Best Low D Whistle on the market???

corrcullen · Post by **corrcullen** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:42 am

Hi
Am considering buying a low D whistle...Just wondering what is the best one on the market regardless of price?
Also just curious as to which one did Finbar Furey use while playing The Lonesome Boatman?

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:20 am

corrcullen wrote:Hi
Am considering buying a low D whistle...Just wondering what is the best one on the market regardless of price?
Also just curious as to which one did Finbar Furey use while playing The Lonesome Boatman?

Best one on the market: Overton (my preference is Colin Goldie)
The one used by Finbar: Overton (Bernard)
Also great but different: Copeland

Some might recommend wooden low D's, but I wouldn't know about those.

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:11 am

Bloomfield wrote: Some might recommend wooden low D's, but I wouldn't know about those.

I wooden't either.

buskerSean · Post by **buskerSean** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:52 pm

I bought a wooden high d for £30 what a crock of sh*t. Don't bother.

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:32 pm

So tell us how you really feel.

djm

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:34 am

I've played a couple of friends' wooden high d's (one blackwood and one boxwood) made by Dave Boisvert, and I thought they were marvelous.

buskerSean wrote:I bought a wooden high d for £30 what a crock of sh*t. Don't bother.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:36 am

corrcullen wrote:Hi
Am considering buying a low D whistle...Just wondering what is the best one on the market regardless of price?

To my ear, the Copeland sounds the best. Very flute-like but that may not be what you're in to. It also plays really well.

eskin · Post by **eskin** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:28 pm

I have a Copeland brass low D that I like quite a bit, also enjoy the sound, intonation, and playability of the Burke low D aluminum models. They are a bit quiet, but really lovely.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:42 pm

Well, at www.mid-east.com there are can whistles from India that cost less than $10 USD. At least, they did when I bought some. I didn't get a low D, though--the lowest key I got was F, and they were surprisingly solid whistles both in playability and in craftsmanship, especially for the money.

They were slightly sharp, though, and some were "iffy" in the upper octaves.

They could be improved, probably. Somebody like Jerry Freeman should start a tweeking business for the low cane whistles, because they have potential.

eric · Post by **eric** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:06 am

> They were slightly sharp, though, and some were "iffy" in the upper octaves.
> They could be improved, probably.

A $10 "iffy" whistle, possibly able to be fixed, would strike me as eliminated the "Best on the Market" category!

buskerSean · Post by **buskerSean** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:03 pm

My wooden whistle isn't by one of the makers mentioned, maybe i should've gone for one of those instead.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue May 03, 2005 8:36 pm

eric wrote:> They were slightly sharp, though, and some were "iffy" in the upper octaves.
> They could be improved, probably.

A $10 "iffy" whistle, possibly able to be fixed, would strike me as eliminated the "Best on the Market" category!

It doesn't strike me that way.

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