Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2004/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Flutophones
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 04:21:10 -0400


MIne cost me 59 p. sterling. They cost more now.
Roger S.

In message <21789-41660F58-2157@-----.net>
klarinet@-----.org writes:
> Jon Delorey wrote:
>
> > It [pennywhistle] is an instrument that is
> > played professionally (even the least
> > expensive ones) in Irish music. Learning
> > ornamention, etc., can make it a long term
> > challenge (for me anyway).
>
>
>
> I once heard a penny whistle played at a festival. It was concert
> quality from the first note to the last note. In addition to her
> dexterity, her tone was beautifully resonant and 'full', not raw or
> ragged or thin. I was dismayed that what appeared to be a $5 penny
> whistle could produce such music.
>
> Afterward I asked the lady (a professor) something on the order of:
> "Obviously you weren't playing the $5 tin whistle that tourist shops
> sell. May I take a closer look at yours?"
>
> "No," she replied. "I wasn't playing a $5 whistle. I never pay more
> than $2 [which is the equivalent of $1.75 in American currency, I
> believe] for mine.
>
> ...and sure enough, when I held it my hand, it was the same piece of
> sheet metal tubing (hers was tapered) with a plastic fipple and
> punched/deburred holes that you see in a tub on the counter at every
> tourist shop and novelty store.
>
>
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