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Great idea! It would give me a place to nag whistlesmiths about my obsession to have someone begin making low whistles with keys so that play these darn things.

Thanks for the reply. I looked at all the references particularly at the Ralph Sweet's keyed whistles. These still don't fill the bill for me. I'm happy to play my regular high D whistles without keys and agree keys might actually get in the way of playing some traditional stuff. My problem is that ...

Alright gently now… I know this post will probably brand me as some sort of non-purist heretic for life. But, I’ve had a question spinning around in my whistle addled pate for some time now. Why aren’t there more keyed whistles in the marketplace? Specifically, I have been working on the low D whist...