New Whistle Comparison: Gen D, Oak, Burke, Syn, Serpent

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Hey guys and gals, here’s my latest comparison recording:

http://www.flutesite.com/samples/5burkecomp.mp3

This is the reel “The Green Mountain” on the following whistles:

  1. one of the rare darn-near-perfect-out-of-the-box Generation D (brass, redtop)

  2. Oak D

  3. Burke Al-Pro D

  4. Syn D

  5. Serpent D.

I apologize to any modem users in advance–the file is 1.4 meg, bigger than I like them to be. I can’t pull the file size down much more without loosing some of the critical differences in sound from whistle to whistle though.

–James

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Please keep doing these comparisons, this is really interesting, and many thanks for taking the time!

What model of Serpent D are you playing?

Sonja

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What Sonja said!

Thanks, James.

Best wishes,
Jerry

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The Serpent is a copper tunable that Bill made for me.

The head is his old design before he went to curved windway.

It’s a really nice whistle!

–James

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Lots of fun! as always.

Really good generation…

Thanks. :slight_smile: