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... Small Bore (about 12 mm), with movable thumb rest. No case. $35. Dixon Traditional Nickel D. With original plastic sliding clamshell case, "Cupro Nickel Trad" ...

... No case. Susato Kildare Small Bore, with movable thumb rest. No case. Dixon Traditional Nickel D. With original plastic sliding clamshell case, "Cupro Nickel Trad" ...

... since I last posted, and I have come full circle back to the Celtic trad musical hobby. Since my last post my life was upended in a pretty big ... and have been re-learning what I used to know primarily using my Dixon soprano D. I've had such a great time playing that I've invested in ...

... I'm getting ready to teach a beginner's whistle class at a local Irish trad festival, and as I tune a box of 30 Feadog whistles, I'm finding myself ... from O'Brien 3 part rovers, Killarney whistles, nearly everything Dixon made, etc., but I've recently stuck a plain old Feadog in my flute ...

... that I gravitated back to the whistles I started with: Gen, Clare and Dixon Brass Trad. They sound much better now than they did when I first started, maybe sitting in the box ...

... stock. http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/sales/products/GR23050N/tony-dixon-trad-high-d-whistle-nickel/ By the way, the Irish Flute Store has both the Dixon Trad and the ...

Well, either the Royal Post or the USPS lost the Dixon Trad that was shipped to me by a distributor in the UK. :( Maybe it's possible that your lost parcel ...

Is this the model you're looking for? Looks like Hobgoblin (in MN) has it in stock.
http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/sale ... le-nickel/

Well, either the Royal Post or the USPS lost the Dixon Trad that was shipped to me by a distributor in the UK.

I can't find another vendor that has it in stock so I might look for something else.

Thanks again all for your suggestions. I now have to go back to shopping on the web.

Of the three whistles named in the OP, I have two of them. I have a Dixon Trad and the Susato V series. Both are excellent. I bought the Trad when they were first offered ...

Of the three whistles named in the OP, I have two of them. I have a Dixon Trad and the Susato V series. Both are excellent. I bought the Trad when they were first offered ...

... someone else. but the Reyburn is definitely a step in volume above my Dixon trad.

... lower octave sounds like that of a combination of a Generation and a Dixon trad. The upper octave has a rather pure sound that is surrounded by a good bit of breathiness ...

I'm pretty sure I stepped on my dixon d trad, because the end is an oval lol. Still plays well lol. I havnet played a susato high D but I've played ...

... think a quiet(er) whistle would be a plus. I'm currently considering: A Dixon Trad D nickel : Inexpensive. I'm intrigued by the claims that this has a "sweet" ...