My Audubon Bird Call is silent!
Andy Mabbett
I have been given an old Audubon Bird Call, like the one in this
picture:
<http://store3.yimg.com/I/kindermusik_1785_4720141>
although the screw at the end of mine protrudes much more.
I can't make any sound with it!
Does the screw need tightening? Is there a part which wears out, with
time?
How should I use it?
--
Andy Mabbett
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IanF
"Andy Mabbett" <usenet...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I have been given an old Audubon Bird Call, like the one in this
> picture:
>
> <http://store3.yimg.com/I/kindermusik_1785_4720141>
>
> although the screw at the end of mine protrudes much more.
>
> I can't make any sound with it!
>
> Does the screw need tightening? Is there a part which wears out, with
> time?
>
> How should I use it?
>
> --
chamber and pewter dome. Don't screw it tight. It needs to be loose to work.
Bill Alexander
"IanF" <ian.f...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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A few years back we were all given a "pisher" by Ann Barker.
Neil Donaghy the Welsh wizard of Celtic Bird Tours practised and
practised. He decided he had become a maestro on his instrument
and decided to demonstrate to some of his clients.
Pwee- weeee-weeeee- wee went his pisher,
pwee- weeee-weeeee- wee went all the rarities for 10 sq.kms in
the opposite direction, never to be seen again .
I have had the same success rate, in fact I have only heard
rumours of misty characters of birding legend being accomplished
pishers, I have still to witness the lost art.
--
Bill Alexander
Scotland's On-Line Gallery
http://www.scotmart.com
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Andy Mabbett
<Mal...@indaal.demon.co.uk> writes
>Pishing doesn't need any mechanical aid. The correct sound can be made
>very successfully(1) by means of tongue, teeth and lips.
I think you're forgetting (how apt!) that many members of the SBC are
lacking - the second of those.
Bill Alexander
Certainly not old age :-)
Andy Mabbett
>>>Pishing doesn't need any mechanical aid. The correct sound can be
>>>made very successfully(1) by means of tongue, teeth and lips.
>>
>>I think you're forgetting (how apt!) that many members of the SBC are
>>lacking - the second of those.
>
>teeth, false ones are equally suitable.
Yes, but you said "Pishing doesn't need any mechanical aid"!
peter kook
> In message <xupZrvpb...@indaal.demon.co.uk>, Malcolm
> <Mal...@indaal.demon.co.uk> writes
> >>>Pishing doesn't need any mechanical aid. The correct sound can be
> >>>made very successfully(1) by means of tongue, teeth and lips.
> >>
> >>I think you're forgetting (how apt!) that many members of the SBC are
> >>lacking - the second of those.
> >
> >And I think you are forgetting that while they not have their own
> >teeth, false ones are equally suitable.
>
> Yes, but you said "Pishing doesn't need any mechanical aid"!
> --
Or are u confusing dentures with clockwork teeth from the joke shop.
Dentures are not a 'mechanical' aid
Mike Humberston
>A few years back we were all given a "pisher" by Ann Barker.
>Neil Donaghy the Welsh wizard of Celtic Bird Tours practised and
>practised. He decided he had become a maestro on his instrument
>and decided to demonstrate to some of his clients.
>Pwee- weeee-weeeee- wee went his pisher,
>pwee- weeee-weeeee- wee went all the rarities for 10 sq.kms in
>the opposite direction, never to be seen again .
>I have had the same success rate, in fact I have only heard
>rumours of misty characters of birding legend being accomplished
>pishers, I have still to witness the lost art.
I find that garden birds are often attracted by (what I presume
is) the sound if the hose pipe that I use to refill drinking
bowls and bird baths.
--
Mike Humberston
Barnes, London
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rud...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
require me to go hunting for Rosin or pine cones - simply rub some
cornflour onto the metal and throw some inside the wooden part, tap it
to get rid of the excess and then gently twist it back and forth a few
times to rub it in - you'll start hearing the sounds come out right
away. Always works like a charm.
jlomb...@gmail.com
Larry Sheldon
I thing rosin must be soluble in alcohol so that moved it around a
bit--but I suspect that will stop working eventually.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Arosin
--
Idioten aangeboden. Gratis af te halen.
h/t Dagelijkse Standaard
Larry Sheldon
> On 7/14/2014 2:02 PM, jlomb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> HI, noticing my call wouldn't make any noise and looking "greasy",
>> not being able to get Rosin or pine cones, I tried some drops of
>> alcohol between metal and wood, and it worked !!!
>
> Don't you know anybody that plays a fiddle?
tissue paper will pick up enough rosin dust to keep you calling for a
long time.)
itti...@gmail.com
http://birding-aus.org/audubon-bird-caller/
