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You might know that Davy S. is involved with the Irish Coast Guard

I am not sure he still is. The Doolin unit has had its share of problems and was stood down for a while. A lot of volunteers have left or have been given the boot.

All 3 appear to have a wooden block inside.

Are you sure? It seems very unlikely. I have never seen a wooden fippleblock in this type of whistle. Solid lead plugs seem to have been de rigreur at the time.

Thanks for that link. I meant to add some more detail/recollections after I made the initial post of this thread (which I made, just after finding out the news, from a coffeshop in Dublin while on the move oñ Wednesday) but never really got round to it.

Both Steve Chambers and Paul Davis were selling instruments durinf the eighhies, not sure either of them had a market stall though. Stephen set up McNeill's in Dublin by the 90s.

In dance tunes you pass through top B so briefly that it doesn't have the same impact,

Unless you plat tunes like the Connemara stockings or the Sailor's bonnet ofcourse

Part of learning the whistle is learning to reinstall in the high notes and play them as gently as they will let you. Which is something that may take time. Between breathcontrol and a degree of shading there are things that you can achieve there. I would suggest not to fuss over your next whistle t...

It is being reported elsewhere Sam Murray has died.

FWiW, another thread linked to Mac Nic whistles . They do a B (although named 'H' in the German fashion). At 60 euro perhaps a relatively "budget' option. Not a recommendation (I have not come across these 'in the flesh' or heard them played, so there's a caveat), but at least worth knowing abo...

Here's some guidance, to get you started, posted by Bill Haneman back in 2007 or so: An inexpensive alternative worth trying: As it happens, you can take a Bflat Generation and remove metal from both the top and bottom so that the top note is sharpened a semitone and the bottom note (all holes close...

They don't but a Bb is easily converted by cutting back both ends. 'How to' posts for both Bb-B and C-C# conversions have been made several times in the past.

PJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:43 am
on reflection, it looks like some Robbie Hughes sets I've seen.

I wouldn't rule out it is actually a Ginzo. And it looks like someone did a hatchet job to shorten the mainstock.

Quarktäsche Deluxe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:07 am And they are doing it with their lips? You would have to take the whole mouthpiece in your mouth to do that...

Yes, much like this

TG4 has a lovely documentary with the band preparing for the reunion and the full concert after. Airing right now.

An Bothy Band

Oops. I should have said "reedless aerophone."

If you insist using the term, read description of 'aerophone' again and apply correctly.

https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/504684/1026600/main-image I think there are two reasons that brass instruments have valves, while other instruments (particularly aerophones) do not. .. aerophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produ...