I have made a 5 year hobby of buying whistles, playing around on them, and selling those that don’t work out well for me. I’ve bought and resold more instruments than I currently own.
Now three times I’ve had the opportunity to play an instrument I’ve previously owned, and immediately regretted selling it in the first place. I’ve heard of buyer’s remorse, but I’m having some major cases of seller’s remorse, and last night I decided that I really NEEDED to have a Syn again. Guy offered it to me at twice the price I sold it to him for!
Maybe if I just slip it in my bag on the way out?
Anyway, I wonder how many others have this problem, and whether its caused them not to sell whistles that otherwise they would have moved on to other owners.
I often wish I had an Abell still (and likely will some day in the future) ..but I am glad that the guy who has it now has got it. I wouldn’t have sold it to anyone else.
I kinda wish I still had my laughing low D, but then other times I don’t think that I would have played it much anyway. It was a cool whistle though.
I once ordered two whistles from a maker, intending one to be a gift for a friend. When the whistles arrived, one was very nice and the other was the sweetest thing I had ever heard in my life. Guess which one my friend got?
Sometimes I really annoy myself. I’ve already made my friend promise to sell it to me if it ever goes on the market.
The closest I’ve come was sending my Humphrey D out to Idaho for a trial - Steve returned it and must have tweaked it somehow ( ) because now I like it enough not to sell it. Go figure. I also recently traded an Abell delrin D that I miss on occasion but I think Jim is as happy with it now as I am with the Copeland C I got in return - happy all the way round, no regrets. (I do after all have my Busman little green delrin friend). Whatever else I’ve sold I don’t miss at all.
After I received my Overton low d I tried to sell my Howard low d (bumped the thread to many times and it was locked ). Last week I needed a low c for our praise band and was to slow trying to buy another overton on the board. I found an aluminum tube (handle of pool dip net)
put holes in it and the Howard low d fipple fit good. Plays great. No time for regrets but I now need a handle for my pool dip net. Arg The woes of Whoa.
I bought a pre owned Greenwood and the seller and I thought it was lost in the mail. So when I knew I was going to Minnasota for vacation I ordered a new one. Then the pre owned came back to the seller and he remailed it me. I have not tried to sell either because they both sound excellent.
I kind of regret trading away my set of Syns last week but then I jsut play my new Water Weasel High Eb and I don’t regret it I also kind of regret selling or trading some of my Tweaked Whistles as I had made some nice ones especially my Feadog D and C also my Dixon because now I do not have a quiet Whistle. I am happy with the Whistles I am currently not trying to sell and have almost got all the High Ds I will need Burke (own), Bleazy(on its way), Sindt (about to send payment to buy one used), and another Dixon I need a quiet one to take anywhere (I have yet to purchase). Then come the Flutes…
Yep! I had a really great Abell that I sold…wish I still had it. It was different from most of the other Abells I’ve played before or since. It had a buttery tone without too much air sound.
I am a relative unknown on here, I have been reading for about 6 months but recently registered.
I state that because I want to set the stage for my observation generated from reading this thread. It is amazing how much commerce/swapping of whistles occurs between the C&F irregulars. I have to laugh when I see the “six-degrees” of whistledom (with no Kevin Bacon in sight I might add!)
I have decided this phenomena needs a name.
Hmmm, whistle bartering, whistle sharing, whistle swapping, whistle trading, wait I just had a thought… that’s it! From now I will always think of this as:
Havn’t sold that many, but so far don’t miss any of them.
Hoover, 2 Chieftains, and Rose whistle.
The only whistle I wish I still had is a Laughing Whistle. Lost on a hiking tour it in june 2001, shortly after I got it…
Since I hardly ever play high D whistles anymore I have many times considered selling/trading my only remaining high-end soprano: a Sindt D.
But every time I bring it up Jens_Hoppe talks me out of it, telling me I will regret it, will wake up sweating in the middle of the night and generally be unhappy for the remainder of my days…
Maybe,
but I keep thinking I would be happier with something I would actually PLAY
I bought the best whistle ever (an Abell) from a member of this board. The other day I thanked him for selling it to me, which is kinda odd when you think about it. Might be just a touch of seller’s regret there, maybe. But hey, a person can buy one just as good any time.
Which brings up an issue. I call it the Stradavarius syndrome. If everyone found out how great a particular whistle is, those with enough money would buy one. Hundreds of orders would come in. Question: would that mere fact cause quality to go down?
Sometimes I really annoy myself. I’ve already made my friend promise to sell it to me if it ever goes on the market.
) because now I like it enough not to sell it. Go figure. I also recently traded an Abell delrin D that I miss on occasion but I think Jim is as happy with it now as I am with the Copeland C I got in return - happy all the way round, no regrets. (I do after all have my Busman little green delrin friend). Whatever else I’ve sold I don’t miss at all.
). Last week I needed a low c for our praise band and was to slow trying to buy another overton on the board. I found an aluminum tube (handle of pool dip net)
No time for regrets but I now need a handle for my pool dip net. Arg 
The woes of Whoa.
