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A brief commercial post here. Our St. Patrick’s Sale ends on March 23rd. $30 off Carbony whistles and 20% off Grey Larsen's books and CDS. For details, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/st-patricks-sale/ Also, MP3 or 4-CD set “300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments” for $5.99 USD. See https:/...

A brief commercial post here regarding our St. Patrick's Sale. Now through 3.23.21, $30 off Carbony whistles and 20% off my books and CDS. For details, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/st-patricks-sale/ . I’m especially excited about the new Carbony Low Whistles with Close Finger Hole Spacing htt...

A brief commercial post here. January 6th is the last day of our holiday sale. $30 off all Carbony Celtic Winds whistles (and in fact any Carbony instruments, such as flutes and others not currently listed at our website) and 20% off my books and CDs. For details, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore...

A brief commercial post here. January 6th is the last day of our holiday sale. $30 off all Carbony Celtic Winds whistles (and in fact any Carbony instruments, even those not listed at our website) and 20% off my books and CDs. For details, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/holiday-cd-book-sale/ . ...

A brief commercial post here regarding our annual holiday sale. Through 1.6.21, $30 off Carbony whistles and 20% off my books and CDS. For details, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/holiday-cd-book-sale/ . I’m especially excited about the new [Carbony Low Whistles with Close Finger Hole Spacing ht...

One thing playing dozens of different makes of Low D whistles has taught me is that I don't learn much from listening to somebody else play them. I'm not curious enough to purchase one, but hopefully when festivals and sessions and such start up again I'll get a chance to try one. I understand what...

Watched the whole video. :o Very excited. :thumbsup: I'm still gonna save for the E but having the close spacing option there and the thumb hole option is even better than I planned for. With all those options, I'm gonna have to keep the piggy banked closed up awhile longer though. :shock: Thanks f...

Blower wrote:Very clever. The only issue I would envisage is cleaning the bore. The acute angle between the "chimneys" and the tube wall could build up some nasty gunge over time and be hard to remove.

By the way, the chimney extender tubes are installed only on holes 1, 3 and 6.

Following. I recently looked at this option and determined the ergonomics were likely to still not work for me due to the reach to the holes. (I have some RSI issues.) It looked like the E was as big as I wanted to go for both reach and spacing issues. I'm still saving for a Carbony E. Are you sayi...

I’ve just posted a new video (about 11 minutes long) demonstrating what I feel is a true game changer in low D whistles, the Carbony Celtic Winds Low D with close finger hole spacing via chimney extenders. Its holes are as close together as those of a low G whistle, so people with hands of almost an...

A brief commercial post here. January 6th is the last day for our offer of 10% off Folk Flutes by Casey Burns as well as Carbony whistles. There are also large discounts on our CDs and Irish music books. For details and coupon codes, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/holiday-cd-book-sale/. Thank y...

A brief commercial post here.

January 6th is the last day for our offer of 10% off Carbony whistles and Folk Flutes by Casey Burns. There are also large discounts on our CDs and Irish music books. For details and coupon codes, see https://greylarsen.com/webstore/holiday-cd-book-sale/. Thank you.

I find that fingering to be excellent with Carbonies, and I have played and tried out over 50 of these whistles in various keys. Having this fingering in tune is a very high priority for me in a whistle.

Ah, yes - you are right about there being three forms of the D whistle. The Carbony Quiet D whistle has a very narrow bore and mouthpiece. It is indeed quiet in the low register, but as one works one's up up to A and B in the high register it's volume increases substantially, as seems to be the case...

Here is what Rob Gándara, the maker of Carbony Celtic Winds whistles, has to say regarding your question on the "in between" keys and bore characteristics: "Our bodies and fipples are characterized over an appropriate range of frequencies and there is overlap, which is why we offer so...