There’s one for sale on eBay.
It’s not my listing, i just found it and thought someone here may like one. The only issue with the MKI as far as i’m concerned is that the tube is shit with intonation all over the place, but put an Eb Gen tube on and certainly the one i have is a seriously lovely whistle.
Well worth a couple of quid anyway!
So there are still MKIs available on the market? I have looked at the item](http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Irish-Tin-Whistle-Penny-Whistle-D_W0QQitemZ160224140399QQihZ006QQcategoryZ91502QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem%22%3Eitem) on ebay and the seller said that he bought it last year.
The seller did not, in any way mention that the item he’s selling is indeed a Mark I Feadog.
But of course by looking at the photo, one will really think that the whistle being sold is an MKI.
It’s either:
[1] he bought it in a shop where there are MKI leftovers,
OR
[2] the seller used a stock photo (not the actual product). And with this, i believe that he doesn’t know much about Feadog.
…just my thought.
The seller did not, in any way mention that the item he’s selling is indeed a Mark I Feadog.
I don’t believe that folk other than those on this board would know or care that there are MKI, MKII or MKIII Feadogs. The manufacturer doesn’t even make such a distinction.
he bought it in a shop where there are MKI leftovers,
This is quite possible. I bought a half dozen NOS Feadog MKI’s a couple years ago. All were like new except for some discoloring from UV exposure.
the seller used a stock photo
Easy enough to validate, ask the seller if that is his own photo of the whistle for sale.
The MKI Feadog remains my favorite cheapie.
Feadoggie
Same here. Why they totally redesigned the head completely astounds me.
Why they totally redesigned the head completely astounds me.
Perhaps everything else than music is considered when these whistles are produced. Take the casting process of the fipples as an example:
Why is there a chamber underneath the windway? To make them sound better? Jerry Freeman came up with a reasonable explanation for this:
The wall thickness must be equal in order to prevent warping when the plastic cools . . . in other words, the chamber has nothing to do with making them sound better, on the contrary,-the presence of a chamber makes them sound worse.
To answer your question in one sentence: -Because they’re not whistlers . . .