CP Statement from Howard Music

Whistle
1

It has been brought to our attention that there is a rumour that some of the bodies for our Black whistles are made of plastic.

  1. All our whistles since 1985 have been made from BRASS excepting for hallmarked sterling silver whistles.
  2. The black and coloured whistles are powder coated.
  3. The nickle whistles are brass nickle plated.

In some references they are refered to as being anodised, anodising is a finish applied only to aluminium.

Dorothy Howard

2

Technically, no. Other metals are also amenable to anodization - titanium, magnesium, zinc. It’s essentially a pre-oxidation of the surface. But it’s true that of the anodized metals, aluminum is most common for whistles and other consumer products.

3

I have a Howard low D and it definately has a brass body. It plays wonderfully and I love it !!!

4

I have half of one (kept the top, gave away the bottom) where I thought the body was steel - very heavy, nickel plated and felt like chairleg metal. Low E flat.

I now have it pushed on the end of six feet of plastic plumbing pipe so it works as an overtone whistle. Much better.

5

A local got a Howard head from someone who had slammed the body of his Howard low D in a car door. He cut off the top of a Shaw low D and grafted the Howard head onto it. Works pretty well.