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Ok, I have been playing for two months now and I'm quite pleased how my playing's coming along

Just wondering what is a good whistle to move upto next? I like the feel & sound of the sweetone, the Breathy flutey sound is nice.

Definetely NOT too loud a whistle as I have hyperacousis and anything too loud is painful.


Any recommendations? my budget is around £20 or I guess that's about $40?

Monkey, use the 'search' feature to look up 'quiet whistles'. There was a thread a while back that should help you. It discusses Clarkes, Dixons, Hoovers and a few more that might suit you.

Abell, Alba, Avery LBW, Busman, Copeland, Overton, Sindt, Greewood are very nice whistles in alphabetical order.

Try a Freeman Tweaked whistle. He even does Sweetones, too.

You can find his stuff at a number of sites.

www.thewhistleshop.com
www.gaeliccrossings.com
www.whistleanddrum.com

And more

Right, I omitted names like Abell, Alba, Busman, Copeland, etc., because it sounded like a quiet whistle was the objective. The thread I referenced named a few in that category.

Do yourself a flavor and get some Musician's earplugs

Tommy wrote:Avery LBW.

Thanks for the recommendation, Tommy. I only sell them direct.

Unseen122 wrote:

Tommy wrote:Avery LBW.

Thanks for the recommendation, Tommy. I only sell them direct.

What he described as flutey and not to loud reminded me of the Avery LBW when I had it on tour. It is very pure and flute like. And resonable price for the amount of work done. The other whistles I mentioned also have those attributes but a bit more volume.

I personally think that the very best 'move up' whistle from the cheapies is a Freeman Mellow Dog. It's an easy player, it's not too loud, but has a strong bottom. Then ask him for the C tube with it and you have a set.

It sounds like you like the Sweetone.

I have to confess I really like that whistle and its the one I'm using now. Are you sure you need to buy a different one? I own a Clark, Dixon, Shaw, Feadog and the Sweetone and I like things about each of them. For me the Sweetone never clogs, is in tune wtih itself, cuts through noise yet its airy and sweet, its inexpensive, it doesn't take a lot of air. I'm not crazy about the colored ones so I have a silver one and a black one. It has the tapered design which I like the feel of. You can also lean into them a bit without squawks and screeches.

Just some things to consider.
Lisdoonvarna

Definitely check out Hoover with his whitecaps or newer black delrin mouthpieces. It's in your pricerange, and a whitecap mated to a cheapie tube ia a BIG improvement over factory cheapies! I have a whitecap on a Feadog body--it's quiet with a bit of the Feadog huskiness left over.

lisdoonvarna wrote:It sounds like you like the Sweetone.

I have to confess I really like that whistle and its the one I'm using now. Are you sure you need to buy a different one? I own a Clark, Dixon, Shaw, Feadog and the Sweetone and I like things about each of them. For me the Sweetone never clogs, is in tune wtih itself, cuts through noise yet its airy and sweet, its inexpensive, it doesn't take a lot of air. I'm not crazy about the colored ones so I have a silver one and a black one. It has the tapered design which I like the feel of. You can also lean into them a bit without squawks and screeches.

Just some things to consider.
Lisdoonvarna

Hmm... maybe you're right, I could be looking to change just for the sake of change.

I'd like to get a silver/metal finish sweetone, but the music shop here never has them in that colour, you'd think that the country they are made in in would have lots of them wouldn't you ! I'll have to go down to London i suppose.

If I may, I'd like to bring to your attention something about the natural metal finished sweetone. My cousin owned one and it looked awful after playing it for a few weeks. The "natural" finish wears very quickly around the toneholes and ends up looking like a 30 yr old tarnished whistle. It is a silver-looking paint on a dull metal, not an unfinished whistle. So once the paint wore off in those spots and exposed the metal it was quite a contrast. If you want that look then go for it but most people like a sharp looking whistle so I thought I'd warn ya in advance.