Currently manufactured Whistles

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Hello Every one:-) I am attempting to come up with a list of all the brands and makes of whistles currently in production. I am looking at high end and low cost, the good, the bad, and the pretty:-) Basically any whistle that you can buy “New”. I have come up with a list with the various online resources, but I would like your feed back in case I left any out, or if some of the ones I listed are out of production now:-) Here’s the list:

Clark:
-Classic (With and without Gold Dimonds)
-Sweet Tone
-Meg
-C,D

Generation: -C,D,Bb,Eb,F,G
-Nickel,Brass

Walton’s: -C,D
-Perri D,C
-Little Black Whistle
-Guiness
-Golden Tone
-rainbow

Oak: -D, C
-Acorn (D)

Shaw: -E,D,C,Bb
-Low A,G,F,D

Susato: -High G, F, E, Eb, D,C,Bb,A
-Tuneable, nontuneable
-wide bore, narrow bore, very narrow bore
-Dublin

Clare: -D

Eagle: -D

Feadog: -D,C
-Brass,Nickle
-The Cillian O Briain Modification

O’Grady: -Brass D

Mel Bay. -Brass D

Michael Copeland: -Eb, D, C, Bb, Eb, D, C

Overton: -Alot of keys

Chieftain: -not quite a many but still alot

Dixon: -d,c,Bb

Hoover: -Brass,pvc
-D,C,low G

Silkstone: -D,C,Bb
-Gold Ring
-Tunable Alloy

Harper: -Egraved,non-engraved
-tunable, non tuneable

Kerry: -Songbird

Sweetheart: -Rosewood Whistle
-African Blackwood

Also are there any C&F’ers in Nova Scotia? I’m looking for a people also afflicted with WOAH. Together we can beat it! Or maybe they will know where to get a Susato………

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Bart,
You’ve left out over half the intermediate to upper end whistles. Check out the main Chiff & Fipple site under Expensive](http://www.chiffandfipple.com/Expens.html%3EExpensive) whistles
Missing from your list are
Abells, O’Riordans, Burks, Roses, Sindt, Thin Weasels, Water Weasels, Tully, Swayne, Seery, Parkhurst, and Grinter. Also The Dixon come in almost all the keys, tunable and non-tunable.

If you check in the Buying](http://www.chiffandfipple.com/Buying.html%3EBuying) on the Net page on C&F and go to each of the vendors, you’ll find a large number of whistles currently available, without even contacting any of the makers. Many of the highend maker only sell directly, so you have to check with them.

If you find a whistle not on Dales lists on C&F, drop a note to Dale. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it and add it to his list.


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Enjoy Your Music,

Lee Marsh

[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh (again) because at 1 am last night I read the message 3 times and still left out a word or two. The word I used in the sentense was solidly in mind but never made it out through my finger tips. ]

[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-05-15 09:56 ]

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Thanks!:slight_smile: I missed that completely. Ok, so added to the list are Abells, O’Riordans, Burks, Roses, Sindt, Glenn Schultz’s Weasels, Tully, Swayne, Seery, Parkhurst, and Grinter, I also amended the Dixon to cover all of the keys. A lot of the high end whitles are really beautiful! Ok, what do you think is the most beautiful looking whistle?:slight_smile: There are three that get my vote, a Rose (The black wood and the brass, gorgeous), a engraved Harper (Very elegent), or The original Clark (I’ll admit it, I do like the gold diamonds). I’m going to make the list up in to a table so it will be easer to view and I won’t waste space posting it again and again. Thanks again:-)

“That’s some nice flutein boy”

[ This Message was edited by: Bart on 2002-05-15 03:20 ]

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Don’t forget Mid-East whistles (made in India). The mid-east.com site (the American importer) has brass pennywhistles in high D, C, B, Bb, A, and low G. And they have low D in nickel plated. Also cane whistles in D, C, B, A, G, low F, low E, and low D.

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Ahem, Clarke has an E to it.

Waltons also make the Mellow D which is of wider bore than most Ds, in Brass and Nickel barrels, as well as the normal bore D in Brass and Nickel.

Feadog make a variety of coloured coated D whistles, my favourite being in Black. These can be found in Irish tourist shops.

There is a Clarke Celtic Sweetone with celtic-like patterns on it, I’ve seen one in a green finish, as well as a spectrum of colours of the normal Sweetone, plus natural (no coating).



Nabi & Sons (of India) make a variety of bamboo whistles, I have one in D and it’s suprisingly good.

Clare whistles come in one piece or two piece, in D.

Doolin whistles ditto, also manufactured in county Clare I think.

If you’re counting different fipple colours, Generation allegedly do a Green “Folk” Fipple, though I’ve never seen one myself. Feadog Fipples mark II and III are still available in the shops, black on the Nickel Barrels and Green on the Brass Barrels.

good luck with the list! Martin

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Cooperman still makes whistles. They offer a rolled tin whistle in D, a maple wood whistle in D, and a persimmon wood whistle in D. Their whistle page is at http://www.historylives.com/level.shtml?37 .

Also, there are some rather unusual-looking brass whistles available from the following site: http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg29c.htm It doesn’t list what key they’re in, and the same site also offers the tin Coopermans I mentioned already.

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To add to your Silkstone list, I believe there is a new D+ model out now.

And you missed Alba and Howard.

:slight_smile:

MCM Transatlantic Whistle Detective Agency - no case too small.
Branches in London and Salt Lake City

[ This Message was edited by: Cees on 2002-05-15 06:05 ]

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Don’t forget the Kerry Low D and the Kerry PROs whistles.

Joe

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There definitely is. Thom tried to sell me on the D+ (modal D) when I recently got my alloy D. I fretted over it, and eventually decided I was an old dog, and didn’t need new tricks. The very next week, the singers in my band handed me sheet music to 3 songs they wanted to learn, and I kid you not, the sheet music as written all could have used the modal d (hitting that C below D)! Grr!

Greg

On 2002-05-15 06:05, Cees wrote:
To add to your Silkstone list, I believe there is a new D+ model out now.

And you missed Alba and Howard.

:slight_smile:

MCM Transatlantic Whistle Detective Agency - no case too small.
Branches in London and Salt Lake City

[ This Message was edited by: Cees on 2002-05-15 06:05 ]

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No one has mentioned Copeland yet.

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Oh, yes, someone has. :slight_smile:

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Hello,
List of Susato Whistles is incomplete.
We also make low -G-,-F-,-F#-,-E-,-Eb-,-D-,
and a low -C-. Models are two-piece
tuneable (Kildare) and one-piece non-tuneable
(Dublin) Check out our website at http://www.susato.com for all whistles available.

Mike

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Don’t forget Reyburns. As far as elegance is concerned, in metal whistles the Howard brass high D is a strong contender.

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Elfsong Whistles out of BC (There is an old thread somewhere with a link to thier website) and Erik the Flutemaker’s Dublin bamboo whistle.

Cheers,

Stef;

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Hi Again Bart,
Just saw the bottom of your post. For
Susato whistles in Canada’s Maritime
Provinces try either
Halifax Folklore Center, Halifax
Tel: 902-422-6350
or
O’Brien’s Music Store
St. John’s, New Foundland
Tel: 709-753-8135

Mike at “SUSATO”

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I think you missed ALba. Don’t take this as an endorsement though. I have one and it is beautiful to behold and finished masterfully. Just doesn’t sound all that great (at $150) and requires standby oxygen. The collector in me won’t part with it. Philo

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Hey there bart, just found this chiff & fipple thing. saw your reference to nova scotia. I was hitching through there 'bout three years ago and left a low Eb whistle in the red shoe pub in Mabou, inverness county. I made it for the pub with some plumbing and a chainsaw file. Can’t remember it too well but think it played O.K. Big stretch for bottom hole though. Made a Bb whistle for a wee lassie in a nearby farm too where I stayed. You anywhere near those parts? Awesome part of the world, might emigrate there!!
P.S you can buy Susatos in halifax in a wee shop near a library and not far from a college or something.

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Anyone mentioned the Laughing Whistle?
I want one but…

Steve

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Let’s also mention Bingamon’s Jubilee whistles.

Available in PVC models or in copper in:

A
Low A
Low G
Low F
Low E
Low Eb
Low D
Low C
Low Low Bb
Low Low A

Also available in “small hand” hole spacing.

With interchangeable flute mouthpiece available for some models (a great idea, like Dixon)

And brass models in high keys
C
D
E
F
G
Bb

High models also include one with a tassle a la Captain Picard, and a double model.


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You can also get the plastic Silkstones in G and A (as a one head, two body set).