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I used to play some whistle and have taken it up again, but I’ve also embarked on the mandolin. I bought a Waterloo round-hole mandolin and am playing fiddle tunes, or essentially the same pieces I play on whistle. Haven’t played chords too much, a couple of simple songs, but I’m finding TIM to be r...

I have a beautiful old Copeland that I’m finding needs a lot more breath than my go-to whistle, an equally old O’Briain improved. Would it be crazy to tweak a nice whistle like that? I find myself not playing it...

I’ve started playing again after 15 years or so and one of the old whistles I dug out was an O’Briain Improved. Does that mean it’s been tweaked? Does anyone know how? Didn’t see too much on their FB page...