The guy at our local woodwind shop plays SweeTones entirely in
the second and third octave. Itās actually pretty incredibleā¦ from a
distance. He can half-hole like nobodyās business, which means he
doesnāt see the sense of stocking whistles in keys other than D 
Oh, I have not found it on mine! I will have to have a look tonight.
H
Ah indeed. The other part isā¦ a sore wrist, RSI & carpal tunnel syndrome. You dont know what those poor flute players have to suffer for their Art.
I may be crazy, but I think the angle of the hands when playing a
flute like a low whistle would be much harder on the wrists than
playing it transversely. I know itās easier for me to play my M&E
flute than any of the low whistles Iāve tried.
Oh, how peculiar! I find the straight forward flutes, much more ā¦straight forward. But I guess a lot must come down to the morphotype of the individual. I know this sounds a pathetic but its me double jointed thumbsā¦ and I dunno short arms. (Otherwise it would be me versus Matt Molloy, Ha ha ha 
)
Or perhaps playing the flute just takes a more twisted kind of individual than the whistle.
(what is M&E?)
Sorry, it is a brand of Irish flute made by Michael Cronnolly.
Hereās his website for more info:
http://www.irishflutes.net/mef/
I found this thread interesting and having a noname, cheap concert flute at hand, I found that the top ring would fit quite snugly into a Tudor plastic, alto re****er, head. I then cut some 27" wheel size bicycle tire tube to use as gasketing between the two top rings, to stop air leakage.
I was very surprised when this thing sounded good. It is in tune and sounds good until you get to low D. C# and C are quiet. C is very subdued, but D and above sound quite nicely. It goes into second octive easily and some of third octive.
A bit of mother of invention with a dash of lady luck and I have a new plaything.
Jerry
Itās not too well in tune (especially past gā'), and the fingerings are different:
D OXXXXX
E XXOXXO
F# XOXXOX
G XOXOOO
A XXXXXX
B XXXXXO
C# XXXXOO
D XXXOOO
IsnĀ“t there a medical hearing condition called tinnitus? I believe youĀ“ll get it if you persist playing your Feadog in the third octave!
Bah, humbug! All a myth!
As all the dogs on my street can attest, my Gen high G goes into the third octave. Click the link for a sample!
Screaming Meemies
Hear it?
