First I want to say thanks to those who offered me whistles in my last thread,the offers sounded well ,but most of them too expensive for my financial state,but anyway ,thanks a million for the offers.
A while ago I found a whistle branding page about Elfsong whistles .
Their whistles look nice and the sound sample seems to show me a sweet sounding kind of whistle.
First,I ordered Susato whistles for practise and sessions ,and for some recordings who will be done in the end of the summer i need some sweet sounding whistles.
How were your experience with the elfsong whistles,and would you suggest them?if not ,explain or say another idea.
Greetings,Julian
I have an Elfsong D which I like a lot. It has a pure tone and an easy second register.
It does take quite a bit of air, and doesn’t have much resistance. Also, it needs to be warmed up to play its best–it’s not a whistle that plays well when cold.
JenF has one in E which is just phenomenal. It has the loveliest sound, and is insanely responsive. Tom Doorley of Danu tried it and instantly fell in love with it…I wasn’t sure he was going to give it back to her! He played several tunes on the thing and until then I didn’t realize that he doesn’t really cut loose when he’s on stage or recording the albums. He really cut loose playing that whistle and it was a jaw-dropping thing to see and hear.
Jen’s E has much more resistance and takes much less air than my D, but also doesn’t quite have the volume of the D.
Intonation is great on both whistles. I have no intonation complaints on my Elfsong at all.
Didn’t like the one I had for a while some time ago. The intonation was not to my liking: airy and too much chiff. It did not feel good in my hands either.
I got to play one at session the other night. It’s heavy, which didn’t bother me for a half an hour, but I wonder if it gets fatiguing.
It’s got a nice sweet tone, and the upper register is nicely balanced, in that it’s not considerably louder than the lower one.
I found that I couldn’t hear myself quite as well as I can with my Burke session bore when playing with a group. Someone once posted here in a review that they thought the Elfsongs were born to be played solo, where the tone and sweetness could shine. I can’t confirm that after only an half hour, but I liked it. And a nicer looking whistle you will not find.
Well,if it´s a ´´solo whistle´´ it won´t be the problem I guess ,cause the whistle will be used with microphone support or for solo recording .
Actually I think bout ordering one ,but no idea if it would be a A or Bb .anyone here who playde these whistle keys of elfsongs?
Julian