I had a "Chieftain Gold" Low D which despite the name is an incredibly heavy chunk of solid brass. It has to be the ultimate pub brawl whistle. I've not held a solid brass Dixon Low D, it's got to be comparable, unless it has a plastic top.Sedi wrote: The best low D for self defense that I own would be the brass low D "trad" Tony Dixon that I have. That is one heavy whistle. One of the reasons I never play it.
That is something I've always wanted, an Irish Quenacho!Sedi wrote: I also made a low D quenacho from aluminium pipe with 3mm wall thickness, which would make for a great self defense tool.
I play Kena and Quenacho, but as you know the tuning and voicing of the Quenacho isn't quite the thing for Irish music.
I tried making one out of PVC pipe but the octaves were way off, I think the bore size was wrong for Low D.