
I’ve played a Chieftain C tuneable for the past several years. I own other high end whistles in C, but find that the most expressive and excellent playing of my horde is the Chieftain C. Countless C&F threads have discussed that Chieftains can be variable from whistle to whistle. This may be true, but not my experience. The C whistle is a gem, and when I play it, I often get comments and praises from other whistlers, and listeners. (No eviction notices or complaining canines, yet). I’ve used it as an instrument for dance improv and other such strange solo gigs. I highly recommend them, and, also, for a more bird-like tone, any of Mitch Smith’s OZ whistles, in D or C, as they are simply the absolute best and most consistently pure sounding whistles of the craft.
If you're interested, look into Kerrywhistles.com, or OZwhistles.com
(The other whistle in the pic is a Kerry Songbird D - sadly, no longer in production, but a brilliant D) (Case by Martin - Just Stow it)
Also, I once recorded a TV soundtrack using a borrowed, pre-air dam, Copeland brass C whistle, (which is high on my coveted whistle list), but it seems they are nowhere to be found, except, maybe, for the few that still exist in collectors drawers and attics. If you have one of these, drop me a line.