Been directing prospective 'whistle players to this site for years, but this is my first time coming to this board.
I’m up from Austin (TX), doing some projects in Newfoundland. I brought up some inexpensive, <$100 Appalachian dulcimers to sell at cost, thinking that they’d suit Newfoundland Celtic music well.
I went to Elderly.com to order extra dulcimer strings, and ended up tossing in a 10-pack of Clarke Meg tinwhistles at $35 for the pack.
I’m thinking that I might keep a few whistles and teach a small workshop at a local pub, maybe early in the evening before sessions or live-acts come out to play.
I was also thinking that it might be fun to give a few away to panhandlers, to see if they’ll actually bother trying to play them. I’ve run across panhandlers before who asked to play the bajo I was carrying, and some were pretty good. I figure there must be some who can learn pennywhistle, and I’d happily give some spare change to a decent whistle busker, rather than someone just sitting there.
As an added bonus, the Clarke Meg is supposed to be a bit quiet, so that might keep down any “piercing whistle shriek” problems.
Has anyone ever handed out some cheapie whistles to panhandlers as a social or musical experiment? If I wanted to get artsy about this, I suppose I could film it, come back and film whoever learns it well a month later, and make a mini-documentary.
Anyone else?
fearfaoin, it has been a long time since I have seen you banter on some grammar. 
But then it has been a while since I have posted here. 
My spelling has become better as I have found a spell checker. You should see what it suggests for your name.