Instead of 'jacking another thread, he is my question;
What is your favorite A whistle and why?
(I ain’ts gots no A.)
Sindt. Plays and sounds good.
Best wishes.
Steve
No surprise there.
Does the Sindt A have the same tube diameter as a Sindt B/or Bb?
Thanks!
Don’t know. Don’t have/use a B and for Bb have an old, dimpled Gen, a Freeman tweaked and a Mac Hoover head on a Gen tube. If I can’t find the sound I want from them, probably can’t find it…
Best wishes.
Steve
Yes, it does have the same tube diameter. They share the same head.
I also like the sindt best. The new dixon trad in A is pretty good, too.
Löfgren. Kevin Crawford agrees 
To be fair i haven’t tried any other A whistle though..
Any other A whistles?
How about affordable/obtainable A whistles?
A friend gave me a Susato A. Works fine but I have no use for it so I never play it.
Mack Hoover, white cap, aluminum body.
My only A is a bright blue anodized non tunable by Colin Goldie and I love it. I play it in our band and it sounds terrific. Breath control of these is different than for a lot of other whistles, but once you get used to that , they’re a joy.
My first A was an old-style Susato (machined out of PVC stock with a wood block) that I got around 1980. It was a great player.
Of the later moulded-top Susatos, I had a narrow-bore A that played very well. It had the same bore and head as the Susato high D. It had a bit of that old-school Generation-like sound and playability.
And I have one of the newer medium-bore Susatos in A that I’m not crazy about.
I’m a fan of the traditional Generation tone and performance, so I made an A body for a Generation Bb head. This whistle plays very well, my favourite A for traditional music.
It’s the whistle on the far left; in this photo are Generations in A, Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb, and F
I would think the Freeman Low A whistle based on the Bb Generation would probably be the best-playing inexpensive A.
For ‘legit’ gigs it’s the Burke A. Like all Burkes it’s butter-smooth throughout the range, right in tune, with a clear sound.
Isn’t there a SoCal uilleann meeting tomorrow? I could bring a couple A’s for you to try.
Richard
I own a Dixon in A, aluminum body, and I like it a lot. It’s very easy to play, the sound is pure with a little amount of chiff that usually I don’t like, but in this key is perfect, tuning is very good.
Thanks but I’ll be working.
Haven’t been to a meeting in months in fact.
I’ll be there, Richard, and wouldn’t mind trying your Generation A.
My only A is the Susato M-bore, which I’m quite happy with. A very nice whistle, especially for the cost.
For me, Bracker (but you knew I was going to say that)!
To be fair i haven’t tried any other A whistle though..
And I’ve only had three (the others being the original Overton I’ve still got and the Chieftain NR I’ve just sold).
I know you really like the Brackers but could you elaborate
a little.
I was hoping Hans UK tour was going ahead so I could try one myself.
Thanks
Fantastic tone (a complex mix of sweetness, tight core, chirpiness, clarity and decent volume) and response (both stable and expressively biddable) with modest air demands.
Consistently well made, well tuned and well matched in a way that, despite the obvious/necessary differences between, say, a high D and a low D, gives a reassuring feeling of continuity as you move from size to size, with what little that initially caught me off guard (eg best top ‘C’ and third-octave ‘E’ fingerings) not just non-problematic but also consistent throughout the range.
Great maker to work with, leading to what I believe have been some mutually beneficial developments.
Very good value for what they are!
Can’t wait for the tour!
+1
I have owned a number of nice A whistles but I have never had one which I have enjoyed playing as much as the Bracker which I received several months ago.