…the nephew of a famous whistle maker! I know him through the School of Music at the university where I work. He’s a bass player in the Kalamazoo Symphony, and he runs a concert series. We got together at a coffee joint yesterday to discuss the concert series, and he mentions he’s learning to play whistle. His whistle was made by his uncle, John Sindt! I start choking on my oolong tea.
We go back to his house and I get to play a Sindt whistle for the first time. It had a very pure sound, great high register, and I would certainly class it as a “performance” whistle. There are no sessions in my area so I wouldn’t know how it would hold up against a wall of sound, but I think it would sound great amplified.
All in all, an enlightening afternoon! I was beside myself with serendipity.
Cara
