What’s your favorite low F and why? I am looking towards the less expensive end of things, by the way. No copelands this time.
Overton.
Why ask why?
Chris
Because from what I know about overtons I wouldn’t want one, and here is your big change to change my mind!
What is it that you know that makes you feel you wouldn’t want an Overton Low F?
Loren
Don’t fight it Ava, get the Overton Low F.
Another vote for Overton Low F.
Ava, ava… Why ask? The best Low F is… SUSATO! YEAHHHHH!!!
(just to be sure…)
But no one is saying WHY an overton F is good. describe it.
Better yet, lend me one, haha.
I have one. It’s simply a great whistle. But on the same token, it’s the only F I have played so I can’t compare.
You need to do an archive search. There has been tons of words written on the low F whistle, and not just Overtons.
I have done the comparisons. I sold a Copeland Low F because my Burke composite Low F played better. It is free-blowing and has a lovely tone. I find Overtons incredibly difficult in the upper octave. I recommend a Burke composite.
Jessie
BTW, Loren looks like Avanutria is catching up on posts, which doesn’t help to explain the questions posted.
On 2002-09-25 22:16, jackorion wrote:
You need to do an archive search. There has been tons of words written on the low F whistle, and not just Overtons.
I tried. When I searched for “low F” in quotes I got no hits, and when I searched for low F without quotes I got every post that had the word “low” and an f in it. Even if the F was in a word.
Maybe I’m just doing it wrong. Sorry folks, it’s been a rough week for me lately. 
Woops. I meant Susato. My bad.
Chris
Tradman’s Chieftain F!!! I’m lovin it. And I am soon to get one. 
It sounds so beautiful and it has a lot of chiff when i play it. It’s simply wonderful with me!!
[ This Message was edited by: Tradgirl on 2002-09-25 22:35 ]
Yup, I see what your saying. Archives can be hard to navigate. OK real quick, why I like my Overton Alto F. Overtones a plenty, the finger holes are large and feel good, slides and other tricks of the trade work very well, in other words the whistle is responsive. Great tone that is easy to manipulate dependinging on how you blow, and it is in tune. Construction wise it’s solid as a rock, and did I mention tone? Oh yeah it can be a quiet or as loud as you’d like. I have no problems with the 2 octaves, in the third I have to play loud.
I like the Overton Low F sound quite a bit. Smooth, very full and slightly reedy. A very strong tone. The back pressure (or resistance) makes it very satisfying to play, and yet is not so great that it causes a hinderance to your articulation.
The nice sized holes, pressence of back pressure also adds to the versatility of the instrument. You can do stuff like breath accents and it comes out well. The response is also really good for a alto whistle. I’ve got 3 Overtons ( Low D, low F and high D) and this is the whistle that scores the highiest in my charts in sound and playability. I don’t play it that much though, only because I rarely find myself needing an F whistle these days.
Avanutria,
Check your private messages.
JP
Maybe if you tell us what kind of stuff you’d be playing most of the time on the low F, and in what context (for yourself, in church, sessions, etc), and what your favourite lower whistles are, we’d have an idea of whether you might like an Overton F.
I love mine, BTW. Good tone, good resistance, good volume, sounds good on funky non-trad stuff, and I don’t find it difficult to play in the 2nd octave at all.
Hole distances are no problem for my medium-sized female hands.
Needs to be warmed up before playing, though.
I only own one low f and it is a Water Weasel. I love its sound but the large fingerholes can be a bear.
Frank
I’m sorry to have to say this, but I love my Burke composite Low-F sooooo much more than my Overton in this case. The Burke plays like melted butter on my lips! It is so smooth, requires almost no breathing, and is perfectly balanced across both octaves (with a little push it will easily play half an octave again). It has a nice, fairly quiet, haunting tone to it that I especially like in low whistles.