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Sweetheart Blackwood Irish Whistle - Key of D
Hard to find - Blackwood and Brass. Sells for $350 new
Looking for offers on this whistle. Will consider trades
Will send pictures if requested.
Pete Hay

Duh - Baltimore
Sorry

I might be interested. Where are you located?
Pete in Portland, OR

I have a Single key Sweetheart whistle. It was sold to me as a Killourhy Model Whistle but it looks just like the Sweetheart Blackwood Whistle - Key of D with Sterling Silver Rings image (with the added key, of course) on the www.whistleshop.com website. It has the Sweetheart logo stamped into the w...

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Pete in Portland

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Pete in Portland

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