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Burke and Susato are my go to whistles for church.

Greece, but no sessions here that I know of.

Great story Glad you found it.

Save up for the Goldie!!!

In enjoy my Susatos! In my opinion the best whistle in the VSB series is the Eb (but E and D are also quite good). In the SB series the best are the C and the B (while the D and Bb are also quite good and worth adding to your rack).

I would add my vote for the Susato. The favourite B whistles in my rack are Susato and Overton.

The only person I've actually seen to pull this off in performance is Brian Finnegan. He must have extra long fingers; he also plays low F whistle with standard (not piper's) grip. I think I've seen Andrea Corr do this on a motorbike, but I was somewhat distracted. Well, that's a good excuse for po...

Your question has been well answered by other posters. Just out of interest though, on a high D whistle the lowest note [for emergency use only] is Db/C# which is achieved by shading the end of the whistle with the lowest pinkie. Seated recorder players occasionally play an extra low note by shading...

Here is a photo I took recently of a mosaic in ancient Corinth. It looks to me like another traverse flute. The mosaic is from a Roman house and also dates to about 2,000 years ago. I read somewhere of a Cornelius of Corinth who apparently won the prize for playing flute at various Roman games. Ther...

Hmmm.... I think I might start cleaning whistle more regularly after reading that article.

Mellow Dog, Impempe and Feadog are all very nice whistles and cost less than $100. Get all three!

I'm a fan of Susatos in some keys but D is not one of them.

My favourite is Susato. I love the tone and it plays perfectly with just the right amount of complexity and backpressure. Other C whistles in my rack that I particularly enjoy are: Burke aluminium, Overton, Chieftain, a Gen nickel with a Walton head and a Feadog nickel.

Many countries around here produce whistles, and even recorders, with the window underneath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvDrwnFJ5Y

Kesh Jig, which was learnt about 10 years ago from my first whistle book: "The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tutor" by L E McCullough! It took a long time before I could play it convincingly.

I have used Moleskine music notebooks for some years now. They are perfect for travelling, which I do a lot of. They are small but I usually only need to be reminded of the first few notes of a tune so I don't have to do a lot of squinting.