Sigh.
Look, this is all very simple when you look at it from the correct angle (mine, obviously).
Re**der players are like my college roommate, who had this high-end exotic wood treasure--I was prohibited from coming into her half of the room when it was out for fear the vibrations would affect it in detrimental fashion--upon which she'd hoot out antiquarian bits in rarefied venues to enthrall the sort of people who eat crustless cucumber sandwiches and drink coffee with their pinkies stuck out. You couldn't loosen those people up with Ex-Lax.
Whistle players, on the other hand, create the substance of life from pieces of rolled up metal, hunks of plumbing pipe, and the occasional whittled chunk of wood. And they do it in festive venues, homes, and even automobiles, while hearty, fortifying noshes are passed round and pints quaffed. Playing things called "An Phis Fliuch."
Whistle is a social activity, not a "society" activity.
It's a matter of style.
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