This winter a couple college buddies and myself treated ourselves to a hunt at Eagle Lakes in Eastern Washington. We had a fantastic hunt. I really liked the sound of the guides call. It was soft, loud, and had a nice chuckle. I asked our guid who made the call. He said Pardi. Later that night I did a quick google search and found your website. Long story short...last weekend I used my own Pardi single reed mallard call on the Lower Columbia. One day was freezing and the next day it rained the whole day and the call performed flawlessly and sounded as good as a call possibly can sound with me operating it. Thank you for the great product.  I showed it to my brother, he was skeptical because of the aluminum, but he loved the sound and the threaded barrel too.