been playing my Susato Kildare for a while now, I think its one of the best sounding bits of plastic I have played, I have tried quite a few
whistle high end and affordable, for £30 the Susato has a very distinctive sound which is very recognizable unlike some more expensive
high end whistle which are well crafted but don't have a distinctive sound that cuts through at session, anyway I'm waffling, I have found recently playing some slower airs on the susato that the high B and A notes can be a bit cutting, fine in session when you hit the highs briefly, I played The lark in the clear air the other night as a solo, and the high notes where clear and strong, but I felt the tone and volume was a little cutting, so I am after a good quality whistle that lends itself to nice balance of upper and lower octave notes, I did try the Susato vsb, very small bore as I was told by the chap at Hobgoblin the vsb is optimised for the upper octave and the standard bore for the lower octave, I also tried the kerry songbird High D (quite bland IMHO), a Willy Simmonds high d in boxwood, very sweet whistle, build quality on a par with Abell, although the Hobgolin one was very bent,
I have a budget of £250 and would prefer to buy from the Uk to save postage and vat/duty issues.
I have played these whistle below owned by friends and liked the following
Copeland brass or Nickel
Abell
Overton
Sindt
rose
silkstone ace
Seery - older version, can't remeber what the upper octave was like, I remember it being very session ready though.
if you have anything that might fit the bill just let me know
thanks all
Merry Christmas
yvie
