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I did just find The Carbony LeadingTone with a sub hole for a semitone instead of a whole tone, and that goes down to key of A: https://carbony.com/product-category/whistles/leading-tone/ But it looks to be a pretty good stretch down there and that's only a semitone. That was my guess as to the reas...

I think I can guess the answer. I'm just curious. I see some D whistles with a 7th hole to give C natural with the bottom hand pinky. I don't think I've seen such a configuration on a C or Bb whistle. Why not?

Why Bb? Lots of reasons. First, I'm not likely to be playing out any time soon, if ever, so won't "need" a D. I have high C and D NAFs that don't get played much and they don't have as much range as a whistle, so I wanted to start with a lower pitch. Also, I like jazz and Bb is a more natu...

I’m going to try to get a clip up in a couple weeks. (On break and away from home.) The clips on the page, to my hearing, are true to the sound of the whistle. Cool. Your description of the low C sounds right up my alley, but I'd probably start with a low Eb. I better learn how to play my Bb (first...

Hey folks, Brand new member here but been lurking for a little while. My first true whistle is on the way from Tommy Dion - a tweaked Bb Generation. I inquired about a wooden one but we agreed that might not be the best place to jump in. :D I'm coming from a background of several other wind instrume...

Would love for some of y'all to post your own sound samples of the Anaks. I do like the tone of the official samples.