I just want to know many of you guys play a susato irish whistle i have a susato high D with a c and Bb with it, i also have a susato low d.
Hmmmmm…
Right…this isn´t english, isn´t it?
I don´t play it and I wouldn´t - I prefer tone of sweetone, and the price too ![]()
You will find that Susato is quite popular in Ireland. My High D susato tends to be one of the top 3 I play (in order of frequency), though it has stiff competition from my Silver Sindt (easily my favorite whistle) and my Burke DBSBT. Still, it sees a lot of play time.
I have one, but don’t use it, save to lend or when dishing out a bundle of whistles for a workshop or such. Never liked it, though I’d prefer it to any of Clarkes/Sweetone/Feadog, for example. I have a Jon Swayne boxwood whistle as my best high D whistle, which is in a totally different league, but before I got that I played my old Generation (or, for a while until it snapped, a Walton’s “Little Black”) in preference to the Susato. I have had a couple of goes on Low D Susatos and was quite impressed by them - though not enough to buy a 2nd hand one I didn’t need for £45 a couple of years ago. If I hadn’t already got my Lymm, I probably would have bought it as I thought it was one of the better production ones I’ve tried, and I would recommend them above quite a lot of well known Low Whistle names!
Susato is one of many whistles I play from time to time.
Although my main session whistles are my Overton and O’Briens and Burkes, depending upon tune and circumstance.
–James
My Susato High D is one of my favorite whistles. I find it similar to my Burke composite. I prefer the Susato, because it has a sharper edge to the sound a bit more volume.
I also have a Susato Low D and find the finger reach for the lowest note to be a stretch (mine is keyless, and now they offer a whistle with one key for the lowest hole).
I’ve had a Susato Low D for years. Car whistle. Hiking whistle. Beach whistle. I think of it as my “beater.” (And, at this point, it LOOKS it!)
Seems indestructible. EZ to play. Totally in tune. Always answers the call!
I too have Susato whistles…a soprano D “S” series and a tenor D with two keys. I love them both, the tone and volume are excellent but my O’Brien Rovers get the most play when it comes to the high D. If I ever find a wooden low D that I like I’ll probably switch preferences.
i have a susato vsb in d. it’s my best whistle. i play it in church. i like it.
I have one.
I still I hate it.
I have played other Susato (the same kind in fact) and they rather good.
I think I just got a lemon.
It happens.
I have one in the key of high E I use when helping a friend break sheets into pieces for her stained glass work. Or, for signaling when the Brittish are coming
I’ve got a Susato Kildare low G and A whistle, I don’t think they’re particularly great, although I like the volume they have, as well as their strong bell note.
Oh ya?
Well I can signal bats in a 100 mile radius.
I tired that, didn’t work… what key are ya using? ![]()
I think the Susatoes (the plural has an e
) are a good whistle for volume, which is what you need if you are playing with other instruments, usually. I’ve got a couple of them in low keys. I’ve never tried the high ones, but their reputation is of strong volume.
As is usual with loud whistles, they take a little more wind than some other whistles.
I suspect they are a little more reliable than some other brands of mass-produced whistles.
I have one in the key of high E I use when helping a friend break sheets into pieces for her stained glass work. Or, for signaling when the Brittish are coming
Well I can signal bats in a 100 mile radius.
I tried that, didn’t work… what key are ya using?
Any key will do - you’ve just got to BLOW harder!
And who says the British are batty?
I have a number of them. I find they’re my “special team” whistle. I grab one when I want a recorder-ish sound for a certain song. (I usually play “Leader Of The Band” on a low Eb Susato) Or, when I need to play a passage in a different key, and don’t have time to warm up a metal whistle before playing. The Susati (how’s that for a plural?) will speak in tune without any preamble. They’re also useful for playing for congregational singing - the low ones will stand out in a mix, rather than getting lost in it. When I’m going for “volume” over “pretty,” that’s when I use one. ![]()
I will say that I like the low ones better than the high. I use them up to around B or C, but higher than that, I’m not as fond of them. If I’m going up that high, I’m usually on a Hoover, a Silkstone, or an Overton. And, I still really want to get a Low D and a Low C Susato, just to fill out the herd.
I have a high D and like it a lot. I didn’t at first but it grew on me. It is a very in tune whistle and has a well defined C#, C. Some people talk about it being “recordish”. I have heard a lot of recorders I would call
“whistleish”. Pierre Alexander of Cercamon plays a beautiful whistle. I couldn’t believe it when he told me it was a recorder.
Ron
I busk on an old Susato C, which is a terrific whistle.
Made nearly 50 bucks with it last Sat.