Hi all!
Planning a trip to Seattle for my niece’s wedding (leaving today, actually, in a few hours) and thought I might have time to browse a few shops for a Feadog or Generation while there.
Will I have any luck at Dusty Strings, or is there any other place I should be heading for?
Thanks! Mary
Dusty Strings is worth a visit, definitely.
There’s a Lark in the Morning in the Pike Market chock full
of stuff, whichis fun to look at.
Lark in the Morning is at Pike Place Market?!?!?! Good deal! My family loves to go there ~ whereabouts is Lark, downstairs?
It’s at ground level at the southernmost end of the market, at 2nd & Union. They have one heck of a selection of whistles.
Yup-What they said-Dusty Strings in Fremont, Lark on First Avenue near Union Street-and one more: John’s Music near the south end of Green Lake
-north of the Fremont district. John’s had Feadogs the last time I visited, and is primarily an African folk drum/percussion-oriented shop with lots of intriguing folk shakers, rattles & bloogles as well as drums. I recommend
Dusty Strings for its less frenetic atmosphere than Lark, slightly more elbow room, large range of quality instruments and huge folk/trad CD collection. Its hard to leave DS without buying a nice instrument regardless of intention when entering, but don’t regret it if it happens-It’ll be an instrument worth having. -Lark will be interesting too, especially if they open up their high-end whistle & flute case facing the street. Lark usually has a good stock of cheap whistles. -Watch out for the free-range harps crowded into Dusty Strings’ entrance room so they don’t get knocked over. 
-edited to eliminate duplicate content-
*-sorry Raymond, -didn’t intend to flog the issue-just realized the proper LITM location was well posted already-I hope you will forgive any posting I make before my second cup of morning coffee 
Best Regards,
Brian
One correction is enough, thanks. No need to cram it down my throat.
Well, I’m back, thanks for the great suggestions!
I was able to make it to both Dusty Strings and LITM ~ great, great places, both.
I came away with a great (!?!?!) Generation D at the Lark after trying each one of them. I really wanted one of the Shaws, but the Generation had a better price tag! And it really does sound good, so I got what I was looking for. They did have a great selection of whistles, and also kindly unlocked their case and let me play the Dave Williams keyless flute, a real beauty
At Dusty Strings I tried an absolutely killer Casey Burns boxwood D flute (keyless) that sounded so great someone actually came over to see what/who was playing 
(It was the flute, totally, I swear!)
I came away enthralled with the hammered dulcimers, by the way…
Anyway, I appreciated the advice, had a great time on vacation, and came away with a nice cheap whistle!
Life is good
Mary
I don’t know what’s available in Seattle, but as far as cheap whistles go, I really like my Walton’s.
Happy to hear you like your Walton’s.
That is the only one of the cheapies I have bought that I basically threw out! 
It may be a bit like the Generation, though ~ if you try some (or just get lucky) then you will find a good one.
In any case, it goes to show that there is definately a whistle for everyone, a whistle for every occasion, pocketbook, whoaa, there…
Mary
This is good advice, regarding harps in music stores. I’m speaking as one who knows.
Nooooo!!!
M
Come on Walden, you can’t leave us hanging like that. 
All the Best, Tom
… and that, in short, is why my daughter now plays the harp.