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Tia · Post by **Tia** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:48 pm

Hello all
I was wondering what the cheepest price you can get a low whistle for, because I really want to learn how to play it, I blame that on this site

, and being in university, and wanting a new clairnet, I dont have that much money. Thanks!

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:11 pm

wait, is the irish flute more or less expensive then the low whistle, and they're similar right?

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:18 pm

Check http://www.tinwhistles.us/jubilee.htm for a good price on low whistles.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:42 am

Tia wrote:wait, is the irish flute more or less expensive then the low whistle, and they're similar right?

Flutes are generally far more expensive than low whistles. Flutes are
conical and often made of wood using more difficult techniques. The
cheapest D flute that I know of that is playable is the Tipple plastic
PVC flute, which is around $70. Wooden flutes start at $300 and go
well into the thousands. But, like Walden said, you can get a PVC low
D whistle for $25, and most of the really good Low D whistles top out
at $500.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:18 am

All true. And yes, they're similar. But also quite different! You'll want to browse recent threads to learn more about how people feel about this.

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=44529

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:29 am

thanks!

Black Mage · Post by **Black Mage** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:46 am

I believe that a Dixon polymer, one piece, low D is about $70.

arnie · Post by **arnie** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:55 am

look at ebay, there are low whistles for E20,-. Don't know what you get for it though.

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:53 pm

arnie wrote:look at ebay, there are low whistles for E20,-. Don't know what you get for it though.

You normally get a Pakistani, cheap, out of tune (usually), poorly made whistle.

arnie · Post by **arnie** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:09 am

true, but cheap. Susato also makes relatively cheap whistles, and they are getting more and more good comments.

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:11 am

You can get a chrome-moly alto "A" from Bill Wheldon (serpent music) for under $100 and these are very fine, generally recommended instruments.

For me, the plastic whistle is not an option - it sounds too much like a recorder to me (a thousand pardon to plastic whistle fans everywhere!).

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:18 am

shadeclan wrote:You can get a chrome-moly alto "A" from Bill Wheldon (serpent music) for under $100 and these are very fine, generally recommended instruments.

I have not seen Bill's whistles recommended by a serious whiste player whose opinion I respect, nor "generally." I am sure I am not in a good position to judge Bill's whistles and I don't know what people say on other message boards; but I think it's seriously misleading to call them generally recommended

scheky · Post by **scheky** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:23 pm

If you are looking for something cost effective, try a Doug Tipple flute. For about 80 bucks, you can get a PVC made flute that sounds great, has all the bells and whistles you could want, is indestructable, and you won't grow out of for a very long time.

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:32 pm

thanks for all the advice, now i just need to go find a music store that sells them, because i've never seen low whistle, but then again i hadnt seen any high whistles untill i started playing those

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:36 pm

Bloomfield wrote:
shadeclan wrote:You can get a chrome-moly alto "A" from Bill Wheldon (serpent music) for under $100 and these are very fine, generally recommended instruments.
I have not seen Bill's whistles recommended by a serious whiste player whose opinion I respect, nor "generally." I am sure I am not in a good position to judge Bill's whistles and I don't know what people say on other message boards; but I think it's seriously misleading to call them generally recommended

Master Bloomfield,

My humble apologies in speaking for you, or for any of you who find yourself in the enviable position of being respected by Mr. Bloomfield.

To clarify, I have heard some people say good things about this whistle. dfernandez77 in particular likes the whistle. BrewerPaul seems to like his soprano "D", which I have also played. I liked the sound, so I chose to purchase one and I believe that I will receive it sometime this week. Wanderer also posted a review about a Serpent whistle, although it was not one of Bill's chrome moly ones. Bill Wheldon's "Serpents" have been mentioned in quite a few threads and while there have been negative comments, none of them seemed detrimental.

Although I am not (by any stretch of the imagination) proficient in the whistle, I will probably let you know what I think of it when it arrives and I have had a chance to play it. I might also be willing to let some of you more knowledgable and proficient folks have a crack at it as long as I can get it back right away. I could certainly have no problem with running it over to BrewerPaul and let him take a look at it - I think you'll agree that his opinion would carry considerably more weight than mine.

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