The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13584   Message #112651
Posted By: Cap't Bob
08-Sep-99 - 09:12 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 10
I was just over on the "HELP: BIT WHISTLES - LITTLE FINGERS" thread that reminded me of our sixteen foot (five meters for you metrics) penny whistle. It's an 8X low "d" whistle.....well ya may be thinken 'whose got fingers big enough to play that kinda whistle' ......the answer is NO ONE....what you have to do is get someone who is really full of hot air (mostly likely someone right here in the Tavern) to blow on the thing......then you need six people to sit on the holes and spry enough to stand up and sit down at the appropriate time......bare buns seem to work the best as they make a tighter seal..... So far we have only managed slow airs...however, with the kind of folks here in the tavern we could possibly have a fast jig competition???? One slight problem, this whistle does have a tendency to backfire at times......