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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzAaG_JG3nE

Begley & Edey live in Glasgow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rZEdkK31oY

Jamie Smith's Mabon.... The is the very box I have my eye on!! Solid Mahogany...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI6Szw5G4T8

.... and from the Basque countryside....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytvMVM67ep8

Simon Thoumire & Ian Carr.... that's the kind of playing that could start a fire!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-oGOAQ ... re=related

Wood & Cutting - Paddy Carey's/Spirit of the Dance (Live 1996)

Admittedly, I have not bought any whistles for a while... not sure what is wrong with me!

To clarify - all of the G Susatos I've come across in the UK have the same large bore as the low F, E, Eb and D tenor whistles. They were often sold in combination sets with a single head. Your medium bore G does indeed sound lovely, but maybe we are talking about different instruments. :-? The larg...

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+1 for post above.

Very likely that your computer input is currently set at line level and not microphone. This is usually a case of selecting the appropriate input level in soundcard properties.

Nah, the Susato G is their worst because it is an alto whistle with a tenor whistle bore. Doesn't work at all, but the some of the other keys are very good indeed for volume and intonation. I gave mine away...

The technique I found useful for playing morris tunes is to play an alto G whistle in the higher octave. This tends to really carry and you can attack the high notes without fear of being too loud. The lower notes in each tune will be far more audible. Easy for all G and Em tunes and D tunes are als...

Sounds great - I noticed some pictures of this on Harriet Bartlett's Facebook page.

We need a blokey folk squeeze orchestra too!!

I know this as the Humours of Trim!

I play all C's sharp except the one in bar 6, which I play natural (and change the preceding note to a B). Try it

How did you manage to run over your whistle?!

The Castagnari Tommy is a popular choice for the same reason as the Lily, but the extra reeds make them far more audible over the crowd and give you more options when you're playing in sessions etc.

Here's a clip of the Pigini. They're pretty lightweight too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niXtcaju ... re=related