Loud whistle for Morris?

[Ted]

The Reyburn is a great loud D. Easy upper octave and great tone.

[Anyanka]

Thanks for all the replies! But try as you may, you can't make me play another Susato. That YouTube vid of Cormac Breatnach does not sway me... it's excellent playing, but the whistle still has that choked quality underneath it all, as if it really needs to clear its throat. It would probably improve a bit when drowned out by melodeons and accordions, but - no.

And just to show what a contrary person I am: I don't like the feel of Chieftains either. At all. I'm sure they're fine in the right hands, but I can't get satisfaction from them.

I'd love a Copeland. It's slightly beyond my credit limit right now, though...

Thanks for the info on the Syn and Parks whistles; never heard of them before. The Syn looks particularly promising. Can I hear a sample soundclip anywhere?

[pancelticpiper]

The Reyburn is a great loud D. Easy upper octave and great tone.

That sounds like the answer there!

The loudest high D which I've ever owned or heard is an old c1980 Susato I have. Huge bore, huge holes, huge sound. A real blaster- not "choked" in the least! It could be heard over a roomful of accordions.

In these situations the less-than-optimal tone and voicing don't really matter- it's really about being heard at all. You really have to blow out the high notes.

[Anyanka]

In these situations the less-than-optimal tone and voicing don't really matter- it's really about being heard at all. You really have to blow out the high notes.

Matters to me. The high notes aren't actually the problem; they carry above the squeezeboxes - it's in the low passages that the Dixon goes under.

[Clive Brown]

Anyanka,

I have a Syn D which I dont get on with. No reflection on the whistle, rather a reflection on me. I can confirm it is a very loud whistle and wonderfully made. I live close to the Hants / Surrey border, you are welcome to try it out if you are not far away ?

Clive

[Hotblack]

Thanks for the info on the Syn and Parks whistles; never heard of them before. The Syn looks particularly promising. Can I hear a sample soundclip anywhere?

I've just had a search for 'Syn Whistle' on YouTube and found this and a selection of others of varying quality here.

HTH

[BigDavy]

Copeland high D on ebay UK - it appears to be a UK only auction.

David

[hoopy mike]

In these situations the less-than-optimal tone and voicing don't really matter- it's really about being heard at all. You really have to blow out the high notes.

Matters to me. The high notes aren't actually the problem; they carry above the squeezeboxes - it's in the low passages that the Dixon goes under.

Maybe folding the low notes up an octave would help...

[MTGuru]

Maybe folding the low notes up an octave would help...

I like that solution, if you're playing with others.

All the Dixons I've tried fall into the Quiet category on the official Quiet-Medium-Loud tripartite WMD (Whistles of Mass Destruction) scale.

[jemtheflute]

I agree that, at the low investment end, a Susato is the only realistic solution. Parks Every Whistles are excellent, but not loud. A Swayne, of course, is ideal, but not cheap nor readily available. The real answer is, of course, a piccolo....

[kmag]

I used to have a Bleazy whistle that was by far the loudest whistle I ever played. I loved the way it played but was too loud for me (O.K. too loud for my wife).

[benhall.1]

I agree that, at the low investment end, a Susato is the only realistic solution. Parks Every Whistles are excellent, but not loud. A Swayne, of course, is ideal, but not cheap nor readily available. The real answer is, of course, a piccolo....

Would you know anyone who's got any available? Hmmm?

[jemtheflute]

The real answer is, of course, a piccolo....

Would you know anyone who's got any available? Hmmm?

No. (Literal truth, but situation liable to change.)

[benhall.1]

Piccolo piccolo piccolo piccolo piccolo!

[To the tune, of course, of "Largo al Factotum"]

[jemtheflute]

I think our newest mod is cracking under the strain. (Head's gone, naturally.) He needs to be rudally apprehended, carted off and enjoined to keep better company.