For all you Silkstone fans, Paul is coming out even as we “speak” (post?), if not before, with an Alloy C whistle. I’ve been playing a similar whistle for the last couple of days and I am impressed. If anything, I like it better than my Alloy D whistle and I like that whistle a lot, I repeat, a lot. This is on the high end, not a low C. My understanding is that they will be available from our beloved Whistle Shop. Pure sweet tone across two octaves and a couple or three notes into the third, at least on my whistle. I’m going away for the long weekend and will give it a great deal of attention. It can only get better. PS: Paul has a really neat Silkstone T-shirt now too.
Y’all have a great holiday weekend.
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Peace
Namasté
jim
[ This Message was edited by: livethe question on 2001-08-31 13:36 ]
I can guarantee everyone that it’s true. I have a Silkstone Alloy C. I received it from Thom a week or so ago.
This whistle simply has no peer-for-pitch. As soon as played it for a couple of minutes I knew that it (along with the Alloy D) was the most in-tune whistle I own.
A person I trust has told me that most C whistles sound a little flat and I agree. The Silkstone Alloy C is the exception. It’s ded on pitch.
I’ve never played a Silkstone whistle,
or seen one, but I wonder if you’all
can tell me how it compares with a
Copeland D (I mean the D alloy silkstone).
How about volume? Quality of tone?
A Silkstone alloy d seems to be about the same volume as a Copeland on the lower octave, but on the upper octave, the Copeland is louder. They differ tremendously in tone. The Copeland has a bit of a flutey sound…I hesitate to say breathy, because it has some real power, but the Silkstone alloy has a more pure tone.
Jessie