Forum Activity for @wayne

The Drifting Thread

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Hope everyone is well, haven’t been doing any whistling all over the summer as I’ve been busy with cycling ( my number 1 hobby) , at least when we go back into lock down on Thursday we can still get out on our bikes and get plenty exercise in , I do 20 - 25 miles everyday as part of my training routine and I sympathise with you Keith as living in this part of the Lake District it’s hard to find any flat roads , as a 47 year old cyclist im classed as the older generation ( only in the cycling world) ha , but I still give the young men a run for their money. Time to go get the whistle out , stay safe everyone.

The Drifting Thread

Off Topic discussions

Well we are some way into lockdown now and I hope everyone is safe and well and busy learning new tunes with all this time on there hands, hopefully this horrible virus will go away soon or at least let us all get back to some sort of normality, stay safe everyone and keep whistling.

Favorite whistles

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Finally received my shearwater low G whistle, it’s taken a few days to get used to it but I can now play it without sounding like I’m blowing up a balloon, what I did notice is it takes a few minutes to get it warmed up and then it sounds really really good, very nice aluminium whistle for around £55 plus postage, I would recommend it

Favorite whistles

Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions

Hya Keith, thanks for that mate I’ll give that a go , maybe haven’t wasted my money after all 😂. I really love the sound of the low g and hope to be playing it one day soon.

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Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions

Received my generation Bb in the post yesterday, so today was my first chance to have a play with it, I am struggling to play it , finding the last hole hard to reach, I must have short fingers for a man, now I am really worried as I’ve also ordered a Shearwater low g, what chance do I have reaching the holes on this if I can’t reach a b flat generation , any advice would be appreciated.

Favorite whistles

Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions

Yeah absolutely right Keith, I find the brass plays well for slower tunes and the plastic and the nickel play well for jigs or fast tunes.

Favorite whistles

Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions

Had my new Killarney high D brass whistle for a week now, it’s very well made and a really nice whistle costing £80, I still find myself going back to my faithful Tony Dixon 1 piece plastic highD, costing £20