What did I buy? - Davey brand alumium whistles

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I just bought 5 secondhand whistles. Solid aluminium with plastic fipple insert, and with the name DAVEY stamped into the body on all except for the largest which had a clear plastic sticker with the name Davey in black letters on it.

At first I thought they might be home made, as the sound hole on some looked a bit rugged, but then it might be just someone tweaking them that caused that.

I haven’t had a chance to really try them yet, but they were only $5 each, so I took a risk and bought 5 of them. Their were more there, including a bunch of plastic fippled generations, and a clarke, and a fife and a recorder. Obviously someone has unloaded a collection of whistles at the secondhand store. The also had a bunch of wooden ones that were split and damaged, which had been consigned to the rubbish.

So has anyone heard of this brand? Are they any good, and should I go back and buy some more? :slight_smile:

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Could it be!!! :astonished: :astonished: :astonished: …NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW!

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Nope. Dave Boisvert never made an aluminum whistle in his life. I think.

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Yes, I assumed it wasn’t the same Davey - but one could hope :smiley:

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Where did you get them?
How many are there?
Why are they only $5?

Where are the PICTURES??? :stuck_out_tongue:

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I bought 5 of the ‘Davey’ branded ones as they looked the most professional. I think there were 3 more of those - they were the same length as ones I had already chosen (basically I bought 5 of different lengths - no keys marked, but I think the largest might be a low D or close to it)

There were, maybe, 10 or more misc. stuff - as I said, generations, clarke, a silver fife (battered looking) a wooden recorder (or whistle - not sure).

The store owners obviously don’t know what they are worth, because even the generations sell for more than that here (I’m in Australia, so $5 is worth less than in US)

I bought them in a hurry as I was just walking past to buy some coffee in my break. I am back at work now, and they are in my car, but I’ll take some photo’s when I get home (about 5 hours from now)

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You fools; can’t you see! All hail the discoverer of the much sought after rare Davey Spillane whistles… :laughing:

Philo

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Must be an inside joke :boggle:

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don’t mind them…they’re just stressed and obsessed :roll:

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It’s DAVY Spillane, not Davey.

I think Walden’s got it figured out. :slight_smile:

Jef

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Nothing especially inside about it. Spilllane, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, has, on several occasions, posted to this forum purporting to sell whistles, and then deleted the posting.

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Update.
This just in a well known Whistle Purveyor, had an E mail offering DS. whistles, he asked for a sample.
So lets wait and see if this time we can get to see one :wink:

BTW. wish I had thought of this :sunglasses: when I started out makin whistles :laughing:

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I offerred, but was rejected? but I am NOT a “well known Whistle Purveyor” now am I. I even encouraged them to pick someone else. No Go.