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I was speaking in shorthand, sorry. I really meant a whistle with recorder-spaced holes. But you said 'SOME pieces I play I am sure would sound better on metal than wood', 'I have NO DOUBT that Hard Times or Gile Mear will sound better on metal than on wood', and 'I am really sure that the Local He...

Sounds like you really just want an actual metal recorder! Apart from the Hopf whistle-shaped recorder, John Orth is the only maker I know of that's ever made an actual metal recorder, and I doubt he has plans to make any more... I was speaking in shorthand, sorry. I really meant a whistle with rec...

whistlecollector wrote:You might be looking for one of Hans Bracker's recorder whistles: https://music.bracker.co//Whistles/Spec ... stles.html

I was very intrigued by these... The nine hole ones as well. I've bookmarked the page. Thank you again.

At the outset, I want to thank every one here who has contributed and responded. There have been very many helpful answers, often thought provoking. I think it might help if I said more about my intentions and moderate perceptions of what I hope to achieve with a metal recorder? First, let me say th...

For me this would be ideal: whistle timbre with a straight carry-over of basic fingering and ornamentation. If you want to play recorder music with whistle tone, yes. But it still won't sound and respond like a whistle-fingered whistle in terms of fingered articulation, idiom etc. By all means get ...

Dream no more! You might be looking for one of Hans Bracker's recorder whistles: https://music.bracker.co//Whistles/Special-Whistles.html Excellent, and now I'm all "DOH!" for not thinking of half-covering the two bottom holes. Now if I can find an F, I can cover all keys and tunes in the...

Hi, I've been playing recorders for over 40 years, and feel pretty adept with the ones that my hands are most appropriate for (alto, tenor, bass). I also owned a few standard D whistles and a C, to have on hand for an easy grab. When we were in Donegal last September I took the opportunity to buy a ...