My Copeland Low D which I’ve been waiting for with bated breath(yes I’m turning blue!) since Dec. 15th 2002 (so who’s counting?) FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY!! 
What a beautiful,shiney thing it is 
! I’ve so far just been running a few scales- straight from that lovely rich,‘flutey’ bottom D to top B ,checking the tuning and playing a few snatches of tunes,trying to get acquainted.First impressions suggest that this is certainly a real ‘professional’ instrument with lots and lots of potential which I have yet to uncover.Well worth waiting for-delivery time is spot on the 3 month estimate,bar a slight delay caused by the British postal service.I’m certainly WELL PLEASED with my latest acquisition!(YEAH!! ). I think you get the picture by now!
The best low Ds in the solar system, IMHO.
Agreed 100%!
Philo
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Try playing it in the bathroom. It will practically take your breath away when it starts reverberating back at you.
Mine too.
I deg to biffer.
I have an Overton low D that I love, and a Burke…but the best I have ever played, and I’m still kicking myself for selling it to Doc who sold it to Avanutria, was the Copeland.
I sent an e-mail last night to Rachel Rementer,to say that the whistle had arrived in one piece and how thrilled I was to finally own a Copeland.I’ve had a further practice session just now,and I’m impressed! I must admit that in my impatience,I didn’t allow the whistle to warm up and I had a bit of clogging initially(mind you I was drooling a bit!- is it a fullmoon tonight? 
).After the whistle was warmed through,we were away.The tone is very rich,but what is very impressive is the ‘balance’ between the octaves- Richard MacEachain mentioned this to me in an e-mail,and he’s absolutely correct.This instrument really is a superb bit of work and Michael Copeland deserves to be congratulated for producing it. 
Hi Kevin,
Like I said, it’s very hard to describe but when you play it you know!!
You may find that Cn is a bit funny untill the whistle warms up, I can sort of get around it by playing oxx xoo untill its warmed up.
Cheers, Mac
Hiya Mac, Yeah-I thought I had problems with Cn last night,but I tried it against a tuner and adjusted the slide slightly and it was fine. 
After awhile you can play it
really fast. By the way, susato thumb
rests work, the smaller ones, I believe,
in case you find that useful.
So THAT’s the history of Beth’s Copeland! Got to try it out when she was here. Sweet whistle! I want to save up and buy one of my own now someday. Course, I have yet to try an Overton…
Copeland=One Incredible Whistle
Every home needs one of each. But if you have to choose, choose Copeland. Not in any other key I’ve tried though, although they are still good whistles. But those low Ds are just magical. For other low whistle keys: Overton, Burke and Grinter
dude it’s all about your personal preferance.
…I got to play Seamus Egan’s…I’ll bet no one here has done that!
Now wait a minute! Is this your way of telling us that Seamus Egan isn’t TubeDude?
I had a Copeland low D arrive on my doorstep a few days ago, too. I haven’t had much chance to play it yet - just a few minutes that first day. However, I am positively impressed so far; the whistle looks great, and the stretch is very easy on the hands. The actual holes might be slightly further apart than on, say, Overton or Dixon, but the narrow bore (especially the right hand section, of course) makes the reach much more comfortable for me than on those other whistles - and I am not one to complain about low D reach in the first place.
The whistle plays well. The air requirements are spot on for me, but I also asked JimR for the whistle to be an “easy blower”. Still, the low end is quite assertive without being very loud, and the high octave is nice and comfortable without being the slightest shrill. The whistle still has plenty more volume than a Dixon, so that’s just perfect for me.
The Copeland “feels” much different from the cylindrical style low whistles I have played before. Earlier on, I have always considered low whistles to be completely different beasts from “regular” tin whistles: The response and ghostly deep “ooooh!” sound of an Overton-style low whistle makes it feel very unlike high whistles. The Copeland on the other hand feels much more like a “big tin whistle”, retaining the characteristics of high whistles, with only the pitch to differ. These characteristics of the Copeland, compared with the Overton-style low whistles I’ve used before will definitely require some getting used to on my part, but at the moment I am hopeful I will end up a big Copeland fan.
I also had Jim & Mike return to me a high D Copeland, which I’d sent back for revoicing. Before, I had found the whistle much too loud and shrill for my liking. After revoicing, it plays absolutely beautiful. What more to say? I’m happy!
Hey, Jens. Just occurs to me that your avatar is the double-slope pyramid…
Are you an egyptologist as well as whistlolowgist?
Hi Zub,
Yes, for a living I’m a software engineer, but in my free time I study Near Eastern Archaeology and Egyptology at Copenhagen university. I’m about two thirds of the way towards a bachelor’s in NEA, but I have actually been studying Middle Egyptian (the language, ie. hieroglyphs) for the last 1½ years.
The photo is indeed the Bent Pyramid, located at Dahshur. The photo was taken when I visited the site three years ago.
Jens
You might want to have someone else play the whistle for you, or you might want to play it in the bathroom for a little bit. The wall around the window really damps the sound for the player; it might have a much louder, even richer sound than you perceive. That said, the lowest note or two on mine are a tad weak. I’m still thinking of sending it to have these improved, but honestly it’s such an incredible whistle as it is, I’d be afraid something else might need to be compromised.
PS – learning Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs? I’m impressed, and I don’t impress easy!