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What an excellent idea. I too had trouble transferring from high D to low, and persuaded my husband to make me a thumb rest out of plastic, similar to those on Susatos. It always feels uncomfortable, though, due to the size it has to be (and I have quite small hands so it is relatively bigger). I sh...

If anyone is interested, I have just advertised a Sweetheart Pro High D on Amazon UK for £85.00, to finance a bad case of WHOA! I hope it's OK to say this here: I'm just letting you know where to look if you are interested.
Lesley

Hi Everyone: I played sax for a living for a few years, and would love the luxury of a D whistle with a C natural fingering of OXO OOO. Does such an animal exist, and if so, where can I get my hands on one? Todd Hi, I have a non-tuneable Susato D, one of the cream coloured ones, and the Cnat on tha...

Thanks again. Not sure if neat sodium lauryl sulphate is available, but I will try some of the mild soaps with no perfume.

Mine is an aluminium whistle, a Silkstone narrow bore, which I love, but it does clog if I don't treat it.

Thanks, everyone. Having read the ingredients for Anticondens as suggested, it appears to be washing up liquid and water, which is what I use now. I suppose the Anticondens might taste better, though! I will ask my recorder playing friend if she uses it.

Does anyone know where you can get Duponol in the UK? I can't find it anywhere. Is there an English substitute that you know of? I'm currently using Fairy liquid but would like to try something "purpose built" if it is available here. I intend to try waxed dental floss when I remember to b...

I noticed that there is a new tweaked whistle from bigwhistles . co.uk the shush generation D. but there is no info on who does the tweak etc as I also wanted to get more info on this one. from the description and the whistle nickname, i believe its also pretty quiet... I don't know who does the tw...