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Bretton wrote:Did the new "less air" design reduce the volume of the whistle?

-brett

NO, The volume has not been affected at all,it is still just as loud as you want it to be.

Well a few weeks ago at one of the Wednesday night meets Brian had a little tweek with my Low D head and the improvement on the tone was exceptional,He did this for all of us who were there and we were all well pleased,Then last week he came with a completely new head,Not tweeked but a completely ne...

You will not go wrong with a Howard, its a lovely instrument with a great sound. i do not find it too much of a stretch and imo its easy to play requiring little breath. You can oick them up at a really good price too.

I have one low whistle and two high D's, i keep them in a snooker cue case the kind for a two piece cue. It only cost a fiver and is in a wood effect cover with brass type locks.

As i have said in other threads my first and at the moment only Low D is a Howard, it has a beutiful tone requires little breath and the second octave is easy to reach,the finger stretch is not to bad and is easy to get to grips with so long as you do'nt have very small hands. Many people say if you...

I've had mine for about 3 months now and this was my first whistle,i can manage the stretch ok and i've got fat stumpy fingers,it is easy to play and is easy to get into the second octave,i listened to several different whistles before i bought this and found this to be the best tone in my opion,i l...

My first, and still only (due to funds, not necessarily preference) is a Howard. I love it! It is pretty easy to play, though I wasn't quite as convinced when I first started. Practice helps immensely... the 'now that I know more, my whistles seem so much better' line. :lol: I highly recommend a Ho...

I use a snooker cue case,the type where the cue screws in half,its just right for a low D and i've got two high d's in as well and i could get another low D in when i've got the brass to buy one. You can pick em up brand new very cheaply if you look around.

The Low D is 'THE' sound that got me into whistles in the first place, i have a Howard low D and it is the only whistle i play, i do have a couple of cheap High d's that i tootle on now and then but its the low haunting sound of the low D that i love, As for volume i do not think it suffers at all i...

Yes there is, Fear not you are not alone. :D There is a group of us who meet every week for an informal get together where you can play along and learn on the illean pipes,low and high whistles,bodhran and anything else you think might be of interest. This little group is chaired by the famous or sh...

Stick with it and you will get there, you just need to get aquainted with it a bit more. I seam to suffer with the opposite in that i keep slipping up into the higher octave and sometimes struggle to get the lower notes. As they say practice makes perfect.

Hi and welcome, If you have heard a low D and you like it then go get one and start to learn with it. I have been playing about 6 weeks now and i am slowly getting there, i have a high D as well but thats just for a change now and then, like someone else said its no point playing a high D when its t...

It looks a great deal...I mean a great deal ...like a Howard Low D. There seems to be a bit of shaping on the mouthpiece, but that's the only difference I can see between this and my Howard. --James I agree, even though i am a complete novice and only had my Howard Low D for 4 days it looks the sam...

Thanks to to all who gave me advise on my last post (Newbie advice wanted). I finally decided on the Howard low D and went to pick it up from the man himself today. Brian and his wife made me very welcome they are a very warm and friendly couple.Brian gave me a taste of what my whistle will sound li...

Hi everyone, I have liked the haunting sound of the Low D whistle for a long time and have decided to buy one and learn to play, I have read that it is easier to start with the High D first but i want to go straight in with the Low one.Is this a good idea ?.Also which of the following would be a goo...