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Received this Hermit Hill Folk Instruments 'Delrin Tunable High-D’ a few days ago. Alex DeWilde does such excellent work that it needs to be seen. There is a sound bite at his website.

JohnPB wrote:I have a single whistle that I treasure. I try to play it every day ….. each time I do it makes me smile

Handmade in copper.

Whistle by John Burks, on Flickr

What a beauty!

Here is my small whistle collection,
From the top to the bottom:
Yvon Lecoant high D (palissander)
Walton high D (tweaked)
Dixon high D
Marc Löfgren high D (blackwood headjoint)
Marc Löfgren high C (blackwood headjoint)
Thomann high C (tweaked)
Clarke Meg high C (tweaked)
Generation high Bb (tweaked)
Homemade pvc monster alto A (8 holes)
Homemade pvc monster alto A phrygian dominant (7 holes)
David Furman's Clover Whistle alto A body
David Furman's Clover Whistle alto G body
David Furman's Clover Whistle alto F
Mk pro Low D

That small collection is almost five times the size of mine (I need to do an update)! There are some nice ones in there, too; I'm contemplating the purchase of a Dixon high D in the not-too-distant future.

Well, maybe I was being a bit sarcastic Gotta catch 'em all!
I like my Dixon high D but don't play it that much because de cnat oxx ooo is too high, sadly. It's just too much work to think about compensating or halfholing or anything that could make it more in tune. But at that price it is still my favorite.

Severe case of WHOAD.


Left to right:
Generation Eb Nickel - Pre-1983
Generation Eb Brass - Pre-1983
Feadog D Mk1
Feadog D Mk2
Feadog D Mk2.5
Feadog D Pro
Waltons Mellow D
Oak D Nickel
Generation D Nickel - Pre-1983
Generation D "Folk" Current Production
Generation D Brass - Current Production
Waltons C Brass
Feadog C Brass
Feadog C Nickel
Generation C Nickel - Current Production
Generation C Brass - Current Production (cracked head)


Upper Left to Bottom Right:
Howard Low D
MK Pro Low F
Tilbury Low G
Tilbury Bb
Tilbury C
Generation Bb Brass (Cracked Head)
Generation Bb Brass - Pre-1983
Generation Bb Brass (to replace one with cracked head)
Generation Bb Nickel

Time for a long-overdue update! From left to right: Walton's Irish D (showing signs of use), green Feadóg D, Walton's Little Black D, red Feadóg D, Clarke Celtic, and nickel Dixon Trad D.

facet wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:22 pm Received this Hermit Hill Folk Instruments 'Delrin Tunable High-D’ a few days ago. Alex DeWilde does such excellent work that it needs to be seen. There is a sound bite at his website.

Beautiful!!! I love Alex’s whistles. There all I want these days. I have a wonderful collection of stainless steel whistles made by Alex.

Alex created a site on Ytube about eight months ago that demos some of his whistles https://tinyurl.com/ycks6t67

All of my 3d prints from January, from top:
High D
Double tabor pipe over Generation D and G tubes
Low G
Low double tabor D and G tubes
Bass G
Bass D ~4ft.

The double tabor pipes are playable with one hand.

Got a new family member today


All together...
Feadôg D and Generation C, both tweaked myself

Whistles that collapse or break down to be more conveniently carried have interested me.

Mack Hoover ( hooverwhistles.com ) used to make telescoping whistles. This is his D.











David O’Brien in Canada ( obrienwhistles.com ) makes his ‘Stowaway’ in D, C, and Bb. This is the Bb.











Here the O’Brien is size compared to a Generation Bb that I sectioned into three pieces ( https://tinyurl.com/j82p55h7 ).

Very nice - but these aren't 'telescoping' whistles, these are 'separable', (there is a difference).

The concept of bodies that break up in parts has been around for a bit. I always thought it was a bit of a novelty thing.

Here's one from the early-ish eighties. Possibly a Clare. The head was no good and I discarded it immediately. Nothing left to identify the make. There was an early 80s Generation head on it for a long time but that has found a more attractive and useful body since. This one went 'wobbly' over time and went out of use.