“What are those on your whistle son?”
…“humbuckers.”
the main thing here is if you dont get a Clarke original you will never be happy
I have two and I’m happy² 
i have 4-by the way you play banjo beautifully
Don’t worry. We weren’t going to.
And you sir are obviously a scholar and a gentleman with a most discerning palette 
… thank you. I think Clarkes are very nice.
I just bought a Sweetone. Can anybody tell me if it is pronounced Sweet Tone or Sweet One?
It’s cute and red. I like the breathiness. It’s quieter than my acorn, but the notes are bendy. Maybe it’s the paint making the edges of the finger holes not as sharp as I’m used to?
Cavefish: On the other hand, the question is, whether “original whistle” is good or not so good. As I see it, it can be either truly sort of “idol”, or, on the other hand, it can be obsolete bit in evolution - served good, but now we have better.
To argument a little bit - evolution happens with almost all instruments - for example, first guitars had slightly different shape, and strings made from guts - now we have metal/nylon. It seems rather similar sort of evolution to me - it´s not traditional really, but the sound is preferred by most people.
Again, as in most things, it seems to be matter of personal point of view - as with high/low end, with lots of ornaments/few ornaments etc.
And a note to those who think that Clarkes take too much air - either stop smoking or do some lung training 
It can take a little above average air, but I´m no exceptional breather and it makes me little trouble (as my friends who have them).
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Cavefish: On the other hand, the question is, whether “original whistle” is good or not so good. As I see it, it can be either truly sort of “idol”, or, on the other hand, it can be obsolete bit in evolution - served good, but now we have better.
To argument a little bit - evolution happens with almost all instruments - for example, first guitars had slightly different shape, and strings made from guts - now we have metal/nylon. It seems rather similar sort of evolution to me - it´s not traditional really, but the sound is preferred by most people.
Again, as in most things, it seems to be matter of personal point of view - as with high/low end, with lots of ornaments/few ornaments etc.
And a note to those who think that Clarkes take too much air - either stop smoking or do some lung training It can take a little above average air, but I´m no exceptional breather and it makes me little trouble (as my friends who have them).
Oh, I´m sorry about that multiple post, don´t know how come this happened. A plea for mods - delete them all except the first one (or the last one, it doesn´t matter ).
Yup. I heated the head of one of my whistles to loosen it so I could “tune” it a bit. I then grabbed the beak and tried to twist it loose.
The result looked more like a barber pole than a whistle. LOL
…john