Whistles You Like and Play

[Ian Parfitt]

Hi

I enjoy playing all my whistles. However I do like my Sindt A, Generation (Freeman Tweaked) Bb and my Generation/Clare C hybrid.

Ian

[Chino]

I play only low whistles, and my favourites are:

- Low G: O'Riordan and Goldie
- Low F: Kerry Pro (some months ago, I had to sold an Overton made by Colin Goldie in 2001 , which was fantastic too).
- Low E: Colin Goldie
- Low Eb: Goldie and Hammy Hamilton
- Low D: MK Pro (a black one), Copeland and Goldie
- Low C#: Goldie
- Low C: Goldie and hammy Hamilton
- Low Bb: Goldie

Oh, I've got a Freeman A and Bb, I like them, but I don't play them very often.

I've got a Hammy Hamilton Low D and a Copeland Low F, which are excellent but which are not really adapted to my playing style.

[killthemessenger]

I play only low whistles, and my favourites are:

- Low G: O'Riordan and Goldie
- Low F: Kerry Pro (some months ago, I had to sold an Overton made by Colin Goldie in 2001 , which was fantastic too).
- Low E: Colin Goldie
- Low Eb: Goldie and Hammy Hamilton
- Low D: MK Pro (a black one), Copeland and Goldie
- Low C#: Goldie
- Low C: Goldie and hammy Hamilton
- Low Bb: Goldie

Oh, I've got a Freeman A and Bb, I like them, but I don't play them very often.

I've got a Hammy Hamilton Low D and a Copeland Low F, which are excellent but which are not really adapted to my playing style.

Since you play only low whistles, let me just put in a recommendation for the Bleazey low G, which has a unique sound. Lovely, although the upper register needs a bit of taming. I should really play it a lot more than I do.

As for me, I play Rose, Bleazey, MK and Goldie, and like them all.

[Chino]

Since you play only low whistles, let me just put in a recommendation for the Bleazey low G, which has a unique sound. Lovely, although the upper register needs a bit of taming. I should really play it a lot more than I do.

As for me, I play Rose, Bleazey, MK and Goldie, and like them all.

I dont play my O'Riordan Low G very often (I know, it's a shame), but thanks a lot for the recommandations, I'll have a look to the Bleazey.

[Corgicrazed]

I own two whistles,both in D, a Walton's Irish and a Clarke original. The Clarke is awesomely in tune. The only thing I really don't like about it is that it's soooooooo quiet. And I thought the recorder was quiet! lol. I can't play it with my sister's violin. My Walton's is louder but doesn't quite have that awesome tone of the Clarke. It also has a crack down the head, but this doesn't affect it's playing. It also has different sound.....a rougher edge I think.... At least I can hear it with my Sis's violin, and she has a super loud violin.

[Lars Larry Mór Mott]

All Generation for the "high" Bb - F
Hamilton low D.

[highland-piper]

P.S. And a whistle that has a genuinely in tune "C natural."

Thanks!

My Mellow Dog has an in tune oxx ooo c-natural. It's also the only D whistle I've been playing since I got it.

[riverman]

Clarke original D, Burke brass session D (which I would gladly trade for a Burke aluminum D--I like the sound of aluminum), Tommy Dion Bb in CPVC (sounds great!), Burke aluminum Bb, and most of all--Burke aluminum low A.

[Akiba]

Borrowing an Overton/Goldie high D--it's great and may not make it back to its original owner .

Other high D I've used most: Freeman-tweaked Sweetone.

Both have an excellent OXX OOO C. One just happens to cost 10x's what the other does.

[Jäger]

I haven't really been bitten by the WHOA-bug, so it'll be a short list:

Overton Goldie High D - My beloved session- and gig whistle with a great punch and fantastic, albeit somewhat unusual, tone.

Dixon Trad in brass - What I use most for practicing at home as it's not nearly as loud as the GAP (Goldie Artillery Piece), but with a somewhat similar breath requirement and playing feel.

And the old Clarke Original D still gets i whirl now and again.

[riverman]

I haven't really been bitten by the WHOA-bug, so it'll be a short list:

Overton Goldie High D - My beloved session- and gig whistle with a great punch and fantastic, albeit somewhat unusual, tone.

Dixon Trad in brass - What I use most for practicing at home as it's not nearly as loud as the GAP (Goldie Artillery Piece), but with a somewhat similar breath requirement and playing feel.

And the old Clarke Original D still gets i whirl now and again.

Good list!

[Corgicrazed]

As a collector, I've amassed over a 100 whistles.

Wow! that's a lot of whistles!

[burnsbyrne]

Sindt and Dixon Trad, both high D.

[rosehebrew]

Susatos in Low A, B, C, Db, D, E
Mack Hoover Bb
Ethnicwind Low D, F, G
I have an Oak I do not play in high D and a Hoover high D I don't play because it is way too quiet and I tend to over-blow it.

I plan on getting a Gen A from Jerry and a Susato Low G as soon as I can afford it. I am not crazy about the sound of Susatos but I need something that is going to be solid and strong enough as I do play with a band every week. I guess someday I need to take a risk and modify the shelf for better sound but that is an expensive risk for now.

I guess whistles are not the best instrument for a low income person to take up but dang it, I am sucked in for good. I am going to try to make me some whistles from scratch out of polymer clay (for the head) and metal tubing. I would really like to have some in uncommon scales that are not available to me as I do play some Mid Eastern music. I just got a cordless dremel tool I love and am using it enough making other things to get skilled on all the attachments. Kind of scary to start though on the whistles and I am not sure why.

[Snowkill]

I like to play a Clarke Original Tinwhistle in the key of D.