corrcullen wrote:no i'm genuine, i'm not wasting anyones time..
just looking for some advice...gonna treat myself to one decent whistle in the next week or so...
this site was is actually very helpful for product range...
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/Expens.html
I used to spend a lot of time drooling over the main C & F site, too.
Really, a lot of "best whistle" will be personal taste. And sometimes having different whistles for different moods is a good thing.
If you've never played a Low D, you may not know what you like and don't like in a whistle. I haven't had a chance to play all the whistles out there, either, but of the ones that I *have* tried I'd probably be looking most closely at Copeland, Overton, or NR Chieftain.
But that's just my taste - I like the sound of all of them, and prefer a whistle with solid backpressure.
I'd strongly urge you to get a decent, not too expensive Low D first and spend some time with it - that'll give you a solid baseline for comparison.
And for that "decent, not too expensive" whistle I'd recommend a Howard or Kerry Low D. Possibly a Dixon (a bit quiet for my taste, but easy to play). Possibly one of the new Serpent Brass/Poly low whistles (I haven't tried one, but I like my older brass Serpent Low F quite a bit.).
I would not recommend a Susato Low D, but - again - that's personal taste; for all I know, you might love them, and they're fairly inexpensive (hard for a beginner to play, though - very challenging reach and fingerhole size).
Helped any?