now that my immediate whistle craving has been sated, is there currently a wait for your whistles? Christmas is still coming up after all
Greg
[ This Message was edited by: Wandering_Whistler on 2002-09-18 09:47 ]
I love the sound of brass but I am too lazy to polish it all the time so I forced myself to like the patina. Actually the laughing whistle’s patina looks good to me, but my hoovers could use a shining. I don’t know why they tarinshed in different ways. The laughing is like a burnished tan/yellow, with slight lightening on the fingerholes. The hoovers are bright on the fingerholes but have sort of darker rings around the bright areas, and are generally a darker color overall.
Looks kinda nifty but I haven’t figured out where I put my brass polish when I moved. Somewhere in my apartment/car there is a very smelly plastic bag with a can of Nevr-Dull 
On 2002-09-17 22:26, Wandering_Whistler wrote:
But back in June, DRC posted some probs he had with his al-pro. Points were: Weak and flat high D and very difficult to hit B. Doesn’t sound like any of the Burke’s I’ve played (including my own), so maybe he just got a bum steer.
I’m positive he got a bum whistle.
He tinkered arround with mine and changed his opinion about the al-pro’s (he eventually bought mine).
[ This Message was edited by: drewcifer on 2002-09-18 11:47 ]
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On 2002-09-18 09:45, Wandering_Whistler wrote:
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That said, now that my immediate whistle craving has been sated, is there currently a wait for your whistles? Christmas is still coming up after all
Greg
Yes, but not hopefully not too much of a wait. Just sent my last batch out on Monday although one or 2 of those may come back to me by a prior arrangement, in which case they will be available.
Got another 6 well in the works, and these should be ready in a month or so. E-mail me off the board if anyone is interested.
On 2002-09-17 16:56, Wandering_Whistler wrote:
John:
Other than that, the composite felt fragile for some reason, though I know it’s not nearly as fragile as it felt.
The composites are really lightweight, and even my low D feels fragile, but I can attest to the fact that the thing is rock-solid. It has been dropped, sat on, stepped on, and set upon by a pack of wild hounds, and it is still in tip-top condition. Also, it now has this neat golden shimmer that I don’t remember it having before.
All of this is true, except for the hounds thing.
-joe