ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN GIFTED THE PLEASURE OF
BEING ON OR NEAR WATER WHERE THE COMMON
LOON CAN BE HEARD KNOWS WHAT IT CAN DO TO
YOUR SOUL. THE VERY SOUND CAN LIFT YOU TO NEW
SPIRITUAL LEVELS. THEIR CALL IS BOTH MOURNFUL
AND ROMANTIC, SPIRITUAL AND HAUNTING.
MANY FOLK TALES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT
LOONS. NATIVE PEOPLES, LOGGERS, TRAPPERS ALL
HAD THEIR IDEA'S OF WHAT A LOON WAS AND MOST
AGREE THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL. THEIR COLOR AND
SHAPE HAS NOT CHANGED IN MILLIONS OF YEARS. I
COULD SUGGEST THAT CREATOR LIKED THE LOON SO
MUCH, HE OR SHE DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE IT ONE. IT
IS SIMPLY A FASCINATING BIRD. IT SWIMS UNDER
WATER, IT RUNS ACROSS WATER, IT SINGS AND
CRIES AND DANCES. BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY, IT
IS THE CALL THAT THEY FIND MOST APPEALING AND
SO I SET OUT TO CREATE A SPECIAL WHISTLE THAT
WOULD CLOSELY SIMULATE THE FOUR COMMON
LOON CALLS OR SONGS.
THESE HANDMADE LOON CALLS SOUND VERY CLOSE
TO AN ACTUAL LOON WHEN PRACTISED. IT IS FAIRLY
EASY TO LEARN DUE TO THE UNIQUE TROMBONE
STYLE SLIDING TUNG WHICH CREATES A VALVE STYLE
"VARYING CHAMBER" WHICH IS CLEVERLY DISGUISED
AS THE TUNG OF THE LOON. YOU SIMPLY PULL THE
TUNG IN AND OUT IN SPECIAL PATTERNS AND CHANGE
YOUR BREATH WITH EACH STROKE TO ARRIVE AT THE
DIVERSE CALLS OF THE LOON.
EACH LOON WHISTLE IS MADE OF BLACK WALNUT AND
WHITE PINE. EACH COMES WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO
TEACH YOU THE CALLS THOUGH IT IS ADVISABLE TO
LISTEN TO SOME GOOD QUALITY RECORDINGS OF
LOONS TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE ACTUAL SOUNDS.
PRICE: $80
SPECIAL NOTE!
I ASK ONLY THAT YOU DO NOT USE THIS LOON
WHISTLE ON AN ACTUAL LOON INHABITED LAKE. loons
ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND
THEIR LANGUAGE IS VERY COMPLEX. TRYING TO
INTERACT WITH THEM COULD CAUSE THEM TO LEAVE
A NEST OR EVEN CREATE ENOUGH STRESS THAT
THEY MIGHT NOT BREED. THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO DEAL
WITH JET SKI'S AND FAST FISHING AND PLEASURE
BOATS CAUSING WAKES AND OTHER STRESS SO
PLEASE DON'T ADD MORE.
