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From this discussion, may I conclude that the proper name of this wind instrument we love is tinwhistle , not tin whistle , right? My thought is that what Robert Clarke invented was NOT a new version of the (pre-historical) whistle made of tin, i. e. a tin whistle. But a brand new wind object, with ...

Have you thought about doing Fourier analysis on the various waveforms and using that to provide a more direct comparison. :-? I would think Fourier Analysis was used to generate those frequency charts in the first place... Audition uses Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) to graph the results. From ther...

Mine has a consistent and beautiful sound in the first octave, but in the second octave it requires a lot of air and sounds a little bit out of tune to me.

I think Clarke Meg, also a cheap whistle, has a better balance between octaves when compared with Walton's Little Black. It's good have both!!!