Has anyone played the Sweethart “Resonance” Model Low D Pennywhistle
4 word review:
Have one. Love it.
My three word review:
What Paul said.
Here’s a review and subsequent comments:
I have played on and it is a great whistle.
I haven’t played it but I want one!
Ron
That covers all bases. This is my first post to this forum and wow! you guys deliver big time. I’m not a whistler but 3 of my kids are. Two of them are quite good!!! My 11 year old that plays is mostly a bodrhan thumper and is rather good at that. I’m the guitarist and patron of the arts and I will try to save (haha) over a period of time to get this whistle. We have one low Burke D that is very nice but it’s my sons and I think this would suit my daughter’s smaller hands better. Thanks again…
I wish I had one of these to compare to my Bleazey low D ( http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/bleazey/W/whistlepage.html ), but if you are looking for a small hands low D either that or the Jubilee Low D ( http://www.tinwhistles.us )practice would also support small hands play.
The Bleazey is a conical bored, wooden whistle. The Jubilee is a CPVC whistle.
So come over to my house and play them. I just got some in. Bring your Bleazy and we’ll compare them. 
Everyone else is welcome to come on over too. I’ll make sandwiches. 
Doc
The other very cool thing about these (besides that they sound just fabulous!) is that you can swap the head and make a very nice flute.
Those Sweets are clever rascals.
Doc
I’ll be right over Doc. Don’t wait up It may take a while.
Ron
I’ll leave the light on Ron. What kind of sandwiches do you like?
Doc
They also make a similar piccolo head for their high D pro whistle which is really cool. The embouchure is a little trickier than for a flute but once you get it, the instrument is really fun to play this way.
Has anyone actually tried the flute head?
It looks like it might be another good choice in the “low maintenance conical flute” category - the other <$500 options being Seery, M & E, and Dixon 3-piece. Pricewise, the Sweet falls in the middle of the range. Or you can get both heads (flute and whistle) and stay under $600.
I’m quite happy with my Burns Folk Flute, but a low-maintenance flute for travelling would be nice. The basic design of the Burns and Sweet flutes are fairly similar - two-piece designs with offset finger holes for right-handed play - but Sweet offers inline or left-hand offset fingerholes as options.
I tried the flute head on a whistle/flute body that was not my own, and found it to be very easy to play. I have to admit that I’m not a flute player, so being able to get a two octave scale and slow, halting tune, was an accomplishment. I can’t speak to volume, air requirements, etc.
As an addition, that same flute was purchased by my whistle tutor the next day, and only a few hours later he played it at a gig. It rocked in a major way. Well – HE rocked in a major way, and the flute came along for the ride.
Yeah I’ve played it. Excellent choice for the money. The embouchure is elliptical. I’ve been playing a blackwood version with both heads. Very nice work. The Dymondwood is also very cool but I think I already said that.
Doc