Whistle Types & Models
Auld was famous for his "Glasgow type police whistle", a robust, heavy, round pea whistle with an elliptic window being identified with his designs and known as Auld's style window. Many of his whistles also included a two hole fipple from hence referred to by collectors as "pig nose" whistles.
- Auld designed the Glasgow syle escargot-type whistle, a Heavy robust brass whistle made of 6 parts and registered the first patent for this style .
Registered design No 143091 issued January 1890 .
- Registered Design No 210479 of 1893 is for a double escargot-type whistle incorporating a large escargot-type and a smaller one sharing a common partition.
- And small number of London style escargot-type with button sides whistles.
- Both his escargots & rounds were made in various sizes and since his whistles are all scarce or rare, whistles and models attributed to him are still being discovered.
- Few types of smaller round pea whistle designs.
- Auld is one of the very few makers that was not making general service type whistles .
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