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Thank you for the link - I looked briefly but not successfully. It didn't seem like something that I would actually want to purchase, but I wasn't familiar with the manufacturer. My experience has been that one nearly always 'gets what they pay for'. These whistles may look like a Susato or other br...

I ran across a whistle on Amazon this morning that looks passingly like a Susato but it is branded 'Woodi': http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jvHciyzXL._SL1024_.jpg http://www.amazon.com/Woodi-WI-921-Irish-Whistle-Matte/dp/B00HSSAASY/ref=sr_1_112?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=14364...

Are these changes due to a recent deluge of fraudulent accounts or have the you and the other Mods simply had enough of this kind of behavior?

Perhaps it would also be good to ask Monty at shakuhachi.com; he has always been gracious and kind when I have emailed him...

It was the piccolo part that I wasn't buying - unless it was a piccolo with a glandular problem.

Thanks for the information about the xiao - I'm not familiar with that instrument.

But I just don't see how one instrument can be a traditional Chinese flute - shakuhachi - piccolo...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/G-major-CX101 ... 1e78094f8c

Ronaldo - It sounds like your project was akin to making a whistle out of styrofoam! Thank you for the information and the pictures.

Very pretty! What makes these more challenging than whistles made from other materials?

It is disputed whether the following piper is Johnny Doran, but it gives an idea of the "standing piper": http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7151/6515388801_720997efb0.jpg Note the chord between the popping valve and the pipes. That looks just like the gentleman I saw playing in the band - th...

I recently saw a band in which the U-piper played standing-up. It seems that he is the only one that I have ever seen playing in that position and it looked awkward - is it common like that?

Never feel stupid for asking an honest question! :thumbsup: They fingering is identical until you get to some of the half-holing/cross-fingering, and then they can become manufacturer specific (IMH - and very limited - O...). Check out the fingering charts at http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/fingeri...

Its not a book, but I recommend Blayne Chastain's online tutelage. I wish that I would have subscribed to it before I had learned all of those bad habits! As you progress, also consider Grey Larson's "The Essential Guide To Irish Flute And Tin Whistle" - another great reference! For a whis...

I usually don't polish my whistles - the brass ones have earned a nice patina to them and the nickle ones just "are". But, this whistle is very pretty and nearly perfect to the eye so I thought that I would touch it up just a bit. Perhaps it was also a way of making it "mine" sin...

I'm afraid that I can't help directly, but you might try contacting the New England Flute Shop and see what they give you for an appraisal.

http://flutenewengland.com/repair-servi ... ppraisals/

pudinka wrote: ...and Ramon is wearing a Mexican 'Day of the Dead' t-shirt?

Off topic, but also celebrated in Ecuador, Guatemala, etc. and even the desert southwest...