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That only changed in the past few weeks. I'd even say it was only in the past seven days. I have several double Kildare/Kelischek whistles which they were kind enough to make me. I started with the Oriole Dolce-Duos doubles (Bb, C, D and Eb), but with four holes on the lower pipe rather than three, ...

A little late to the discussion, but IIRC even Sindt himself has acknowledged that the cross-fingered C natural OXXOOO is sharp, and recommends half-holing instead. The Killarney is fine with the cross-fingering.

Myself, I've consistently used mostly Susatos, but like keeping up with developments.

Tiposx wrote:Hi
Any update - do you still like the Roland?
Regards
Tiposx

Wow... if the Roland was suddenly out of favor, that would have been within less than nine hours from that initial post! Talk about short honeymoons!

I'm just going to note, all these years on from my first adopting full fifths tuning, that I really appreciate both standard and FF tunings for their strengths. Full fifths is a very vertical tuning, very consistent when playing melodically, and very compact in terms of getting the most range out of...

Hi, Thomaston! Over at the Mandolin Café, there are a few topics on the subject, including information on using a specialized alloy string to tune the highest string/course to B4 at a 25.5" scale length. Here's a couple of them. https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/50620-Converting-6-stri...

In the past year, I grew increasingly curious about playing the double whistle. I already played whistle and quena, and had previously owned one of the Hind double ocarinas in C/F. I looked at available options online, and although most have one side which is a full whistle with six or seven holes (...