Low D - Dixon and Shaw
A - Dixon
Bb - Gen
C - Clarke, Gen and Freeman Mellow Dog C and D tube
D - Feadog, Gen, Clarke, Shaw, Dixon Trad, Goldie, Parks Every, Tamlinn
F - Gen
G (sopranino) - Gen
Next acqusition will, at some point, be a tenor G.
Ok I have to come out of lurking now. First post, and all that. Hi, I am NeonVomit, I play in a heavy metal band and I like all this sort of thing… something of a noob when it comes to folk music but I digress.
I recently picked up these two:
Feadog in C and Generation in Bb. Also featuring my dreadful webcam. I’m going to get one in D, probably either of the same makes.
The main reason I’ve started playing the whistle is because (don’t laugh) I wanted to put some stuff in with my band’s music, and it’s actually working out reasonably well… and I’ve started enjoying this instrument on its own merit which has been great (for me, not for my neighbours who I am sure want to burn my flat out).
Anyhow, there you go. My first post!
In my case it’s perhaps not WHOA but rather needing every key for gigs… much as a mechanic brings every size wrench he might need to his jobs, a studio musician needs to bring every size whistle to his jobs. It’s because a composer might write a piece in six flats or six sharps or whatever.
I’ve used every key whistle in some job or other over the years. I even had Susato make their first Low F# whistle for me a number of years ago, for a tour I was about to do. It’s in that bag there! (Never had use for it since 
)
I sort of have the opposite in WHOA in one respect: I dislike having multiple whistles in the same key. My aim is to always have ONE go-to whistle in each key. However it is handy for some situations to have whistles in the same key which play at markedly different volume levels. For example my go-to D is an old Feadog which is very quiet and I have a Burke “session” for times when I need more “punch”. My MK Low D is too loud for some situations and I recently got a Dixon conical Low D for times when I need to play softly.
So what’s in your mouth? Well tonight it was four of my own making in D, B, A, and G for a gig and a C and F# (or is that Gb) for a bit to demo something.
The B is new - 2 days old - made from sch80 PVC ( the dark grey stuff) with a maple fipple and I love it.
F# you ask? well I think I was intending to make an F whistle but clicked the wrong box in the spreadsheet - nice whistle though, and what’s wrong with 6 sharps or 6 flats - depending on how you want to view it. One of the pleasures of playing whistles is having more than one and not having to think about those pesky sharps and flats!
pictures soon
Oh and about those Gen G whistles - my sister has one unfortunately I could not play it, the holes are too close together! I think high E is about my limit.
It’s like a fever, isn’t it? There’s Burkes, Humphreys, O’Riordans, Copelands, and O’Briens. I have a picture but I don’t know how to post it. Can someone please tell me how to do it?
Easiest way to do it is to go to http://www.imageshack.us
Simply upload the picture from your computer there, and when it’s done it will give you a bunch of copy/pastable links. Copy the one called ‘Forum Code’ or something like that and paste it here, et voila.
I found the answer in this thread: https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/guide-to-posting-images/22873/1
I think all you may need is to read a bit at the start and a bit at the end.
Emrys I’m curious about the position of the thumbrests. It looks as if you may be using them as anti-roll devices 
Ahh and I see thumbholes in your photo too 
(I have 20 of my whistles converted to thumbholes. I’ve only had to backtrack on one - the Parks Every. I ended up filling in a little of the thumbhole with 5-min Epoxy. I put some pretty big thumbholes in a few of my inexpensive whistles, but oddly enough they still seem to play a good Cnat. I’m guessing here, but my experience in modifying 14 of the 20 myself seems to indicate that there can be a fair amount of latitude on the thumbholes of some whistles, or the other alternative is that my ear just isn’t keen enough to notice small differences. The latter is the most likely 
.)
Has anyone tried applying a recorder style thumbhole to a 6 hole whistle? Better control of dynamics (and tuning) in the second octave, I would have thought.
An old collection which has since been severely culled. Only the Shaw E cost over £10. Most were less than a fiver.
L-R:
Bosnian under-blown frula in E
Home-made copper G
Home-made copper F
Gen G
Gen F
Gen F
Gen E flat
Bosnian frula in D
Bosnian frula in C
Bosnian frula in C
Bosnian frula in B
Feadog D
Gen D
Gen D
Clarke C
Gen C
Gen B flat
Home-made copper A (narrow)
Home-made steel? (chrome appearance) A flat
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) low G
Hungarian tourist whistle in ??
Himalayan bamboo A flat
Home-made aluminium low C
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) low D
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) low E flat
Bamboo low E
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) low F
Home-made copper low G
Gen low G
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) A
Indian Kumar B
Indian brass side-blown C
Useless bamboo tourist whistle
Ditto
Clarke C
Sweetone C
Clarke D
Home-made steel? (chrome appearance) E flat
Shaw E
Home-made steel? (brass appearance) E
Home-made copper crumwhistle in B flat
And still can’t suss out images.
http://img69.imageshack.us/i/whistles.jpg/ I think you chose the next to ‘Link’. Next time try the link next to ‘Direct Link’. Then put that in the tags.
These are sackbut’s whistles.
Left to Right:
Susato - VSB-D; SB-Bb,C,D; MB-Bb,A,F,G; LB-D
Impempe - Low D
WD Sweet - Onyx Low D
Burke - DLAPV,Bb,CBN,DBN
Jerry Freeman - A,Bb,F Tweaked Generations
Generation - G
Jerry Freeman - Mellow Dog-D; Blackbird-C,D,Eb
Parks - Every Walkabout-D,C
Dixon - DX203-D; DX006-D,C; Trad
Mack Hoover - Whitecaps on Feadog-D,C & Oak; Blacktop on Merlin Excalibur-D7
Laurentian Chief - half a Moccasin
To date all whistles have thumbholes except the Susatos and Impempe Low D and they are pending.
This thread reminds me of a joke.
Q. How many whistles does someone need?
A. Just one…more.
I’ve got;
Clarke Sweetone D
Freeman Tweaked Clarke Sweetone D
Oak D
Freeman Mellow Dog D/C
Wife;
Clarke Sweetone D
Yes, that’s a good observation: I use the thumb rests as anti-roll devices and nothing more. When I first started playing the whistle I thought they were great. But as soon as I got more comfy on the instrument they actually got in the way. Then one day I noticed how well the rests were working to prevent trashing out my precious babies.
As for the additional holes (C holes), I really like them, though I know it’s not a purist’s approach. And likewise, I really like the whistles that don’t have them, too. Besides the clarity of the C, when I use the holes, I can also produce a different kind of ornament, and that’s fun.
Thanks for the info how to post, and it’s amazing to get to see other folk’s collections of whistles.
