teb wrote:We have a big Oscar Meyer plant here in town and see the Weinermobiles frequently. Personally, I'm eating Ball Parks for a few weeks - at least long enough to be sure they've disposed of poor Oscar properly...... They always park a Weiner Wagon out here every year when we have the World's Largest Bratfest and hand out free Weiner-Whistles. I got a new one a couple years ago and sadly, like many vintage instruments, I think they've shifted their production over to the far east. Sure, they have a nice, shiny factory finish, but they've lost much of their soul. No truss rods, a cheesy zip-lock-gig-bag instead of a hard case, the tone just isn't what it used to be and the set-up and intonation are marginal at best. My local tech seemed totally confused by it as he's only worked on whistles with peas inside them (mostly Pea 90s). Like many imported instruments, a lot of the folks who actually build the new generation of Weiner re-issues are probably still wondering what the hell it is and what you do with it.
and that part about disposing of him properly...
