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... octave. If not already experienced with the Alba lower range , I would recommend reading up on the Alba Low C by searching via Chiff and Fipple’s whistle forum, lots of player’s notes and comparisons ...

... forum. I can vouch for him, as he is a local and excellent flute and bodhran player here in Albuquerque. ... dleeforsythe@gmail.com Specifics: Tunable Alba Low E - lightly used, well cared for - a few ... moving up to the higher octave, medium chiff with a clear tone/timbre, medium volume. Originally ...

... or "Middle Ages Fest") -- I think it might have been an Alba but I didn't get a close enough look. Maybe we should start a thread ... are narrow-bore (I think slightly conical) flutes used in Bavarian and Austrian (also Swiss) traditional music, especially in the "Salzkammergut" ...

One should consider how you want the chiff to show up. Do you want it there on all notes, ... with a high-pressure air attack on some phrases and not others. Is it variable and controllable? ... on a Killarney or Clarke or Tony Dixon or Alba or any other whistle known to be "pure ...

... here? I'm looking for a really strong "chiff" based sounding whistle in high D, other words the complete opposite of clear, sharp and clean... By "chiff" I suppose my meaning ... which are both very smooth and pure. The Alba soprano D has a kind of thick, husky, raspy ...

... ), it's really all about a player's abilities and technique, and I'd also add, commitment to learning ... other maker who sometimes gets overlooked is Alba Whistles by Stacey O'Gorman, whose whistles tend to have ample chiff but a very different sound than the others. I've ...

... ), it's really all about a player's abilities and technique, and I'd also add, commitment to learning ... other maker who sometimes gets overlooked is Alba Whistles by Stacey O'Gorman, whose whistles tend to have ample chiff but a very different sound than the others. I've ...

... from the list of tones available in whistles, and what your music needs. Recording then gives ... Burke, Goldie, McManus, Milligan, Reyburn, Oz, Alba, Reviol, Setanta, Howard, etc., is that they ... reviews, comparisons, demonstrations, and Chiff and Fipple discussions.

... Originals, on the whole, are pretty sweet and mellow with polite volume. Way back when I started ... Clarke, Reyburn, Goldie, Freeman, Humphrey, Alba, and perhaps others I'm forgetting). But as ... down. I've often wondered how many posts in Chiff and Fipple are posted by employees/investors/owners ...

She posted a lot on this board when Alba whistles were new. I don't remember her handle. Possibly Alba, Gorman, or something? ... "wizzy", now filed under Guest, followed by some posts under "CHIFF FIPPLE". I would say the posts I read offered more heat than light. Yeah, ...

She posted a lot on this board when Alba whistles were new. I don't remember her handle. Possibly Alba, Gorman, or something? ... "wizzy", now filed under Guest, followed by some posts under "CHIFF FIPPLE". I would say the posts I read offered more heat than light.

... Colonial Williamsburg. A drop dinged the head, and I never got it to sound right again. My first ... a college friend who had been studying abroad. Chiff & Fipple (the witty email newsletter and ... recent years, I also spent some time with an Alba low D, and curiosity about wooden whistles ...

I have a really great piece of Alba mezzo A for sale. Its intonation is fantastic, the tone is complex, round and lilting with a little bit of chiff. The volume is strong, especially the 1st octave is full, ...

As you wrote you're looking for a rather mellow and softer tone, I personally can't recommend the current Alba Soprano D. I owned one for a couple of weeks and ... from that the Alba has an interesting tone, some chiff not to pure. Now I own a Killarney brass, a McManus ...

An Alba Bass A (yes a huge 30" monster) from a fellow Chiff-er arrived today in the post. I've only gone down as low as C before, and I wanted to take the plunge into really low whistles. And I've never ...