I feel an attack of WHOA coming on and it’s heading towards a Susato because I don’t have one and I like inexpensive. I am wondering how “In tune” the “untunable” Susato Dublin whistles are. Do the Dublins and Kildares sound similar?
Any comments, on or off the subject, are welcome.
Mike Burns
The tunable is in tune with itself. It’s the great strength of Susato’s.
Yup, both are perfectly and consistently in tune.
Jef
There’s a lady who often brings an non-tunable Susato model to session here in Houston. I can’t speak for all Susatos, but hers is quite noticeably sharp.
For the ultimate Susato experience, get a Kildare VSB D.
Oh Ridseard, no no no. I’ve played a VSB D and, while I agree it’s the ultimate Susato experiece, it’s NOT a nice experience. My wife threated to leave me on account of it. The dog would have, if he could have opened the door.
On 2002-10-02 13:20, E = Fb wrote:
Oh Ridseard, no no no. I’ve played a VSB D and, while I agree it’s the ultimate Susato experiece, it’s NOT a nice experience. My wife threated to leave me on account of it. The dog would have, if he could have opened the door.
ROTFLOL!!!
On 2002-10-02 13:20, E = Fb wrote:
Oh Ridseard, no no no. I’ve played a VSB D and, while I agree it’s the ultimate Susato experiece, it’s NOT a nice experience. My wife threated to leave me on account of it. The dog would have, if he could have opened the door.
You see, this is what I want to avoid :>)
The message I’m getting here is that Susatos are in tune with themselves but the Dublins may not be spot on the note, whether D, Bb, etc.
Thanks!
Mike Burns
The Houston lady in the session may be blowing it too hard to hear herself, thus raising the pitch. My experience with Susatos is they are tuned to A=440 (unless I’m overblowing to hear myself!).
The non tunable was one of my first whistles and it was right on. My nephew plays it now.
The tunable 3 whistle set is the way to go if you are buying that one.
Jerry O’Sullivan teaches using a tunable high d and a tunable low d in his whistle classes.