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It's good to judge for oneself. Maybe less good to judge for others. :love: Re: tunes from other traditions... I tend to find for myself that tunes from other cultures are pretty accessible to play on whistle particularly if they share the common thread of being folk tunes . Folk songs, folk dances,...

Beautiful, that 'carved lacquer' effect!
Coincidentally, I just bought some lipstick in that color a few hours ago.

Bb whistles make for a happy home life.

Thank you for your viewpoint, it was exceedingly helpful. Sorry you were frustrated about the similar threads. I feel the same way when I get answers to questions or topics I don't even ask about. I'm glad you found it helpful! I'm afraid that open online forums are a little like cocktail parties.....

Meanwhile, I do have continuity of playing and practice with my Susato Dublin High D. I've followed this thread, but I haven't re-read it before posting this, so apologies if this has been said: I wonder if your problem with the Mellow dog might be to do with being used to playing the Susato. In my...

So I have the Freeman Mellow Dog and the only way I can express it is that it's not sounding the way I thought it would. Well this is a bit hard to respond to, since you don't even tell us in what way it doesn't sound like you expected it to. I have a bunch of whistles I bounce around between them ...

You ask: "Is the Freeman Blackbird a tweaked Feadog?" We really should get Jerry Freeman to answer this. When I bought mine, I vaguely recall him saying that the head was from a Feadog, and the tube something else... maybe he makes the tubes himself? Or uses a Gen tube? My memory is shaky ...

I've only been playing a year and a half, but i notice I don't produce as much saliva as I did at first. My whistles are not clogging so muc, and that's a big relief! I do cover the window and blow out moisture between tunes, and that seems enough now -unless it's a really long tune. If it clogs in ...

Does the Blackbird in fact sound less airy in actuality? Yes, with my Blackbird I get a more pure, sweeter sound that’s less airy than what I get on my Mellow Dog. I like them both, but prefer the Blackbird’s tone and low air requirements. On the other hand, I find the Mellow Dog more forgiving to ...

My Mellow Dog (d) has sweet and smooth tone. Does not break into squeaks much. Not as chirpy as the Blackbird. Though both seem to be similar in volume, the Blackbird sound 'cuts through' a little more, they don't call it the Mellow Dog for nothing.

I'm wondering about the Freeman whistle she played, with the green top. She identified it oonly as a Freeman 'tweaked'... but was it a tweaked Generation, a Freeman Mellow Dog, or what? I know it was tweaked, but what did it start out as?

MichaelRS, in reading your preferences in your original post, I too would very much recommend the Susato Kildare. I Have some polymer Dixons, including the DX 001 in high D. The polymer Dixons have a nice mellow soft tone, not too much chiff. But my Kildare whistles are much clearer and louder, whil...

Nice!
Now I'm inspired top grab my Freemans and give them each a whirl before making dinner.

You can ask your fellow bandmates what their preference is. If the audience and the other musicians you're playing with like the foot tapping, then go for it! In some situations it could be distracting and unnecessary, while at other times it can add some welcome energy for the audience. In music, t...

To me that seems more like the tongue-ing effect though.