Amazingly and seemingly suddenly, I realized (or think I realized) that all my whistles - cheapies, highenders, the lot - sound and play and are beginning to look exactly alike in respective keys. I have been advised and have discovered through research that I am apparently afflicted with sudden WHOA reversal syndrome (SWHOARS), for which there may be no cure on the horizon. This may mean that I have to sell off or donate to charity all excess whistles beyond one (any one apparently) in any given key. I am told there are worse afflictions as some lose sensitivity to whistle key/size; I am thankfully still able to discern such differences.
Is there anyone I can see regarding this matter or perhaps some heretofore little known cure? As an example, someone showed me side by side what I am told was a set (Eflat, D, C, Bflat, A, G, F, D) of O’Riordan concert whistles made from African blackwood with sterling silver fittings, replete with etched shamrocks, and once played and blessed by the great Joannie Madden, and a set of Sweetones, remarkably made in the very same corresponding keys. Upon seeing, handling and playing all the whistles in both sets, I was unable to discern which was which, except for key.
You have shared, and got it off your mind. Now just live with those whistles. Take comfort in knowing you have your favorite whistles, and that others may still search a life time.
Don’t be fooled, readers. By encouraging you to drop off the waiting lists of the finest whistle-makers, Phil is weaseling his own way to the top. He’s in cahoots with Peter on this whole thing!
PhilO, in order to further the research into this phenomenom, if you will send me all of the whistles in your collection, I will make an in-depth study, that may take weeks, no … months, of serious study on my part. But I am willing to sacrifice my time and effort to help you. SWHOARS need to be stopped in it’s tracks before it spreads!
in knowing you have your favorite whistles, and that others 
may still search a life time.
