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12 Apr 10 - 11:33 PM (#2885304) Subject: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: mg If anyone has one, could you please let me know. mg |
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13 Apr 10 - 02:07 AM (#2885349) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: GUEST,Erich The nearest thing I have is "The bosun's call" on Erik Ilotts LP "Shipshape & Bristol Fashion". It starts with a whistle and continues with a call (Lash up and stow). |
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13 Apr 10 - 02:34 AM (#2885350) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: GUEST,Guest, dubris Hi, You can find many bosun whistle calls and history on this website. http://www.chesapeakepicaroons.org/Boatswain_pipe/BoatswainsPipe.html |
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13 Apr 10 - 02:47 AM (#2885354) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: Joe Offer Hi, Mary- Navy BuPers has a selection here (click). The Sea Scouts also have a selection, but I'm guessing they're the same recordings. -Joe- |
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13 Apr 10 - 04:06 AM (#2885389) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: Jack Campin The whistles themselves turn up on EBay regularly. |
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13 Apr 10 - 10:19 AM (#2885568) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: open mike this is interesting...a form of communication before they had inter-com or public address system. |
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14 Apr 10 - 06:22 AM (#2886246) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: Roger the Skiffler ...at the risk of sounding a pedant (!) when I was in the Sea Cadets (and yes,it was after the age of steam) we were told it was always a bosun's call , never a whistle. RtS (Cadet Petty Oficer many years ago, now just petty) |
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14 Apr 10 - 05:28 PM (#2886720) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: The Vulgar Boatman If you can get hold of a copy of the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship (BR1937 - I think)it has a fold-out at the back detailing all the pipes made on the Bos'n's call. They turn up regularly in second-hand bookshops. |
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14 Apr 10 - 06:54 PM (#2886779) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: GUEST,mg Thanks. mg |
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14 Apr 10 - 09:33 PM (#2886867) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: Stewart Hi Mary, I've got a bosun's whistle if you'd like to try it out. I can do "Piping the Side" for what it's worth. Also a manual of "pipes." Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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14 Apr 10 - 09:55 PM (#2886878) Subject: RE: Need sound file for bosun's whistle From: Stewart ... and I'll record a "pipe" and send you the mp3 file. Cheers, S. in Seattle
-Joe Offer- |