best in tune for price

kevin · Post by **kevin** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:07 pm

i was wondering, of all the inexpensise whistles out there which one do you think is the one that plays most in tune?(without tweaking?) i'm kinda thinking the susasto.
kevin

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:11 pm

>>i'm kinda thinking the susasto.

I'm thinking you're probably right.

-Brett

Jeferson · Post by **Jeferson** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:25 pm

I'll third that. Susato.

Jef

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:34 pm

Dixon

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:06 pm

Dixons are nice.

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:44 pm

Susato

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:08 pm

For being perfectly in tune, Susato.

Prettier tone (IMHO), Dixon.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:14 pm

Dixon overall, but Sweetone is the best deal, dollar for dollar.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:20 pm

Having tweaked one Susato Dublin and tried out both a Susato Dublin and Susato Kildare low D; having tweaked a Dixon low D, numerous Shaws, a hundred or so Sweetones, ten or fifteen Generations, four or five Feadogs; and a few random other Generation-type whistles, I would say:

Susato tends to be the inexpensive, in-tune whistle that most often doesn't need any tweaking at all.

Feadogs are generally well in tune, and some of them are pretty good right out of the box.

And Sweetones are pretty good for being in tune right out of the box.

The Dixon low D I recently tweaked has a few notes that are quite audibly off.

Best wishes,
Jerry

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:23 pm

Actually, having just picked up my Clare and spent a few minutes with it, I'm changing my vote. I had forgotten how good my Clare sounds.

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:34 pm

I started to put Feadóg, because it is very well in tune with itself (and cheap). But tuning it to A 440 (actually A 880) might require some tweaking (loosening the mouthpiece), so I changed the answer to Susato. However, I should have qualified it to Susato Kildare, since the Dublin is not tunable.

ScottStewart · Post by **ScottStewart** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:29 pm

Definitely Susato. I've seen a few Dixons that were off, one low D that was terribly so. So, I have five Susatos and only one Dixon. My Dixon C with brass tuning slide is the only Dixon I've had that is spot on. All Susatos I've had are very consistent and always in tune.

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:40 pm

Susato. No doubt the best in tune for cross fingering method among inexpensive whistles.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:56 pm

Susato.

Dixons were melted down in autodafe in the market square of Mesquer's St-John's bonfire.

--so there, Martin esssskkkwwwire with your stoopid mummified Qkkkkweeeen!

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 3:35 am

Cranberry wrote:For being perfectly in tune, Susato.

Prettier tone (IMHO), Dixon.

I agree with Cran.
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