Tweaker for Shaw G and low D needed

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I’m looking for someone who tweaks Shaws. I have a G and (hopefully) a low D that I need done. I played a low D that had the windway flattened and also had the last tone hole raised. Does anyone know who might have done it?

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I’d be interested in knowing also.

I have a Shaw high and low D and a Shaw low F that I play. I find the low F plays beautifully, just takes a bit of air. The low D, I’m still trying to figure out. Takes a lot of breath too. Seems the harder I play the low D, the better it sounds.

Michael

I’d love to hear a clip by you on the whistles.

Here’s a couple of clips on my Shaw low D:

http://www.whistlethis.com/index.php?content=YkdsemRHVnU%3D&utid=TVRJeE5RPT0%3D

http://www.whistlethis.com/index.php?content=YkdsemRHVnU%3D&utid=TVRBNU1BPT0%3D

Michael

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Michael, That sounds good!!

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Thanks Steve,

Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the effort to learn the Shaw low D. I’ve no experience with other low ds except one I saw when I bought the Shaw. I can’t remember what it was but it played completely different than the Shaw. It had grooves inside the fipple running along the length of the airway. It took hardly any air to make a sound with it, and I thought I’d rather have the Shaw because it played louder.

Michael

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Jerry Freeman tweeks Shaws.

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They sound great. I can’t wait to get the low D and get practicing.

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I’ve a Shaw low D (for sale in another thread) and I do love the tone of it. It is, if you can imagine, at the opposite extremity of the ‘cosmic drainpipe’ sound of my Overton. Conveniently the finger-stretch is also lesser than on other low Ds I’ve played.
But their reputation of high-air requirements is well-deserved. For someone like me with a small lung capacity (and a smoking habit), I needed something with more back pressure.

I heard Fred Morisson play this whistle at his recital in Maclean the other year and he had mastered it. Needless to say it was breathtaking (no pun intended!).

So yeah.. not the easiest whistle to pick up and play but worth the investment of effort.

I thought of tweaking mine to flatten the windway but I was scared of ruining it so I thought I’d just sell it and buy a different make. My new Reviol kinda sits in between the two extremities of tone.