Preferred Brand of Whistle

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:22 pm

I'm thinking of getting a new whistle (right now I just have a Clarke D) and I thought before I decided on one it would be cool to find out what the preferred brand of whistle is.

Sorry that the list is so long, but I had to try and include all the brands. Tell me know if I missed one and I will add it.
Please do not vote if, like me, you have only played one brand of whistle.

Whistling Pops · Post by **Whistling Pops** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:25 pm

Dreamer,

I own dozens of whistles, many highend. My absolute favorite whistle is Burke. I have six of them and can't seem to quit buying them.

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:44 pm

Busman, Freeman, Burke

ecohawk · Post by **ecohawk** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:50 pm

This is an impossible question. I maintaine that certain whistles make them suitable for different tunes/songs. And you've missed so many. Busman, Freeman (certainly a standard among us), Schultz, Rose, Oz, Sindt, Ormiston, Dion. There are several others.

ecohawk

Hotblack · Post by **Hotblack** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:47 am

Alba, Syn, Goldie, Clare, Howard, Shaw, Parks

bernez · Post by **bernez** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:15 am

Freeman, Parks, Domnahl na Gruen, Dixon

Peter Duggan · Post by **Peter Duggan** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:16 am

Dreamer wrote:and I thought before I decided on one it would be cool to find out what the preferred brand of whistle is.

Preferred for what? It just doesn't work like that, and folk may prefer one make in one size and another in another, or different models by the same maker, or one whistle for one tune and another for another, or several sizes of these for the price of one of those, and so on...

Please do not vote

Good advice! It's a meaningless poll and (however good your intentions) you're not going to get a useful result from it.

Ian Parfitt · Post by **Ian Parfitt** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:12 am

ecohawk wrote:This is an impossible question. I maintaine that certain whistles make them suitable for different tunes/songs. And you've missed so many. Busman, Freeman (certainly a standard among us), Schultz, Rose, Oz, Sindt, Ormiston, Dion. There are several others.

ecohawk

Tough Poll. All the whistles quoted have there own unique characteristics. Like life you have to take a risk now and then and if the decision you have made was not as expected you move on.

Mr Ed · Post by **Mr Ed** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:30 am

My preferred whistle is whichever one I'm playing at the moment. It could be a Waltons, Generation, or one I made. It could also be in the key of D, C, or Bb.

If you really want a new whistle, I think it would be good to think about purchasing one in a different key instead of focusing on the brand.

Or...maybe even make a Low Tech Whistle.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:58 am

Can't answer that poll, because the whistle I play most isn't there, my MK.

For keys other than D I use Generations for the higher keys and Burkes for the lower keys. But Burke isn't on that poll either.

There just aren't enough poll options available.

You could narrow it down as ask "what's your go-to High D whistle?" and that I could easily answer, my 30 year old Feadog.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:16 am

Dreamer wrote:I'm thinking of getting a new whistle Tell me know if I missed one and I will add it.

Yes one of each will do nicely. Or desire only the whistle you do not have yet.

Peter Duggan · Post by **Peter Duggan** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:19 am

pancelticpiper wrote:You could narrow it down as ask "what's your go-to High D whistle?" and that I could easily answer, my 30 year old Feadog.

Yep, I could answer that too with my favourite Dixon DX203D (got two of those amongst multiple high Ds), but there's no way just checking 'Dixon' in a poll could get that across and I'm still not sure it helps unless you're me and can feel why I like it!

maki · Post by **maki** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:32 am

Freeman, Hoover, Tyrone Head.
Humphrey has a following but I've yet to have the pleasure.

killthemessenger · Post by **killthemessenger** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:07 am

Peter Duggan wrote:It's a meaningless poll and (however good your intentions) you're not going to get a useful result from it.

I think meaningless is a bit harsh - maybe badly designed.

As for me, what's my preferred whistle? Well, my KPro low D with brass barrel or my Rose high D in blackwood. I wouldn't miss the others if I had to do without them, although I do enjoy them. If I had to chose just one, it'd be the Rose, I reckon.

plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:50 am

Impempe -> Parks -> Hoover

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