I’ve owned or sampled most of the whistles out there now, and it’s time to debulk a little. Pretty much all the whistles I’m keeping are either wood, Water Weasels, Burkes, or Harpers. I like all of these that I’m listing to varying degrees, but don’t play them.
Please PM if you’re interested. All prices include US shipping. Overseas shipping will be more, plus there’s the whole currency-conversion thing.
I’ve had Charlie’s Highlander Alba on loan for a while: a very cool whistle. It is striking visually: quite thick, beautiful, and with a “foot” type ring. It does take a bit of air, but the sound is sweet almost mellow. It’s on the loud side, as most Albas, but less so than some of the aluminum hi D Alba’s I’ve played. Incidentally, it has a very old look to it, like something you could bring to a ren fair. Great whistle, if you don’t mind doing a bit of work with your breath.
One fish two fish red fish blue fish is my favorite Seuss book right now. I can still hardly get through parts of it without laughing out loud. Somehow the toddler doesn’t find it as funny as, say, Sylvester running into a frying pan.
It is a fine whistle; the only reason I’m unloading this one is I have a D+.
