Yes,Christmas has come early!-it would have been earlier if the postal services hadn’t screwed up,but my low ‘f’ has arrived after being ordered in july.I’ve hardly had time to play it yet,as i’ve just e-mailed Brigitte to let her know that it’s turned up,so she can call of the postal bloodhound search,but i can say that i am already mightily impressed! Colin told me that my whistle of choice(he played 3 down the phone to me) had an ‘experimental’ high polish,which he could remove,if i so desired.I said that i would take it as it was-i must say that this whistle is visually beautiful for an aluminium instrument!As i’ve already noted,i’ve had very little time so far this evening to play,but the sound and sheer 'playability’are everything that i could have hoped for! Top marks to Colin and Brigitte for their excellent customer service,and a brilliant,brilliant product! >typo.
[ This Message was edited by: kevin m. on 2002-10-15 14:40 ]
Hi John,The Overton is my second low ‘f’ whistle,my first was/is a fine Tony Dixon tunable(i also have a generation high f!).‘F’ whistles certainly seem to becoming more popular- they have recently been featured on albums by Paddy Keenan,kevin Crawford(Lunasa)Cormach Breatnach and Joe McKenna to name a few,off the top of my head.Apart from perhaps wishing to sound like any of these illustrious musicians(!),my main reason for purchasing my 'f’s(if you’ll pardon the expression!)is because i like their sound;not so ‘shrill’ perhaps,as a soprano ‘d’, nor as ‘heavy’ as a low ‘d’.They seem to be a good compromise,with a rich, mellow tone.They are pleasurable to play,as the stretch isn’t too taxing.You also have the added bonus of easily playing in Bb,which is another favourite key of mine(maybe i listened to too many jazzers in my younger days!)
[ This Message was edited by: kevin m. on 2002-10-16 02:31 ]
On 2002-10-15 17:31, goesto11 wrote:
So what caused each of you to order a low F?
John Mac
Same thing that made me order eight other Overtons. I love the sound of all of them and they blend beautifully with eachother when multitracking. Why so many? I play in different styles and, even if you only play Irish, you would want to be able to accompnay a singer in whatever key he/she finds comfortable. I’ve ordered a Grinter low F too so it will be interesting to compare when that comes through.
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Hi Wombat,Good point there about accompanying singers,as i understand that ‘f’ is a popular key for those of us who are,how shall i say,less ‘vocally challenged’!(unlike me-my ‘singing’ is far,far worse than my whistling!)
[ This Message was edited by: kevin m. on 2002-10-16 13:17 ]
[ This Message was edited by: kevin m. on 2002-10-16 13:19 ]
i was wondering whether you encounter customs difficulties when ordering whistles from euroland.
i always fear i will have to pay all sort of duty in europe on purchases from the us and canada above usd 50.
luckily, colin and brigitte - whose acquaintance i made last week - live right around the corner (figuratively), so i have a great source for great whistles.
tom
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On 2002-10-16 13:16, kevin m. wrote:
Hi Wombat,Good point there about accompanying singers,as i understand that ‘f’ is a popular key for those of us who are,how shall i say,less ‘vocally challenged’!(unlike me-my ‘singing’ is far,far worse than my whistling!)
Hi Kevin, I think we have a word for these less vocally challenged people. It’s ‘women’. I know what you mean. I’d like to sing in D (or higher) because it enables me to play comfortably in DADGAD or standard tuning on guitar (with or without capo) and do celtic stuff. But I really need to sing in Db or C if I want the ornaments to come out listenable. There are ways around this but I’d like a higher voice, please. Maybe with age I’ll drop down a whole octave. On second thoughts, I’ll stop singing altogether if that happens.
