



I'm not sure why anyone would want to see my collection of whistles, but, then again, I'm not sure why I liked looking at the pictures of other peoples collections. So here they are.
Picture 1
Chieftain A
Susato Oriole D
Impempe D
Dixon Aluminium D
Dixon Aluminium C
Shaw C
Picture 2
New style Generations Eb, D, C, 2xBb
Picture 3
Old style Generations G, D, C, D tabor pipe
Picture 4
Waltons/Soodlums 2xC, 2xD
Faedog tube
I've never actually bought a Waltons/Soodlums whistle, and they're rarely played by me. For some reason people give them to me, and many eventually get given away.
Whistles that usually get played at gigs - Chieftain A, Impempe D, Old style Generation C, Generation blue top Bb
Busking whistles - Susato Oriole D (loud and seemingly utterly windproof), Generation blue top Eb, , Generation red top D, Generation red top C, Generation red top Bb (its had it's labium blunted slightly which makes it a bit louder) The Generations aren't bad in the wind, though they are considerably quieter than the Susato, but sometimes that can be an advantage even outdoors.
For a while the Dixon D was the only whistle I played in public (sessions mostly). It's quite an old Dixon, late 1990's as I remember, and I never really fell in love with it. It plays OKish, squeaks more than I like and has a weak bell note, but it is tough so it was alright living in Melodeon cases and played very occasionally.
I realised it was daft not playing the whistle more, so my collection started to grow again with the Chieftain and then others have followed on.
Missing from here are a couple of Clarke Sweetones that I'm sure are lurking somewhere or other (C & D), and a Generation D that vanished off the face of the Earth one day last year. Like Douglas Adam's planet of the Biros, I'm sure that there is an alternative universe where Generation whistles slip off to live when you're not looking. I have no idea what happened to all the Generation whistles I had as a kid.