Hello,
I came across this link recently:
Swedish Traditional Music LinksUnder “Instrument Sales” there are links to a few different Swedish whistle makers. Has anyone seen or played a Swedish whistle?
-brett
edited to fix link
[ This Message was edited by: bretton on 2002-03-28 17:22 ]
In fact I do, Brett.
Knowing Alban Faust from his early days as a musician over here in Germany, I always was a great fan of the bagpipes he makes. Only recently he told me, that he also makes a whistle or two sometimes, each of them looking and sounding a bit different,there’s no real Alan Faust whistle line.
He kindly sent me a few of them and I picked a Boxwood D, a Plum C and a Snakewood A. They all need quite a lot of air and pressure, but the sound is really special, very “wooden” in a way.
If you want to know more, just contact Alban, he’s great fellow, to talk to.
His address is:
Borduninstrument Alban Faust
Ör Frestersbyn, 464 92 Mellerud
Tel +46(0)530-42017
http://www.albanfaust.just.nu
Cheers
Claus
Also, please try to listen to his record “Bordunmusik fran Dalsland”. Although it contains no whistles, it DO contain a lot of bagpipes and other drone instruments. Some french but mostly swedish folk music. It is really great.
Hi!
Tried a Low D whistle by Alban Faust a few years back at a festival. It was a beautiful whistle in boxwood with an amazingly “fluty” sound. I don’t recall that it needed a lot of air, at least not compared to the old Howard I use to play. If you’re looking for a low whistle with a lot of timber it’s definitely worth a try.
Härjedalspipa/spilåpipa is the Scandinavian version of the Irish tinwhistle, quite common in traditional music. The tone has a lovely windy sound that’s is easily recognized. The tonality is a bit different compared to an Irish whistle, with a few notes that mistakenly could be regarded as slightly “off scale”. Different regions had different types of these whistles, some with six finger holes other with eight or eight and a thumbhole.
Gunnar Stenmark makes very nice “härjedalspipor” with six fingerholes, you can check out his web page at (Sound clips = Ljudklipp in swedish):
http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan</a](http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan">http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan</a)>
Andreas recommended Alban Fausts CD “Bordun musik från Dalsland” which is great if you’re into piping, playing a hurdy gurdy, didge, or a keyed fiddle.
Drone has a CD called “Härjedalspipan” which is an absolute must have, if you looking for some Scandinavian whistle music. Also, most of the tunes can be played on a standard tinwhistle if you want to try some Swedish whistling.
Check it out at (also some sound clips):
http://www.drone.se/english/DROCD008.html</a](http://www.drone.se/english/DROCD008.html">http://www.drone.se/english/DROCD008.html</a)>
Good luck!
[ This Message was edited by: MR on 2002-04-10 10:14 ]
[ This Message was edited by: MR on 2002-04-10 10:16 ]
Faust’s band (which is called Faust) has some MP3s at MP3com. I haven’t listened to all the tracks and I don’t know if there’s any whistle. There’s some good bouzouki though by Crister Adin. Adin and business partner Ekvall make very nice bouzoukis, mandolins, etc. They make what is probably the coolest instrument in the world, a drone mandola. Check out Aly Bain and Ale Moller’s album called New Rigger Ship or something like that.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/226/faust1.html
Take a look at this and tell me what scale the tone holes produce.
http://www.algonet.se/~per-ulf/leif/
Lisa
A melodic A minor scale with the bell note E, that is:
(D or D#) E F# G# A B C D E (F)
Can be made to A major, E minor and E major without trouble. Drone in E.
[ This Message was edited by: Andreas on 2002-04-11 04:16 ]