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I have played the whistle and trying not to focus on the problem and today I was not bothered by the sound /frequence. Maybe my fingers, breathcontrol or ears have grown more accustomed to the whistle. I recorded this video of a couple tunes and I really love the sound of the Killarney. https://you...

To Flogging Jason: Great collection. I have 5 whistles and one on the way. I noticed a variation in the hole sizes and spacing of the holes, which I found interesting. I actually have a couple of whistles where the bottom right hand hole is a bit farther apart from the next one, which gives me a pro...

I recent purchased a brass Killarney D whistle. It produces the best sound out of all of my 5 whistles. It is very clear and effortlessly goes from the lower octave to the upper octave. But, I am having a strange problem with it. It literally slips out of my grasp when I am playing it. When I am pla...

Your whistles are beautiful. I went to your website and I'm going to have to save up a while for one of those. Keep on with your great work!

Your story could be my story, only I am older at age 71. I picked up the whistle just after Christmas for the first time. Since I have been retired for a year, I have time to practice and I have been putting in a couple of hours a day for the past two months. With all the on line songs available, I ...

Thanks for all the responses. In answer to some of the questions..... I have bought a few different whistles most likely because of whistle envy. My first was the Clarke. I bought a Feadog at the same time but delivery was going to be about a month and I wanted to start practicing as soon as possibl...

I see a lot of reviews of various manufacturers whistles. What I have recently noticed is that the hole spacing and size of the holes on various high D whistles is not uniform. And it has affected my ability to play the instrument. Since I started playing two months ago, I have tried to practice 2 h...