I am a teacher who makes whistles as a hobby. I make them in five different keys and they are tunable. I use aluminum or lucite for fipples. Since March, I have sold over 2 dozen on eBay and have had some very positive reports back. Email me at davidpeterobrien@yahoo.com if you would like more information or pictures.
Have you thought of sending one to Dale for a review?
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I just sent Dale a message about a review of one of my whistles.
Sending one to Dale for a review is a good idea (even better idea…see if you can get several people to review them). It’s also a really good idea to make a webpage, if you want to sell these to people over the internet. There are exceptions, but most people want, at least, to see what the whistle looks like and maybe hear a sound clip or two before they buy…and a lot of people are reluctant to email someone unless they have a pretty good idea already that they might want to buy from him.
Redwolf
Hey, I’d review one 
Would these perchance be the angled head whistles I’ve come across on Ebay?
waitingame
I really like the sound of copper. It seems a bit warmer than brass to me. Good luck with your endeavors.
Dana
Bingo.
Then again, redwolf, these whistles ARE going for C $10 at the moment. It’s not like we’re talking $100+.
I think chancing a buy might be an idea, and if I do buy one, I will of course supply sounds clips and a review.
Then again, it IS nevertheless a good idea to send Dale a test whistle, since a review from him does have an authority which one from me .. well, won’t (total whistle playing time = 4 months *g).
I mean, I can compare it with three others. Dale probably with 3 hundred others.
OK, now back to watching my eBay ‘Sie beobachten die folgenden Artikel’…
Yes, those are my whistles on eBay and C$10 is my starting price. I have a reserve price. Usually, they go for around C$50 or 60, including shipping. Some have told me that that is still quite a bargain. I will be sending Dale a whistle to review tomorrow.
I’d be happy to sent anyone who wants it a picture and more info. Email me at davidpeterobrien@yahoo.com
So David what’s the direct price i.e. cutting out Ebay and their charges?
waitingame
The reason i suggested Dale is because this gives you a chance of getting a spot in the C&F whistle review pages. Since you don’t seem to have a Web page, this could be a way for you to get some visibility. If the whistles are good, Dale should give a good review. Of course there’s risk involved. 
Ebay link:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=chilliwackdavid
It’s almost enough to give me an attack of WhOA!
Hi-- and welcome to Chiff and Fipple. Be sure to check out the commercial postings message at the top of the board. Dale and gang are really good to us whistlemakers, and we shouldn’t rile them with commercial postings. So far, you’re fine, but do read the message. Paul
Thanks for the welcome. I read the warning and I have been answering people’s questions with private messages and emails.
OK, that lucite fipple is really cool!
Steven
Very cool indeed! 
Mr. O’Brien: I am also a teacher. I teach a Sociology of Music course on the 8th Grade level, and advanced Sound Recording Technology on the college level. Part of my living is made playing hammer dulcimer and whistles…I work with lots of really talented kids on the side, who learn to play both instruments…I would be honored to review your whistle for you…
Best of luck in your endeavor…
Bill Stine
Byll
Well, Mr. O’Brien…My offer to review your whistles was supposed to be a PM, but somehow it became a post. Sorry to somehow have broken the commercial post policy, but the offer stands.
Best.
Byll
The “bent” O’Brien Bb whistle I won on Ebay has just arrived. Less than a week from Canada to UK and well packed too so great service.
First impressions are mostly good. The angled mouthpiece certainly looks different!! The whistle is heavy which for me is good. Although there are a few tool marks on it the whistle looks great and is certainly well-made.
Tuning is absolutely spot on both to my ear and to an electronic tuner. The bell note is Bb almost exactly and the whistle remains as faithfully in tune up and down the scale in both octaves.
Standard crossfingered C Nat (as relative to D) is also spot on.
This whistle is mellow and quiet and just a tad too breathy for my liking. However, the only audience to have heard me playing it thus far (my long-suffering whistle widow of a wife) thinks it sounds just great. Now, unless she’s after my credit card for a day’s shopping I can tell you this is praise indeed.
My only tiny niggle is that the tuning slide is very short (maybe because of the angled nature of the mouthpiece) and just very slightly loose in its fitting although strangely it feels secure enough when playing. I’m guessing a small amount of beeswax may completely solve this perceived problem. There is really next to no ability to make the whistle either sharper or flatter. But, then the tuning IS spot on as is.
Given the current price of this whistle I’d say it has to be true bargain and I’d put my money on David O’Brien’s conventional (straight) whistles being even better.
Congratulatons, David. I for one will be keeping my eye on further developments of your whistles.
I got one of Mr. O’Brien’s whistles in the mail yesterday. I’ll be posting a thorough review at www.tinwhistler.com/music/reviews.asp in about a week or so.
So far many of my initial impressions are the same as waitinggame’s. I’ve come down with a bit of a cold, so I want to be sure I spend some quality time with the whistle when I don’t feel terrible before giving my final words on it, though…keep an eye out!
Greg