Hey folks,
Has anyone bought one of these “Ethnic Micro” whistles in the key of A?
I’m tempted, but whenever I pick up a Generation in F or G the rest of my familiy threaten me with legal action and/or illegal actions!
Mike
didn’t know they existed. Is that possible to play on with human hands?
I do believe that if you make the holes smaller, they can be more distant (can´t swear on that, maybe some whistle makers can).
That’s true. I have an Impempe F and used to have a Gen F. The Impempe is surely a far better whistle, but the holes are big and therefore it’s more challenging to play than the Gen.
I recently gave away a Susato high G. It was quite difficult to play, and my hands are of average size.
I didn’t know that whistles in high A existed. I don’t really think that a person with average size hands would be able to play one of them. At least not with ease and fast.
Why would you do that? Do you want to call dogs or something? 
It sounds interesting, but honestly I can’t imagine that it would:
1- Be very easy to play
2- Have much utility in the usual genre of whistle music
3- Be especially welcome among your fellow musicians
I for one would not want to sit next to something that piercing. I head for the bar when somebody brings out anything higher than E.
Although I have a few very nice high G whistles, anything higher than that really needs to be outlawed.
When high A whistles are outlawed, only outlaws will have high A whistles. Yep, I’m a whistle nut.
I bet it would fit in a pocket well though.
I did have a Burke high G at one time. Beautifully made, like his other keys. At first I had plenty of trouble with my fingers scrunching up and rubbing against each other. Forget about doing an A-roll. So I put it aside thinking that only small kids could play it. Then later on I realized I was treating the whistle as if it were the same as a D instrument. So I drastically modified the way I was holding the instrument, particularly the top hand, and voila, I was playing with the same kind of speed as a D. Didn’t change the piercing second octave any though.
…IF you find one, I highly recommend to you to buy yourself also full body armor protection against your spouse and other housemates, be they human or not…
Brigitte
Two years ago I made one myself just for fun. The line of the holes is a little bit offset to the fipple, but I can not close the holes anyway with my fingers .
For comparison I places a high D from Brad Anderson on the picture.
Silvano
I could see that working for the holed notes, but not changing the overall length of the tube & the all fingers down note. Narrower tubing, maybe?
I still have you all beat with my SZBE high F!
Wow, MT. 
I bet someone’s done the lowest low whistle question already. Let me guess - a modified didgeridoo with seven people needed to play it - one per hole and the guy with the biggest pair of lungs at the fipple end?
Mike
This vid of Hatao playing his Goldie-Overton bass G is the lowest I’ve seen in action, and is definitely in didgeridoo territory.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ESr6jrVSSuk
But to truly arrive at the dark side, one of the makers needs to do a whistle version of one of these:
Gosh - impressive flute, but how does anyone grow lips that big?
and is definitely in didgeridoo territory.
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBeu7o9uUM
Well, this contrabass sax is definitely in, err, farting territory 
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcoV37kRFc - sub-contrabass recorder
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcoV37kRFc - sub-contrabass recorder
that’s a whole heap of firewood 
I read an article about a high whistle that used a sliding tube over the small, narrowly-spaced holes, and, of course, I lost the reference. I think it was well above the high G, perhaps Bb or even C. Though mostly a curiosity, it wasn’t very expensive.
Though the Susato F and G in VSB really scream in the upper register, especially the upper half, the Generation F and G are quite pleasant, especially in a large room, and the comparison between the Susato high G and low G are striking.
If anyone has a link for the super high, sliding tube, whistle please post, along with any experience you might have had with one.
Seems to me someone might also have made a sliding tube for a more conventional whistle to accommodate those with limited dexterity, sort of a discrete slide whistle.
I digress; I would be curious as to how such a super high whistle compared to using fingers as stops, and, in contrast, a serious comment as to the sound and playing of the extremely low flute posted earlier would also be welcomed.
Now, for those of you who simply can’t seem to resist attempts at making cute or critical remarks about extremely high or low whistles, flutes, or any other musical instrument, consider saving some space and avoiding some clutter; resist.
Thanks