What accessories do the whistles come with? A case? Fingering charts?
I’m interested in the Blackbird D, and woulda appreciate the answer 
Would be nice to have this information in the sale website!
There is a place on the ebay sale page to “Ask the seller a question” and Jerry is quick to reply.
Jude
A case isn’t necessary, and the fingering charts are all available online.
Jerry offers a great product at a great price. I’m not aware of anyone who’s ever regretted buying one of his whistles. I sure don’t.
They used to come with a free mouse, or was it a whale?
Just a suggestion before you criticize. Jerry makes the most affordable excellent quality whistles at a startlingly low price. What he states on the website/eBay is exactly what comes with the whistle. A great whistle. Fingering charts are free all over the place. Not trying to sound harsh but that’s what the “ask the seller” link on eBay is for.
Wow guys, I didn’t write down my post in order to trash Mr. Freeman’s work, I was just trying to ask something that someone here could’ve known, seriously.
And who the hell is criticizing?
I didn’t send an eBay question because I didn’t have an eBay account at the moment, now I will.
Thanks to the people that gave me advice.
No worries, mellowBreez. Us Freeman whistle owners are sensitive about our benefactor, is all.
Meanwhile, for an interesting, and simplified, introduction to the whistle, try this.
Can I ask something?
I’ll quote the website: “The ‘do’ note is always D” (considering I bought a D whistle)
Is this true? Because as far as I know, what we actually play in a D whistle is the same note as in a piano, therefore D/Re on the whistle is D/Re on the piano.
According to the link, D/Re on the whistle is C/Do in reality? I’m confused.
Very interesting indeed and I’m sure it will provoke comments!
A belated “Hi and welcome” 
In my experience with ebay, it’s quite unusual to get extras that weren’t mentioned on the webpage when buying anything, let alone a whistle.
I am not surprised that you are confused. I think I am, but I have an idea: perhaps Do Re Mi etc do not represent actual notes, but the position of the notes in a scale. So in the key of C Do Re Mi means C D E, and in the key of D Do Re Mi means D E F#.
I am sure someone will be along soon to confirm or deny this guess - until then take it with a large pinch of sodium free salt substitute.
Yes, Phill is exactly right. The seller is referring to the “movable Do” system, where the note names refer not to absolute concert pitches (as on the piano), but to the relative scale degrees within whatever key you are playing. And on a D whistle, the tonic note Do is a concert pitch D.
I guess the system is called called Solfège.
Yes, but there are two very different approaches to solmization: fixed Do and movable Do. Which is the source of the OP’s confusion. In Romance-speaking countries, such as Peru, fixed Do is usually the norm. In the English-speaking world, movable Do is more common.
Yep, it is noted in the wiki link. Just thought it might be worth looking at.
As a side note, it looks like Japanese shakuhachi players have something similar with Fu, Ho, U.
Yes and Arabic: dal ra mim fa sad lam ta, and Indian: sa re ga ma pa dha ni.
In fact, if you look at the Arabic syllables, you see a curious similarity to something. And one theory is that our solfège syllables derive not from Guido’s Ut queant laxis, but from the Arabic. Or possibly from both. The world isn’t always black and white. 
Lol, how did you know I was from Peru?
Uhmm so if I understood it well, if I want to play music the same way as concert pitch (let’s say, some treble cleff partitions for my violin and piano) am I supposed to get a key of C whistle? Because all websites tell me to buy a D one.
This is pretty confusing, hehe, I’ve only played both instruments and they are not “keyed” whatsoever.
The moderators have X-ray vision.
No … For that you want a D whistle - that is the concert pitch whistle. But the natural (diatonic) scale of the D whistle is the D scale (re scale). Yes, it is confusing.
I’ve just read the bit about palying C natural on that BBC article I linked to. I really don’t agree. I like the basic cross-fingering for C nat. Having said which, I do sometimes half-hole the thing. We talk about this a lot round here, so there’s plenty already out there to search for.
What I was really looking for to link to was the Generation ‘How to play …’ booklet. I’m sure I’ve seen it on the web somewhere …
If you are looking for an affordable whistle and a seller that will ship internationally, you can also consider the Dixon Trad from Heritage Music (ebay store name: Allegro37)
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130522089609&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
They shipped my Dixon Trad to Colombia a about two years ago, and I’ve bought several whistles from them since.
I own both the Dixon Trad and the Jerry Freeman Blackbird. The Blackbird has a great tone, but I find the Trad easier to play (and therefore play it more often).
Good luck!
Folkert