My red low D MK
- finchfry049
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My red low D MK
My red low D MK should be in my hands in two weeks!!
Im freakin excited so i just want all you MK owners to brag on it so i can anticipate it even more
Im freakin excited so i just want all you MK owners to brag on it so i can anticipate it even more
~Roman Finch~
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Re: My red low D MK
My red, low D MK, is a marvelous instrument. It is nicknamed 'Clifford', by my daughter. It handles beautifully, has a full, deep, resonant sound, and no playing characteristic issues of any kind. It will react precisely to what the player inputs, with no additions, subtractions, multiplications, or divisions...
But then again, this describes my blue, low D Goldie Overton, also. When one enters the rarified low D air of MK, Goldie, Burke Viper, and instruments from a number of other top-level makers, one continues to work, and learns to produce music, worthy of the instrument's capabilities.
I don't know if I understand the word 'brag', in your OP. An instrument is an inert object. It has no life. Bragging 'on' an instrument is foreign to me. All one needs to procure an MK whistle in the US, are patience, and the funds to cover the fair price that Misha charges, plus the brutal exchange rate between the pound and the dollar.
I hope your experience with your MK low D, allows you to produce fine music. Your enthusiasm is refreshing.
Best.
Byll
But then again, this describes my blue, low D Goldie Overton, also. When one enters the rarified low D air of MK, Goldie, Burke Viper, and instruments from a number of other top-level makers, one continues to work, and learns to produce music, worthy of the instrument's capabilities.
I don't know if I understand the word 'brag', in your OP. An instrument is an inert object. It has no life. Bragging 'on' an instrument is foreign to me. All one needs to procure an MK whistle in the US, are patience, and the funds to cover the fair price that Misha charges, plus the brutal exchange rate between the pound and the dollar.
I hope your experience with your MK low D, allows you to produce fine music. Your enthusiasm is refreshing.
Best.
Byll
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Re: My red low D MK
If my green MK is any indication...
You will have a good time...
For a long time.
Solid Solid Solid.
Enjoy!
You will have a good time...
For a long time.
Solid Solid Solid.
Enjoy!
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Re: My red low D MK
I've never done a "cold dead fingers" post before now. Ok, done.
Not too sure it's helping my flute-playing, though.
Not too sure it's helping my flute-playing, though.
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Re: My red low D MK
There is something about an MK Whistle that sets it apart. My Red Low D is amazing every time I pick it up.
Re: My red low D MK
"There is something about an MK Whistle that sets it apart. My Red Low D is amazing every time I pick it up."
Mine too, I have had one for some years now, I don't play it very often as I get sick of it very quickly, but those first few tunes on it really honk!
Mine too, I have had one for some years now, I don't play it very often as I get sick of it very quickly, but those first few tunes on it really honk!
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Re: My red low D MK
Come on, hung parliament! Constitutional crisis! Banking meltdown, ash cloud, anything! Torpedo that pound and bring an MK within my reach.
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Re: My red low D MK
So if a red MK is "Clifford", what character might my green MK be??
I play mine every day. I never get tired of its sound. As somebody said, it has no "issues", no tuning or voicing flaws which must be overcome by practice. So, I can just play music!
I play mine every day. I never get tired of its sound. As somebody said, it has no "issues", no tuning or voicing flaws which must be overcome by practice. So, I can just play music!
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1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
Re: My red low D MK
Pretty clearly, Gumby.
I'm eagerly (to say the least) awaiting a black one. I dare not solicit nicknames for it, thank you very much.
I"m still not sure what makes something "stinkin" good or why that's a good adjective (thought we do have an excellent garlic-centric restaurant in L.A. called "The Stinking Rose", so I guess I've just rebutted my own comment). Perhaps Mr. Finchfry or another Fippler could write a little tune of that name on a nice MK? Afer all, roses be red too!
Best,
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I'm eagerly (to say the least) awaiting a black one. I dare not solicit nicknames for it, thank you very much.
I"m still not sure what makes something "stinkin" good or why that's a good adjective (thought we do have an excellent garlic-centric restaurant in L.A. called "The Stinking Rose", so I guess I've just rebutted my own comment). Perhaps Mr. Finchfry or another Fippler could write a little tune of that name on a nice MK? Afer all, roses be red too!
Best,
J-Doc
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Re: My red low D MK
Pancelticpiper: SHREK ?
Best.
Byll
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Re: My red low D MK
pancelticpiper...
I think of my green MK as "The Meadow."
That's where I inwardly travel whilst playing it.
Good luck in the naming.
I think of my green MK as "The Meadow."
That's where I inwardly travel whilst playing it.
Good luck in the naming.
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Kermit?pancelticpiper wrote:So if a red MK is "Clifford", what character might my green MK be??
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I'd been calling mine Kermit, but I like Gumby. Gumby is great! I'm changing it's name. Call it what you will. It is one AMAZING whistle!
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Re: My red low D MK
Love my Viper, Can't wait to try an MK, heard nuthin but good things about them.
Ps. Nicknamed my Viper My "Duty Piece" as its all nice and shiny and chromed..... like a few of my side arms.
Ps. Nicknamed my Viper My "Duty Piece" as its all nice and shiny and chromed..... like a few of my side arms.
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