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Only the Tony Dixon aluminum body high D (DX006) left. £35 a bargain!

Water Weasel sold

Old style polymer Dixons F, A Bb and D are sold.

The Sweetheart is sold

Hi folks, it's been nearly 20yrs since I last engaged with this forum. I'm over 70 now and don't play so much these days so need to find new homes for most of my whistles. I have: Glenn Schultz Water Weasel in G Ralph Sweet Sweetheart Sop. D, this is an early Dynawood model Tony Dixon DX006 Sop. D T...

I am selling my Sindt Eb whistle that I have owned since 2001, it has some minor marks on the head as shown but otherwise in good condition. It comes with an extra D shaft that I robbed from a Feadog whistle. The tubing used by Feagog is virtually identical to that used by John and is a perfect fit ...

Burke D Composite Session
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An old wooden curiosity - 6 holes plus a 7th keyed hole
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Thanks for the feedback folks.
Think I'll let this one go and stick with the Howard for now.
A friend of mine visited Brian earlier this year and bought me back a new whistle head which is a major improvment that I would recommend to any one.
Joe

Yes I've tried all manner of search criteria and turned up nothing. I have a Howard which has a great bottom octave but you really have to push it to get the second octave which is considerably louder. The hole size and spread on the Howard are about as much as I can manage at the moment. I've also ...

Looking for opinions on Susato Low D.
Searched the board but couldn't find anything.
Anyone own/played one of these.
Joe

Yes tis me, although I must admit my dear children have done considerable work to improve my appearance.
I'm not really that handsome.

Shame it couldn't be Edinburgh. London is jimply too far away. " jimply " - This is a scottish term I have not come across before? :P Personally I would prefer out of London or any big city for that matter. I would go with Dale and see if Norman Dannatt can come up with a location. Where ...

My Brain Hurts

Does this hold true for Em too?

Just noticed the latest version of the Tuner_e program can be set for just intonation.
http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~tuner/tuner_e.html
Will try it out when I get a chance. Too late tonight though.

OK I think I'm getting the hang of just temperament.
So do G tunes played on a D whistle with just tuning sound off?

I find the easiest wayto work this out is as follows. If you play the tune on a G whistle with your standard D whistle fingering the tune will be in G. Now if you work out what notes your actually playing on the G whistle you can work out the fingering on the D whistle to play in G - does that make ...