Flogging Molly Whistle

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:46 am

Forgive me for posting such a fannish question, but I've been trying to figure this out, and I can't tell from pictures...

What whistle does that woman in Flogging Molly usually use? I suspect it changes, but...

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:13 pm

I don't think I've ever seen her with anything else than a cheapie whistle. Don't know what particular cheapie though, I suspect it changes as well.

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:50 pm

I'd assumed--or, rather hoped, being merely a student--that it was a cheapie.

Pooh.

Looks like I'm stuck making my own stylistic decisions!

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:42 pm

I saw them play last night in Dallas. I didn't make any special effort to verify the brand, but it looked a lot like a Susato.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:22 am

Whitmores75087 wrote:I saw them play last night in Dallas. I didn't make any special effort to verify the brand, but it looked a lot like a Susato.

I highly doubt she's been playing Susato on regular basis with that band. I have a really hard time believing that she's done so on any of the recordings or the time I saw them live (summer 2005). It's hard to mistake that sound.
My guess would be a Generation or something similar. On some pics it sort of looks like an Oak.

withak · Post by **withak** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:30 pm

withak · Post by **withak** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:34 pm

http://www.galacticapublishing.com/imag ... olly01.jpg

Screeeech!!! · Post by **Screeeech!!!** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:40 pm

It's black with what appears to be a gold label on the front.

How many whistles like that about?

Avery, did you sell her one of yours?

Black Mage · Post by **Black Mage** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:56 pm

withak wrote:http://www.galacticapublishing.com/imag ... olly01.jpg

Hm, black, conical bore, yellow or white something near the fipple, the fipple also looks blocky, that one looks like a Clarke Original to me.

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:23 pm

It's a Sweettone to my eyes.

Mark

Black Mage · Post by **Black Mage** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:08 pm

Sliabh Luachra wrote:It's a Sweettone to my eyes.

Mark

Hm, could be. Sweetones are conicle as well. Too bad the resolution is so low.

sthmlly · Post by **sthmlly** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:19 pm

Perhaps if we all flood the FM inbox we could get an answer??

Screeeech!!! · Post by **Screeeech!!!** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:01 am

I'll go for a "Clare" whistle in this pic...

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:03 am

Bottom line is that she probably has a collection of cheapies and picks up the one she feels like at the moment. I'm 90% sure that I've seen her with a blue-top Generation as well.

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:27 am

So. . . one of us could email the band and explain that we're a bunch of music geeks that want to know what kind of whistle Bridget plays . . . or would that be too stalkerish?

Mark