Ok, I must admit it, Swayne whistles are my new craze 
, I love their sound and playing characteristics.
But then again, they’re pretty hard to find and Jon’s waiting list is a real “waiting list” indeed. Now if there’s a place to search for some, it’s right here on the board of course. So if you have a Swayne to sell, please send me a PM or a mail, will you?
Claus (keeping fingers crossed 
)
Hmm, let’s see, I’ve had a Swayne Low D on order for about 4 years now… anyone order one more recently and actually get it already?
Loren
Hi Loren,
bugger, 4 years? That makes waiting for an O’Riordan an easy task 
.
Don’t they say, it’s hope that dies last?
Cheers mate
Claus (still hoping 
)
There was a Low F on ebay the other day, but I can’t seem to find it now. Must have ended.
Avery, I haven’t been shopping for whistles on ebay, so I’m oblivious.
Claus, I just realized that my contact info may have changed since I ordered from Mr. Swayne, so it’s possible my wait is not representative. BTW, I’m planning a trip to Germany, in mid-late October - still have some details to work out (and there’s always Mr. Murphy about), but who knows, perhaps we’ll run into eachother…
Cheers,
Loren
Gosh, Loren,
meeting you over here would be great indeed. And as I live some 30 miles from the Goldie’s place, this could become a nice chiffer-meeting, I suppose.
Looking forward
Claus
Hi Avery,
guess, who snatched the Swayne F on eBay.
Cheers
Claus (proud future owner of a Swayne F)
Have fun with that. You mind if I ask the final price?
Well, I had to fight off a sniper 
, who raised the funds unpleasently, so it went for EUR 405,- . (Don’t you tell it to my wife please! 
)
Claus (broke but happy)
Glad you’re enjoying them, Claus. The D is just an awesome player, isn’t it? What do you think of the C?
Thanks Charlie,
tell you what, the D is truly beautiful, a sweet and fast player, but I do like the C even better 
! Great backpressure, that allows you to play with a lot of expression. And the lower notes really stand their ground without any weakness in the tone. By all means it’s my favourite C-whistle now, and I tried (and love) quite a lot of Cs.
So again, 
all you Swayne-owners, who want to get rid of them, here’s your man 
.
Cheers
Claus “Swayne” 
Forgive me being that insisting. But where to ask for a Swayne if not here. So I hate to see this thread wonder off into oblivion too soon, and some Swayne-owner maybe never seeing it.
In other words: Bump! (last try, I promise )
Cheers
Claus
I doubt there’s anyone out there who still plays whistles who’d be willing to part with them. Just email Jon, tell him what you have, and ask for one of everything else. I know there are a few out there (Loren, for example) who wouldn’t mind one more person on the notorious waiting list for a low-D. One more just might be the critical mass to justify making a batch. If you search the forum for remarks on Swayne low-D’s, it’s almost like reading about bigfoot or nessie or yehti.
You’re quite right of course, Charlie.
And guess, who’s on Jon’s list for quite a while now … . So it will turn out a question of patience in the end - and admittedly, I’m not very good at that 
.
Cheers
Claus (sadly shuffling his feet 
)
Those are indeed rather elusive. One of the few of the more expensive whistles that I’ve yet to even see.