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Their site says The Lír whistle is inspired by nearly a thousand years of traditional Celtic flutes and whistles. Funny, from the photo it looks like it was inspired by five years of Killarneys. LOL thats friggen great :thumbsup: i was crying on that one for sure :thumbsup:,, whoever it was playing...

nice sounding flutes too, you too terry

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wow i forgot about this place , my stuff is still on there from years ago

damm 4 years in waiting for the wood to cure, nice i guess that would be a sign of a good maker, patience, Absolutely, and this is how every maker of wooden musical instruments deals with wood. Every guitar maker, every fiddle maker too. Wood takes a while to dry and learn that it's now destined fo...

damm 4 years in waiting for the wood to cure, nice i guess that would be a sign of a good maker, patience,

oh yea i always have a whistle at hand ,most everything i own i make or adapt something in wood to fit each purpose, as far as D finger placement they both work fine XXXXXX for me is clearer, OXXXXX is fine, but depending on your playing , whistle/flute or finger positions at the time either positio...

well i was bored so i made a turkey feather swab for those "just to get the beads temporarily out of the barrel "days , while leaving it out for the day :D it works alright, only for a quick swab, nothing gets the tenons better than a take apart swab job https://i.postimg.cc/kBYQn7qn/IMG-1...

How quaint it is

my 2 cents... I have a Delrin that I play occasionally, but the tone of my wooden flute keeps me going back to it :) so, if I see the need to play if frequently, I remove the head after each play, and use a thread-attached-to-a-cloth swab I have and run it through very quickly 2 times. I leave all ...

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If wooden flutes are truly that delicate, I am even more glad that mine is made from delrin. It stays assembled all the time and I can grab it multiple times during the day and quickly run a short tune or technique without worry. Right :D. Personally I don’t think wood flutes are that delicate. If ...

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the Original Clarke is a great whistle, as far as playing, i play by ear it seems easier, for me, ornamentation well that just comes naturaly durng the learning process or it would be completly boring :D , i dont think anyone plays the same tune the same way, looks like you play pipes, well you got ...