Purchasing whistles online

BlackFire_ · Post by **BlackFire_** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:57 pm

I've been looking to buy some whistles, but don't know any reliable decent stores online that sell them, besides Harp and Dragon. My local stores seem to not know anything about tin whistles.

Any help?

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:06 pm

Not sure where you are located but be sure to check out http://www.whistleanddrum.com and http://www.thewhistleshop.com

Feadoggie · Post by **Feadoggie** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:10 pm

I'll add these as well.

http://www.elderly.com/

and

http://www.songsea.com/

I have also purchased from Harp and Dragon but prefer to do that in person when they are at a local festival.

I am not sure what you may be looking for but I would suggest buying directly from the maker any time you can. When you do that you start a relationship that could last a long time and you won't generally get better service.

Feadoggie

emtor · Post by **emtor** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:31 pm

If you don't mind ordering from overseas I can recommend http://www.bigwhistle.co.uk/
in Great Britain. Phil Brown is nice to deal with and is a professional whistle player himself, and very good at it too.
I buy all my cheap whistles from Bigwhistle, and I'm very satisfied.
Very reliable and very decent,-you will not regret ordering from Bigwhistle Music.

Deathtrap · Post by **Deathtrap** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:26 pm

emtor wrote:If you don't mind ordering from overseas I can recommend http://www.bigwhistle.co.uk/
in Great Britain. Phil Brown is nice to deal with and is a professional whistle player himself, and very good at it too.
I buy all my cheap whistles from Bigwhistle, and I'm very satisfied.
Very reliable and very decent,-you will not regret ordering from Bigwhistle Music.

all of my high D's and C's are bought from them. Great and reliable site.

Moderndaydruid · Post by **Moderndaydruid** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:52 pm

emtor wrote:If you don't mind ordering from overseas I can recommend http://www.bigwhistle.co.uk/
in Great Britain. Phil Brown is nice to deal with and is a professional whistle player himself, and very good at it too.
I buy all my cheap whistles from Bigwhistle, and I'm very satisfied.
Very reliable and very decent,-you will not regret ordering from Bigwhistle Music.

I also recommend Bigwhistle. Just bought 'Cillian O'Brian New Improved High D Brass Whistle' from them.

TODDLEMM · Post by **TODDLEMM** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:09 pm

Contact Patrick "Doc" Jones at theirishflutestore.com - he's got reasonable prices, great selection, great ethics, and is just an all around terriffic person. Please buy from him. I guarantee you'll be glad you did!

Todd

Belgian_Waffle · Post by **Belgian_Waffle** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:33 am

All of the above.

Do take custom charges, taxes, import fees etc. into consideration !

Inthewind · Post by **Inthewind** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:46 pm

I ordered direct from Alba a month ago and haven't been able to get them to answer an email since. They did finally charge my card a couple of weeks ago, so I have hope that something's happening.

I've had good experiences at www.thewhistleshop.com and www.irishflutestore.com has a great selection.

scoutcow · Post by **scoutcow** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:04 pm

Moderndaydruid wrote: I also recommend Bigwhistle. Just bought 'Cillian O'Brian New Improved High D Brass Whistle' from them.

Ah, you've bought it

Let me know how it plays!

Gilian

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:32 pm

TODDLEMM wrote:Contact Patrick "Doc" Jones at theirishflutestore.com - he's got reasonable prices, great selection, great ethics, and is just an all around terriffic person. Please buy from him. I guarantee you'll be glad you did!

Todd

Thanks for the kind words Todd but you forgot "dashingly handsome"

There's no "the" by the way, it's just https://www.irishflutestore.com/

I've purchased from http://thewhistleshop.com/ and had excellent service. Mitch at http://ozwhistles.com/ is also a lovely guy as is Blaine at http://whistleanddrum.com/

Don't have any experience with the others.

Several makers also sell directly online.

If anyone's keeping score, count this as my CP for the month.

Doc

taity · Post by **taity** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:34 pm

i use big whistle 100% give em a phone very nice folks

dlovrien · Post by **dlovrien** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:21 pm

I have ordered from Lark in the Morning and had no problems...

swizzlestick · Post by **swizzlestick** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:04 am

Depending on where you live, you may want to consider buying direct if you are interested in more than mass produced whistles. Many whistle makers have web sites and are willing to answer questions by email or phone.

If you are new to whistling, you should know that you can order replacement heads for stock whistles as well as "tweaked" versions that bring out the best in off-the-shelf whistles.

braccio · Post by **braccio** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:21 am

Where can you get replacement heads for whistles?

Thanks,
Pete

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