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Best way to get ornaments into your playing is to get them into your head first!!! Listen to as much Celtic music as you can and start to get a feel for where an ornament would or would not be appropriate. Some might argue with me, but I feel that a tune well played with few if any ornaments is much...

With regard to wooden whistles in general-- I don't know what instructions the Abell people supply with their whistles, but it is probably a good idea to GRADUALLY break in your whistle. The exotic hardwoods used for these, Thin Weasels, etc are dried for long periods of time before being made into ...

Learned the same message, but cheaper, when I sat on a Shaw D.
Betcha John woulda fixed you up with a new whistle body at very little cost if necessary

Hi-- I used to check out a whistle makers forum from time to time ( I'm just starting to make some nifty wooden whistles but the link seems to have gone dead. Anyone know if this forum still exists? Thanx

How about a HIKING whistler? I always carry a whistle when I hike in NYS Adirondack Mts. Nothing beats playing on a mountaintop! Use a 2 piece whistle, and put the head joint on backwards, with the little square "window" facing your body. This will keep it out of the wind-- not a perfect s...

Weasel,Weasel, Weasel!!! Glenn's stuff is simply top flight. Someone mentioned that they are somewhat variable-- I haven't seen this, but since whistles like these are handmade out of a variable material like wood, it is certainly a possibility. Reputable makers like Glenn will defintely address any...

Good luck Rick, and welcome aboard!! My best advice to you is to get a good whistle tutor/method such as Bill Ochs' "The Clarke Tinwhistle", which will work just fine with your whistle. The CD has recorded step by step lessons which youcan follow in the book as you learn all phase of whist...

Hi-- anyone figger out how to reply to a specific reply? Clicking on a post brings upall replies, with no descending "tree".
Also, do you all find typing on this forum very slow? I get a lot of keyboard lag, and missed letters.