I just read Doc Jones’s post regarding his regrets that he got rid of his Sindt C. It got me thinking about how these whistles get around and instead of hijacking that thread I decided to start a new one.
Last summer Doc and I did quite a bit of trading and his Sindts (both a D and a C) ended up with me. I still have the C but I sold the D to MurphyStout. In those trades I sent him my Copeland low D (which I regret, btw) and now it resides with Avanutria. Also involved in those trades were Loren’s old Thin Weasle bird’s eye maple that Doc now owns. And part of one trade involved me sending him a Dixon D, which I asked for back again within a month (part of another trade) and sent it to Earthmom, who still has it.
These whistles DO get around. Anyone else have any stories of whistles that can’t stay still?
The Serpent set I just sold have been in at least 4 people’s hands that frequent this board (including Serpent).
I sent Jerry a Clarke Original as a gift and he sent it back to me as a gift, tweaked.
I sold a bunch of whistles that I now regret. lol. I think it’s natural to regret selling whistles. The WhOA doesn’t want you to get better, it tells you that freeing yourself of whistles is a bad thing, which actually it’s good.
If I remember correctly, Doc’s D and C Sindts were originally mine. I bought them new. He acquired them in a trade with me. I sold a Shaw low D to its third owner from the board, I think. I picked up my Howard low C from a board member. And I’m still up for some trades. :roll:
So Scott do you still have the Copeland I swapped you for them? I got that from Jessie (Dang fine whistle by the way).
I have swapped a lot of whistles that I wish I still had but it’s a blast to swap and as long as the “Great Ones” continue whistle-smithing they can always be replaced.
Also, Avanutria doesn’t have that Copeland Low-D Darvis. I sold it to a guy in CHicago on eBay.
There is a rule in my family: never sell a musical instrument! When we buy an instrument, we adopt it and it becomes almost a family member. We believe that a good instrument deserves love, respect and loyalty. So I can’t understand all that swapping and trading.
There is a rule in my family: never sell a musical instrument! When we buy an instrument, we adopt it and it becomes almost a family member. We believe that a good instrument deserves love, respect and loyalty. So I can’t understand all that swapping and trading.
My favorite is a brass narrow bore Burke D that I got in March. I love that whistle. That’s why I’m parting with the other Burke D, that actually I got from you last year in our first trade. Oh, and I got an email earlier, so it’s now spoken for.
Are you still as smitten with that Thin Weasel birdseye maple, Doc?
Yeah I really am. There’s just something about it that hits the spot for me. I’ve had a couple other Schultzes since, just to compare, and they were fabulous but there’s something unique about the maple…very hard to describe…it just feels really alive and expressive to me and has subtle nuances of sound that I haven’t found in other whistles. I think the maple being a lighter wood may have something to do with it. It sure vibrates more under my fingers. Maybe the harder woods propel the sound out of the bore faster and therefore more purely and the softer wood lets it bang around in the tube longer to make different overtones. I dunno, but I do love it.
I remember Loren saying that he had asked Glen Schultz to varnish the inside of that particular whistle so it wouldn’t need to be cleaned out after playing to avoid moisture problems in the bore. I wonder if that contributes to the different sound.
Nope, that one made its way across the big pond. I’ve finally settled on brass Burke pro D and C whistles. I really liked the Copeland but it was just a little too loud in the upper registers for me. Right now the whistle I’m thinking of trading is an Eyer alto G. Every time I play this whistle I think to myself I really like it, but in the back of my mind I’m wondering if I would like a Burke composite G better. Or maybe a Reyburn G. It’s probably the last vestiges of WhOA working its way out of my system.
I have a Burke aluminum (AlPro i think) low G and it’s one of the best sounding whistles i’ve played. It’s agile too, you can easily play fast reels in it.
Well now Scott I had the chance to compare the two low Gs your thinking about before I decided on the Rayburn thanks to a treasured friend here in chiffy land. Couldnt stand the composit. Just to pure. Ment for church. It was also weightless. No substance. Having said that one of my treasures is a Burke D WBB made in Feb of 2000 that I recieved as a birthday gift from a board member. It will go no further. I have even traded whistles for pictures before. I traded an OBrian improved D, which I never did like for a D Chieftan which I like but I need to hook a heater to it somehow. I have a killer collection of Gens in every key except high G (but I will get one) and most of them I recieved from my friends here. I do miss my Hoovers but you should see this photo. I have decided to get a whitecap head for this old Oak Ive had with me for 25 years. I tried everything else to get it to be playable. Hey what about a trading list. Think of all the whistles weed be able to try.
Holy smokes I forgot who I got my Water Weasel from
And I forgot to mention the Parkhurst D/Eb combo I bought from Doc. Worth its weight in gold to me. It will go no farther. And the flutes. Lord the flutes, this has realy been quite a ride.
Oh Blackhawk I have been wanting to check out a Serpant D
Then I’ll send it to you, Tom. You’ll have to wait until my next day off, next Monday, but I’ll get it into the mail to you then. I think I still have your address.
Holy smokes I forgot who I got my Water Weasel from