Earlier, Constance said, “Ysgwd, I totally agree with you on the Reyburn. The wait is fairly short and the price is less than half of the Copeland and the tone–WOW!!! BUTTERY SMOOTH!!! I’m playing the off-set pattern and it really eases the stretch of my right hand (I’m using my pinkie to cover the sixth hole).
This is definitely one to check out you guys!”
Judith adds:
My Reyburn Low D with offset holes arrived on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve never had much luck with larger instruments because I have short fingers and small hands. But I worked with the Reyburn for an hour or so and then played it at a session on Wednesday evening…and I did pretty well. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to adapt to using my pinkies on the G and D. The sound is huge, and the pitch is true (except for the high G, which is my lack of breath support) and the C natural, which is really fine if I use Reynaldo’s fingering and not my usual one).
I suppose one might say it looks more like a weapon than a musical instrument, but when you hear it–who cares how it looks. Ronaldo was wonderful to work with: asked me some good questions before he made the whistle, the service was good, and the instrument arrived with hard case, bag, cleaning rod, instructions, and a followup e-mail from Ronaldo to find out how I was getting along.
I am loving this whistle! Can’t say enough good things about it…
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I think my Reyburn is the handsomest low whistle I’ve ever seen. I thought Reyburns were exquisite the first time I saw them on Ronaldo’s website http://www.reyburnlowwhistles.com
This instrument inspires me to work up a tune on it to upload to clips and snips because I’m in awe of its tone.
I don’t know if it is my ability, but I do need to play the octave bell note at OXXXXX if I want to make sure I produce a pure tone. This instrument is worth relearning the fingering on tunes.
Lisa
Does anyone have experience with the Reyburn Low C? I’m curious as to how the finger spacing compares to a Low D? Is it managable for someone with average to large hands? (Speaking of the “inline” hole drilling."
Thanks for taking the time to post those measurements. I seemed to pick up the piper fingering much easier than I first thought. Now I’m ready to expand my Low whistle experience. I just wanted to make sure that I could manage a Low C.
As I mentioned in the email I sent you, I could purchase a Low D and then add Low C body sometime, couldn’t I?
I spent a moment listening to the music on your site. Very nice tunes! I’m curious at to their origins; are they traditional tunes?
Brian, yes of course you can add the Low C body at some future date. Regarding the tunes played on the Music page of my site(www.reyburnlowwhistles.com)…
The Low G and Low Eb tunes are traditional tunes played by my friend Pat O’Scannell. The tune played on the Low F is an Indian Raga played by my dear friend Russ Appleyard. The duet in E is an improvisation played by my friend Ryk Shadix and myself. The tune played on the Low D is an improv, which I played, based on the opening theme from “Riverdance”. And the tune played on the Low C is an improvisation which I played.
I’ll post the measurements of the Low C hole spacing tomorrow.
Ronaldo
Brian and all, here are the measurements for the hole spacing on the Low C. These measurements are for a “Just” intoned scale.
Measurements are from center to center.
Hole 1 to 2—5 cm.
Hole 2 to 3—4.1 cm.
Hole 4 to 5—2.8 cm.
Hole 5 to 6—5.6 cm.
This instrument requires large hands to play and I highly recommend the off-set hole pattern (using the pinkie to cover the 6th hole).
Be well
Ronaldo