Seriously…
I have heard Mary Bergin described as “too perfect” on the whistle which is like describing Clapton as “too good” on guitar, or Bush as being “too (fill in the blank)” on foreign policy…
Now I understand that Ms. Bergin plays a Generation on a number of tunes…
Generations cost $6 or so…
Mary Bergin->too good->plays $6 instrument…
Question: How do I draw a Venn diagram of this?
What is a whistle?
She sometimes comes to NYC to do workshops and play at the Blarney Star. She purportedly played Sindts for a while I think, but what’s the diff; she can play anything…
Regards,
PhilO
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she can play anything…
Can she play flute? 
Of course she can!
THANK YOU!!!
So what you are illustrating is that there is indeed! a region (on a Venn diagram) that is occupied by people who are too good AND play a 6$ instrument AND NOT be Mary Bergin…
For a minute there I didnt see a point in playing…
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Of course she can!
Backwards? Does she, really?
So what you are illustrating is that there is indeed! a region (on a Venn diagram) that is occupied by people who are too good AND play a 6$ instrument AND NOT be Mary Bergin…
What’s a flute?
PhilO
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Mary Bergin plays Generation whistles either when she plays solo or when she finds one she likes, and that she plays Sindt whistles either when she plays with her sister and/or brother-in-law (Antionette and Joe McKenna) or when she can’t find a Gen she likes.
It also seems that she plays Copelands and O’Riordans in A. Gen doesn’t make an A.
This evidence is based on the 5 or 6 times I’ve seen her play.
Other players who are too good that play $6 instruments would include Paddy Maloney, Bill Ochs, L.E. McCullogh and a lot of dead guys.
For educational reasons only, can this august body be added to the Venn diagram?
Ridseard, your diagram omits all the people who play $300 whistles and are no good!
Well, that would require a circle so large, current screen resolutions wouldnt allow.
It won’t fit into this diagram.
Oh c’mon, please, I wanna be diagrammed…
PhilO
I don’t buy the idea that MB is too perfect. Perfect, yes. Too perfect, no. 
So for me, the diagram is faulty.
A denture wearer, thank God. Or she had some braces fitted. That first LP’s pic shows some serious snaggle tooth, maybe years of gnawing on fipples? Or is it just that mineral heavy limestone water?
No. It’s the lead mouthpiece Generations she keeps finding.
lead mouthpiece…uh…someone call 911…or something…
