I have only just begun my journey into the whistle world last month. I was on vacation in Ireland and picked up a kit that had a whistle,a book and a cd. I realy ejoyed it. I found this site and have learned quite alot. I purchased a full set of Generations in both styles. I also purchased a Waltons LBW. I have a tweaked Shaw and a Tweaked Gen on their way. Yesterday I recieved my Burke Brass Pro. What a beautiful instrument it is. I’m almost ashamed to own such an instrument at such an early stage. I was using it yesterday and it is a true wonder. Have I gone overboard?
WHoA is you!
Have you gone overboard? Let’s just say that whistle sellers the world over are salivating as they search out your address.
Slydini: You have absolutely not gone overboard. But it could happen… A beginner needs a good instrument on which to learn. ‘Good’ comes in many flavors, from many manufacturers. With some builders, you must kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince. With Burke, your prince has arrived. Play it…Learn on it…Be satisfied - for awhile, at least…While you may own lots of different whistles, for lots of different reasons, you won’t own one that is necessarily ‘better’…
Cheers.
Byll
(Wow…Just re-read this…Between the mixed metaphors, and the unabashed hero worhip of Mike’s offerings, I KNOW I need to get some lunch…)
Yes, emphatically, yes. Seek help now…or another whistle.
Ahhh yes…a Burke. The Harry Connick Jr. of the whistle world - s-m-o-o-t-h.
Search out a thread from some time ago where people posted pictures of their whistles…then you’ll know if you’ve gone overboard.
Susan
No, the Mose Allison: s-m-o-o-t-h and cool. 
You’ve defintely gone overboard of course slydini. But don’t worry, the water’s fine and you have lots of company. 
You sound like a C&F accident waiting to happen.
Hold onto the Burke and put all the others into escrow for three years while you learn to play it. You might find different, but I doubt if you’ll find better. The same could be said of at least a half-dozen other makes, but that’s not the point. In three years’ time you’ll know whether you really want or need something else.
You have a good start but you NEED an Alba, a Hoover, an Overton, a Bussman, and some less expensive whistles. Get busy.
Keep whistling
Ron
No collection is complete without a handfull of Clarke Original designs in C and D which I consider my best whistles. Yes, I own a Burke brass session pro D, but it is too “sweet” for my taste. I only use it when the band is playing acoustic and the band members have trouble hearing my Clarke.
:roll: Nickel plated whistles (your blue capped generations) suck because once you relax and really get going, they tend to fall out of your hands as they are so slippery.
I would only get whistles in E-flat, D, C, B-flat, low A, low G, low E, and low D and Burke has his low al-pro designs down pat and those whistles can’t be beat by any other low whistles that I have ever tried.
You do know that if you buy one of those cheap penny whistles, it can lead to flutes (WfOA disorder)and uilleann bagpipes (UbOA disorder), both of which are much more expensive than the simple WhOA, don’t you? 
Gone overboard? Why, you’ve hardly boarded! The Burke is a really nice high-ender to start with (especially the new black tip). There are others I reach for when feeling moody or particularly expressive; but when I play for hours on end on just one whistle, it’s often the Burke because it’s got a clear open sound, is in tune, and does not clog under intense extended playing. Nice choice on your road to overboard.
Enjoy,
PhilO