Now on the other hand taking pictures is just as important as looking at other peoples pix in the whistle world !!!

Digital cameras are not that expensive and even cell phones work good enough now. All you gotta do is patch them or even email them to your computer and your oiff and running !!!

Sounds tooooooo easy doesn't it ??

It is !!!!

Try it for fun with your cell phone. Take random whistle pictures and send them to your email on the computer and open them up and file them in a holding file. —- It is just good practice for anything !!!!

NEXT, start taking them in different light. Say for instance, in low light. Just practice that way and put them in your low light file.

NEXT take them in high-light and do the same.

Lastly take them with mixed lots of whistles — because dark and shiney don't mix well and the practice sessions bring that out.

voila….you are an accomplished cell phone picture taker !!!

going along with clear pictures is another thought to remember– MORE !!!

What's wrong with asking for more pictures ?? Better angles and mooooooore of them.

In fact 360 degrees of them is best — it only takes ONE dent or scratch to ruin a whistle !!!!!!!!!!

Closeups really help, especially if you can see inside at all too 🙂

However some hold back from asking —- whyyyyyy ??

1) too much time spent with emails to bother with ??
2) might think that more pictures would be posted or sent out to others and a 'good one' get away or go into the  stratospheric price heaven ??
3) don't want to bother the seller
4) lazy
5) can't open attachments
6) Didn't know one could 🙂

If you buy from afar — pix are your best friends….

buying whistles over the net is great, but can really bite you if not careful. How is that you ask ??

PIX !! Pix !! Pix !!!

Can't really hold and try the whistle out — yah ?? Can't look inside of it either for the most part.

However, you can get those terrific digital pictures.:-)

Ironically we see a lot of whistles for sale with blurry pictures. Really goes against the nature of the whole thing doesn't it ?? We want a picture —  to see what we are buying,  but may only get a picture that is 75% clear.

That would amount to seeing 75% of the whistle wouldn't it ?? And yet it happens all the time but with a note that the seller couldn't take a good picture 'because of the camera' —– .FUNNY….

AND not your problem, UNNNNNLESS you buy it !!!

If you look no further and buy it anyway….. now it is gambling !!! And you really can't complain honestly can you, if the whistle has defects that are fuzzy in the picture 🙁

The answer ??

1) don't buy it !!!
2) ASK for clear pictures
3) roll the dice ( but be ready to eat it !! )

just some thoughts to mull over….

got an interesting email on a slider whistle the other day. Enquiring on what we knew about it.

Yeah, pretty cool looking and all. Mahogany and well built, perhaps pre 1900. Has what looked to be musical notes on the inside shaft.

So anyway we were asked what we could tell about it and since it is a slider and wooden we shared what we could. Always nice to hear from someone who values what they have.

Possibly gotten from a long time relative or someone else in the family.

May even have been cherished and handed down several generations.

Just love it when whistles are valued so much !!

You can see it for sale for 20gbp on eBay…..