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I bought the $30 low D when it was a $25 low D and found it very easy to play and finger. My hands are probably average size for a female with short, stubby-ish fingers. It's been a few years since the whistle went to live with a niece, but, IIRC, I didn't even use the pipers grip on the Jubilee whi...

What a wonderful portrait of you both -- Evlin is absolutely beautiful.

Feadan wrote:

jkrazy52 wrote:Didn't Jessie have a gold whistle in her collection?

A Copeland, if memory serves...

Thanks, Feadan. I wasn't sure, but a Copeland came to my mind, too.

Didn't Jessie have a gold whistle in her collection?

Hi Shelly, welcome to C&F. There are many choices in tunable whistles, plus ways to make others, like Generations, tunable. One fellow who immediately comes to my mind when mellow is mentioned is Mack Hoover <click here for website> . Contact him and tell him what sound you want. Of course many ...

I got the Trad and the Narrow Bore versions with a lanyard loop on each. Have to agree with maki -- by far the coolest whistles in my collection. The Trad plays smoothly & easily, as does the NB whenever I remember to breathe, not blow, into the whistle.

Thanks, Mack!

Ah ok, I understand why you started with four whistles now, but if you didn't "blame the whistle" for the squeaks and squawks then why did you choose to buy another whistle (the Dixon)? Bought the Dixon because I didn't want to give up without giving a different whistle a shot -- and on t...

hoopy mike, the 4 whistles were one purchase. I was new to the whistle, not new to music. Blame the whistle? I didn't assign blame at all. I said that I was not happy with the sound of my playing, the 'squeaks & sqawks'. The purchase of the Dixon improved things enough to give the desire to cont...

Whistling Pops, I enjoy playing a Gen hi G occasionally. It is a kick to see the look on some faces when you can actually make music on such a tiny whistle. I recorded the hi G along with a Reyburn mezzo G once. The combination/contrast worked very nicely.

My first whistles were a tweeked Clark original (not by Jerry Freeman), a Mellow D, an Oak and a Feadog. After ~ 3 months of frustration with squeaks & squawks, I ordered a Dixon polymer (tunable). The ease with which the Dixon played in comparison to the others (particularly the Feadog) was a t...

Sent ya an email, Mr. Hoover, sir.

Mack, I would love to try one of your telescoping whistles! When did you add these to the Hoover inventory?

Judy
aka Judy K on PWA

MadmanWithaWhistle, the best wooden whistle I owned was an Abell. The "most-disliked/dispointing" wooden whistle I owned was also an Abell. Both were actually great whistles, but I considered one 'bad' because it's sound was nothing like I wanted. It had been tailored for someone with a ta...

Happy Birthday, Mack & Byll! Hope the day was great for both of you gentlemen.

Stormie Gail, the Bluebird is an excellent whistle, although you would have also enjoyed the tweaked Sweetone. Hard to go wrong with a Freeman tweaked whistle of any type. FWIW, I will admit the Bluebird is my favorite of all of Jerry's offerings. As a beginning whistler you might like a website cal...