Hi all,
Like I said earlier in the day, someone played a low D and then a green-fippled
high D whistle as SIr Paul sang his song that didn’t win.
Someone tell me what brand of whistles these
were and if the man playing them was really a Titanic player?
Gee, I’ve been a Paul fan since 1963, why didn’t he pick ME to play???
Lolly, probably the only whistle player in Nevada!
I will hazard a guess on the regular ‘D’. It was, in my opinion, a generic (but not a Generation) brass bodied (but not narrow bore) green plastic fippled whistle. My money would therefore be on the Soodlums which, when purchased in bulk, can, I believe, be gotten without labels.
I haven’t a clue on the low D. And here I thought I would be the first to post a message to the effect that the pennywhistle had finally made the Oscars. Maybe I have to look into DSL!!
Best to all,
Tom D.
The high D might have been a Feadog. They’re brass with a green fipple. I’m not entirely convinced that the low whistle was a whistle. It looked a heck of a lot like an alto recorder from what I could see.
I also think the high D was either a Walton’s brass or Feadog brass. I’m thinking maybe Feadog. I know someone in this area who has a brass Feadog and it’s been his favorite whistle for very many years. It sounds great. (My Walton’s brass stinks, but maybe I just got a defective one.)
I couldn’t see the low whistle at all, but I heard it. I don’t have any guesses on what kind.
BTW, thanks, Lolly, for giving us the heads-up on keeping an eye out for the whistle-playing at the Oscars. I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise, I don’t think.
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[ This Message was edited by: Cees on 2002-03-25 09:03 ]