By A.Strauss

A new previously unknown whistle by Joseph Barrall  Birmingham whistle manufacturer of victorian times 1886 to 1898, made me examine his whistles again.
there are previous posts here.***                            
J. Barrall made 5 types of profesionnal whistles, his whistles are all made of brass or nickel plated brass . His 5 types of whistles appear with variations and since there is no known catalogue for his whistles every once in a rare while a new previously unknown variation pops up.
I bring the types in a general order of rarity; the GSWs and Beaufort being uncommon scarce and the round and double all rare or very rare. though some in the first or second groupmay be very rare, or even one known sample, see first sample. Some are recognized by his stamps and some by distinct characteristic features.

* GSW  general service whistles, cylindrical two notes whistles, bobbey whistles, some very rare. 

* Beaufort whistles many models, with mouthpiece and without. some very rare.

* Escargot whistles (Referee whistles) variations in size and top knop - All rare or very rare.

* Double barrel. two pipes with in-line mouthpiece.

* Round Pea Whistles of two variations all very rare. 

            

L: 86:3 mm
Body D: 16 mm
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The nickel* whistle

Every once in a  while the experienced collector comes across a very old whistle of rare features,
never before observed, or known, I mark these whistles as one known,
at times sooner or later another one 'pops' up somewhere, then there are two, somtimes it does not.
At times one knows all about the whistle from some rare catalog or by the stamp and there is still one known, something every collector takes pride in collecting or finding, Knowledge is indispesable, and when it comes to whistles, so far, there is a lot to find, reaserch and learn for us all.

The "Nickel" whistle is stamped that way and it is the only one I observed so far that has this shape; a conical shaped with the narrower  side towards the top.

I am not sure how to categorize it but it is a single note whistle.

Unidentified whistles (as other collectibles) present a fascinating riddle as to who, when and where  made,
manufactrer, year, city, country, the avid  collector is like a detective at times trying to find an answer.
Here is one that puzzled me for a long time, I wait patiantly for answers that sometimes never come,
when they do you find great pleasure when you do not you know it is part of the game knowing that some questions will always remain unanswered.
Here is one, I will later bring details. If you feel you have comments or can help, I will gladly read. In the future I will try to bring a 'one known'
more often. If you do have one you think fits kindly send a picture, I will be
happy to share and give credit.

      
Side view
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Telephone or  (from the Greek: τῆλε, tēle, "far" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice"),  refered to a Phone, was a giant step in comunication
The inevention of the telephone in 1876 gradually chaged the world communication * , Boatswain's whistles, that were in use from early Roman  times. Voice pipes ( Since 18th Century), speaking tubes and Telegraphy  (See **) Telegraphy  invented mid 1830's, " Telegraphs as such have existed in Europe from as early as prior to the Battle of Waterloo, then consisting as semaphores, or optical telegraphs that sent messages to a distant observer through line-of-sight signals. In 1837, American artist-turned inventor Samuel Morse conducted the first successful experiment with an electrical recording telegraph ".

Whistle and telephone handle. 1878 Telephone with Whistle Call stamped on leather L. M. Ericsson,

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The standard older police whistle had 7 basic parts ;

Body with Two Windows facing each other,
and inside it  the Partition that devides the whistle into two seperate sound chambers ,
and in one end has a Stop blank and on it's other the Diaphragm, 
on the top of the body there is a Cap and a Loop and on its other end the Mouthpiece.

 Parts :

The Loop
The Cap
 
The Body w. windows
    Internal Parts :

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