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My first fife was a cheapo gift shop one at Fort Moultrie. To my surprise: a) it was playable and b) I could play it. I now have an aluminum D and Bb fife from Angus Fifes and I love them. He put lip plates on his tunable models for me, no charge. I play Irish music on them like tin whistles in the ...

I have a tuneable aluminum D fife with lip plate from Angus Fifes (custom addition - he did it cheerfully and quickly). I have a lot of fun with it. It is not a subtle instrument in any way, and I second the recommendation for hearing protection. I played it once with my hearing aids in by accident....

There was just a used Casey Burns folk flute that went on this forum for a steal... As I got mine for a similar (I think?) price to the Steal referenced above, I second the recommendation. I'm primarily a whistle player and I took to the Folk Flute quite well IMNERHO with no previous flute experien...

I just ordered an aluminum Angus fife in D - I'll post how it plays once it arrives.

More importantly, anyone have sheet music scored for the whistle?

I didn't learn piper's grip until I got my Becker Low D. Suddenly now my Susato low G is a whole lot easier to play.

I also have a Becker Low D and though I can play it without using piper's grip, it's really uncomfortable. It plays beautifully and quickly when I use piper's grip with both hands. To compare, I also have a Low D Open Whistle and the hole spacing seems just about identical to the Becker. It's weight...

I use a cut-down billiard-cue case for mine ($10 at Walmart) - I can fit my low whistle and two high Ds in there with the proper spacers and padding added.

I love the bell-tone on most instruments I play, and somehow consider it the instrument's characteristic voice even though I hit it less in playing than any others.

Ok, so I'm playing my Open Whistle, which is basically a Quena flute with Low D fingerings. It plays like a flute, which is why I'm posting here...do any of you have trouble with a little ball of spit forming on the bottom lip as you're playing? It then proceeds to do most undignified things to the ...

My low D came in last week ad I've been having a lot of fun with it! There's quite a learning curve on the kena style mouthpiece, and I think it's probably way more like a flute than a whistle. I'm enjoying the range of tones I can get depending on my embouchure, but I'm not a fan of how easy it is ...

I believe that's the Kesh Jig.

I'd say that if it works it's the correct way, however that works out.

What you say seems to be the way things generally are. I wouldn't worry overmuch.

What I have to do is listen to a tune till I get it stuck in my head, then puzzle it out on the whistle with the sheet music in front of me.

Well, mine should be shipped ca. January 25th and then we should know.