I’m thinking of sending a Busman whistle on a tour, if people are interested. I realize some people might be interested in one of my whistles, but are hesitant to spend the price of a handmade whistle sight unseen (hearing unheard?). This would probably be a Delrin due to fragility concerns .
How are these tours usually organized? I assume each person is responsible for postage and insurance to the next recipient. Does someone (me?) keep a list of who gets it next? I’d appreciate feedback from anyone who’s done a successful whistle tour. Thanks.
Well, I’m not sure how they work, but I am outrageously interested in participating! 
DITTO!
Upon reflection, it seems to me that if you collected the e-mail addresses and mailing addresses of all participants, you could then sort of plan it so that everyone doesn’t have to mail it across the country. That way, each person would only get the address of the next person in line. Also, and I remember Erle Bartlett doing this with the Black Diamond tour, you might consider a separate european and american tour, if you have enough participation to warrant it from both sides of the pond. I don’t know what kind of extra work that amounts to for you, but it’s a consideration.
Another thing Mr. Bartlett did was he offered the tour whistle for sale to any person on the tour, at which point they would mail him payment and he’d mail another whistle to the next person in line.
Oh, and how long do we get to keep it?
Congratulations has the gist of it I think.
I’d certainly love to be on a Delrin tour. I know I’m one of the people who considered buying one at one time, but have held off.
Great idea! 
I’m in London, so if the tour’s going to end up over here may i get my name down please?
absolutely terrific idea! I am all game for an european tour…
berti
Additionally it was at a discounted price (50% of retail). This would have to be up to you depending on your burden in the wistle (time, material, etc.)
You could also just have the person send the whistle on and then sell them a new one at whatever terms you choose.
I’m all for a Busman whistle tour!!! Sign me up!
Hello!
I would love to be on the tour too! If I could help in any way, please ask! If you are looking for a lot of feedback, I know a lot of Irish musicians in the area, so I could get the opinions of some great musicians.
-Casey
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ME… ME… ME… 
You can send the list along with the whistle as well as post it on a Tour thread. Sign me up.
Ron
Congrats. has the idea. I am doing a tour for my Tweaked Whistles right now, it seems like it is off to a relativley smooth start. I would definanatley be intrested in being on the tour.
I’d like to be on it if for no other reason than to get the opportunity to see how close a Delrin would play to my Kingwood D or Birdseye Maple C. I am hopelessly hooked on wood, but would relish the chance to “gauge” the differences or similarities.
I carry my O’Brien’s E,Eb,D,C,A set in the car just due to the travel and heat/cold issues. They are like bludgeons they are so tough! No worries there.
And they were there last time my daughter took her dog to the park near her college. And I was able to enjoy an hour of playing and really relished the sound outdoors. Lots of fun, and no-one came over and asked that I quit…(LOL)
Had I known we would be going, I’d love to have taken my treasured wooden Busmans The O’Briens are great whistles but there is just a “tonality” to the wooden Busmans that allows me to be extra expressive. Part of it is certainly the hole structure and body size, and some surely the tone of wood itself.
But I cannot take the chance of carrying them around and having to leave them in the car for any extended period of time without getting them to a moderate temperature. I’ve got some really good travel case options (PVC piping) for protection from bumps and mis-steps. But our weather starts out in the high 20’s (this morning in Manahattan Kansas) and ends up in the 60’s these days. The temperature range worries me. I’m sure Paul would agree.
If the Delrin plays close to the wooden treasures, I’ll be hooked.
Hope you work it out Paul! There are many eager players.
Let’s see, Paul, am I automatically excluded because I already have a Busman delrin whistle? Hope not.
Philo
Hi Paul, I have participated in quite a few tours and most of them worked this way:
First you make the list of “tourists” Then send it to the first person on the list. This person keeps the whistle 2 or 3 weeks depending on the number of participants. Then the person with the whistle PM’s or Emails the next person on the list for their “current” address. The whistle is then shipped to the person next in line and Insures it for the cost of the whistle in case of damage or loss, Each participant pays for the shipping and insurance to the next person.
You can put a list of the people and their addresses in with the whistle, but in one case, the person I was suppose to ship a whistle to moved and if I had not read in a post that they had moved, It would have went to a wrong address.
Stacey has hosted alot of “Alba” tours and if you have any questions, I am sure that she would answer them for you.
Please include me in the tour if there is room, I would love to try out one of your whistles.
Cheers,
Kathy
I would like to be on the Buseman whistle tour also.
Paul … I guess you’ve found out that there is a lot of interest in a Busman tour.
If space allows, I’d like to be included, too. Let us know … please!!
Judy
I’d like to be on the tour, too, especially with a delrin whistle. There’s a bit of ocean between me and most anybody else (except one), but USPS priority usually gets things back and forth in reasonable time.
A high D would probably be standard for this, but I personally would like to see the D+ delrin if a large majority of others are also interested. That would let us see what a Busman delrin whistle is like and how the D+ plays. But I might be out of step with what most would like, so I won’t push this if there is not an overwhelming clamor for it.
Nice suggestion, Keith. Any Busman would be nice, but to be able to check out the D+ would be great!
Judy