Hello, everyone! I’ve been playing my penny whistles for quite some time now and didn’t realize exactly how popular they are. Thought I was the only kid on my block… (mainly because I am the only person on my block 
). Anyway I just wanted to post to say hello from the newbie and I look forward to many a great disscussion with fellow whistlers. I guess a little about myself would be nice … hmm, well I’m 29, picked up my first penny whistle in the early 90’s , which was a used soprano D Walton type. Since then I’m the proud owner of two Copelands, a silver soprano D and his new three piece low D in brass ( an extrodinary instrument ) , an Alba in Bb ( which I find to be very under rated, loud & virtually no “airness” ) and a Melody in the key of “C”. Other than playing my soul through one of these I like to weight lift and find myself to be more at home in a country type atmosphere. Thanks for reading my long windedness here and look forward to meeting you all. God bless.
Looks like I’m the first to welcome you. So, Welcome. You’re going to have a lot of fun on this forum and learn an incredible amount about whistles. Mind, someone with so many fine whistles probably knows a lot about them already. Which brings me to the question-
How the heck does one person get so many fine (make that great) whistles? Life isn’t fair.
Dave McRitchie
Toronto, Canada
Hi Opty! There are quite a few of us from CT…me and Nytshayde, TomB, and a few others…and some good music in driving distance from you, including a newly started session at the Landsdowne in Watertown.
welcome to the boards!
HELLO ! and thanks for your kind hello. Well to answer your question of fine whistles one expensive one at a time, except for my Alba I won that one off of good ol’ ebay for $25.00 and the melody I found at a tag sale for $6.00 ( almost pennies ). The person selling it said they never could get one solid tone out of it. But it’s a very good C with solid sound. Thank you very much for the warm welcome!!!
Hi tyghress, Wow the amazement keeps pliling up. Where exactly is it in Watertown & how often? I’d absolutely love to here a bunch of whistlers just playing thier hearts out. I guess to my surprise the whistle is a fairly unique instrument to play here and at no surprise so are the whistlers who play them
A new feep in the shold? Welcome.
I recomend you hook up with Tygh, she’s great and has over time acquired one or two whistles worth seeing. N’est ce-que pas, ma cherie?
Howdy!
Hi bloomfield. Thanks for the hello, and to you to nanohedron. Tyghress seems to be very knowledgeable. and no.. not a mon cherie 
I read this title as a new fold in the sheep, and it got me wondering how difficult it would be to fold such a wooly critter into an envelope.
Anyway, welcome to the pack Optymus (any relation to Didymus?), and I hope we are not just sheeps that pass in the night.
Welcome and enjoy the show. A few of my coworkers may be relocating to Groton in the near future. I won’t be one of them however since I’d rather stay in Michigan. The company is offering trips to CT to check it out because they want people to stay with the company so I may just try to do it.
Of course, of course. I meant Tygh.
LOL! That’s very good, Martin, sheeps passing in the night! You are like French wine, I find, and improve with age. 
One or two, Bloo…uh huh…one or two. ROFLMFAO
Landsdowne is right on the main drag through Watertown, but closer to Waterbury than to Bethlehem. Do you know the Rabinowitz’s of Bethlehem (Stuart and Cynthia)? They’re my cousins. What about the abbey? Mother Simonetta and I are friends…I’m going to have to go visit some day soon. Maybe we could meet for coffee and a whistle swap!
The session at Landsdowne is an occasional event. As soon as I know for certain when the next is, I’ll post it for you. And despite my quiver full of whistles, I’m not as knowledgeable as I am acquisitive. After 40 or so, you start to get a sense of what is different from whistle to whistle, what matters to you, and what to look for in your personal tastes.
Just added Elfsong to my roster. Waiting to see how it sounds!
We have a fold now? No one ever tells me anything around here. Irregardless, welcome!
Can’t say that I know the Rabinowitz’s but the coffe and landsdowne thing sounds great Tygh … and the abby is a good 20 - 30 minute walk or about 5 minute drive through country road from where I live. I’m often in Waterbury / Watertown area (especially Mondays -bill day) because it’s the closest city near me with anything in it, besides Southbury, but thier all realatively the same distance. And thanks for the kind hello’s blackhawk, geek4music, Martin Milner,
Welcome Opty!
Say, what’s a Melody whistle? Is it all metal? Is it tunable?
(A picture would be wonderful - I’m sure I’m not the only curious one here…)
You’ve come to the right spot for whistle-talk! Enjoy!
Aldon
Hello, LimuHead. Thanks for the hello; well to answer your question, my Melody is Brass but nickel plated and on the front is carved " By Melody flute Co. Laurel, MD "with the letter " C " below it. The only significant difference I’ve noticed is that the fipple isn’t on the end of it but rather on the side of it 90 degrees. And another wierd thing is I have zero problem with the codensation / spit contraversy. Last info I could find is that they were made in the 50’s - 60’s When some people looked at it they called it a fife but living out here in the stixs they take a look at my Copeland’s and call them fifes to … so your guess is as good as mine. At any rate the fingering is the same aswell as air pressure(s) so to me it sounds and acts like duck so it must be a … cow … no wait that’s not right … how does it go 