Advice on whistle purchase needed

[pancelticpiper]

@papageno

I checked out the Freeman tweaked Bb. A definite contender.

I bought a Freeman Generation Bb several years ago and it’s superb.

It has a beautiful sweet 2nd octave and a good low octave.

It’s the best Generation Bb I’ve ever been in the position to purchase. Over the last 40 years I’ve played many fantastic vintage Generation Bb’s but they have been the cherished possessions of good players and NFS.

For the standard D whistles Killarneys are hard to beat. I’ve played some Freeman modified D’s that were great.

[gbyrne]

@papageno

Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions.
I ended up ordering a Killarney D brass this morning.
I decided I rather liked the D whistles after playing a bunch of them. The metal whistles just sounded more like how I want a whistle to sound.

D is the essential starter because 98% of everything you will hear to play along with (recorded, YouTube or sessions) will be in D/G/A and all of these playable on D whistle. You made a great choice with the Killarney. It will take you a long way. There’s no harm in adding C, Bb and Eb (probably in that order). But if playing in company it’s almost exclusively the D that will be used.