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If you really love Feadogs try to find yourself a Cillian O'Briain Improved D. I promise you won't be disappointed.

It's such a nice surprise when that happens. A while back I traded some whistles with David O'Brien and he threw in one of his Traveler D's as a gift. Great guy as well.

MTGuru wrote:And does anyone have experience with the Chieftain mezzo D...?

They are ultra loud! I wouldn't describe the tone as chiffy really, I'd say they're more complex and harmonically rich.

Yeah, they melt

I, personally, have never met a Generation I couldn't tolerate. And I've got a couple that I'm really keen on. I've met one. I once bought this little basmati Eb that was quite possibly the worst musical instrument I've ever played. Aside from that one I love Generations, own about 10 of them and p...

I was actually a little disappointed that Hatao didn't become airborne while playing that Overton.

I had a Sweetheart Pro D in dymanwood for a while and it was great. I'd highly recommend one to you. They are very loud though. I like that characteristic in whistles but I know some people do not.

Wow, that is a great way to think of it Guru. Peter really does have a very lovely tone with many colors to it.

I don't think I've ever played a quiet alloy whistle.

But I've never played a Silkstone so I really don't know.

What's really neat is that you can play every whistle in a few different major and minor keys by following the same pattern every time.

Pretty nice aren't they?

Oh good idea, thanks.

I don't like the session very much because the music never comes out well when you try to print it. Tinwhistler.com is awesome though.

Drowsy Maggie will do that to you. Dropping from a high D to the low E is pretty tough. When I play this with my fiddle player friend I let him take the A part and join him on the B

Chieftain Golds have do a very strong bell note. The only thing I don't like about them is the extent to which the C# is flattened to improve overall tuning.