I have presently held my WhOA in check. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, I won’t say.
I have 13 whistles at the moment including my first one, Feadog, my favorite one, Elfsong C and D, a Meg which I’m thinking of giving to my dog as a chew toy, and waiting on a Sindt D which should come soon to make 14. I do have an aluminum low D that, with my small hands is very hard to play. Think I’ll use that as a weapon against bodhran bangers.
You won’t be disappointed by the Sindt,Dan. 
I’m not sure how many I have right off hand… I know I have… well, I’ll just list them.
Clarke Sweetone in D and C (Nat. finish)
Clarke Original in D and C (Painted livery)
Clarke Original in D (Nat. finish)
Two MK II Feadogs- one doesn’t work that well due to a tweak gone wrong.
Black Weltmeister in D (I HATE it with a passion!)
Susato Kildare Soprano D in Black
2pc Doolin in D
so that’s… 10 whistles…? Yes, 10 whistles. Gee, my math skills are atrocious! 
Tick
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… waiting for JessieK to chime in
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… and blow everyone else out of the water…
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serpent
What a shame we suffer so with WHOA - et al - and I also suffer CHAD (chromatic harmonica acquisition disorder). But, to the subject at hand:
Hoover A
Hoover F
Sindt D
BrewerPaul D Mopane
Burke G AlPro
Burke Low D AlPro
Burke Low D Comp
Dixon low D
Dixon Bb
Scattered unused Generations, et al.
BillG
I’ve been whistling for just over 6 weeks or so…
1 Susato Dublin D & 1 Generation Brass D(For keeping in the car)
1 Acorn D & 1 Clarke Sweetone C (For work)
2 Susato Kildare Tunable D’s (one for a spare)
2 Dixon High D’s (again, one for a spare)
1 Water Weasel D
1 Silkstone PVC D
1 Generation nickel-plated C
1 Gereration nickel-plated Eb
1 Acorn (passed away - tweaking malpractice)
1 Dixon Low D
In the delivery room (not here yet but on the way)–
1 Overton D
1 Kerry Low D
I only have 5 (so far 
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Feadog D
Clarke D
Generation C and Eb
Dixon Non-tunable Low D
We’ll see if that doesn’t grow in the near future.
A.J.
Hi HWebbjnr,TWELVE whistles after SIX weeks and another TWO on the way (!!)Now THATS what I call WHOA! At that rate,maybe it should be ‘Whoa boy WHOA!!’
[ This Message was edited by: kevin m. on 2003-02-22 15:50 ]
1 sweettone D
1 Generation D
1 Oak D (poison)
1 Oak C (also poison)
1 acorn D
1 Waltons D
1 Feadog D
1 Dixon Low D
1 Susato VSB D
I have to say I play the Susato the most- I have trouble with both my generation and Feadog with the upper octaves- I buzz real bad and there seems to be a lot of wind noise- which is a shame because my generation has a nice sound on the lower octave- but i rarely play it because the top octave sounds so gross…
oh and I have an elfsong D on the way- i can’t wait because it’ll be my first high-end whistle.
-Angela
[ This Message was edited by: atarango on 2003-02-22 16:02 ]
Well, let’s see:
1 Clarke Original D
2 Clarke Meg D
3 Little Black Whistle
4 Oak D
5 Feadog Brass D
6 Bamboo Bb by Erik the Flutemaker
OK, grand total of 6 whistles
Including whistles that are on the way, I just counted 43 but I might have missed a Susato or two. I won’t list them.
I play in a lot of different styles and contexts so I really only have two or three I play in most keys. More high and low D and high C though.
The only cheapies I like are Clarkes. I like all the high end whistles I have: Overtons, Burkes, Copelands, Sindts. On the way: Grinter, Abells, Reyburn, Busman. I’d be very surprised if I don’t like all of these. I don’t have a favourite sound: I tend to find something to like in any well made, distinctive, whistle. I don’t buy whistles unless I’ve researched them and like what I read. I had a very good idea of what I was getting with each high-end I’ve ordered so far and I haven’t had any unpleasant surprises.
On 2003-02-23 13:22, Wombat wrote:
Including whistles that are on the way, I just counted 43 but I might have missed a Susato or two. I won’t list them.
Brace yourself Wombat, the SADS (Susato Anti-Defamation Society) will be along soon to getcha! I never say stuff like that any more - I’d rather post on religion than risk the concentrated displeasure of SADS.
I think I’m down to 9 whistles now, not counting the ones I’ve given to my kids. An Overton, 3 Dixons, 2 Clarke Originals (one Larson tweaked), a meg, a Waltons and a LBW/Feadog hybrid. Then there are the 5 fifes, 2 drums, flute and accordian. My wife’s guitars, son’s clarinet…
Every corner of the house has some kind of noisemaker in it.
Jim, what kind of Bodhran is that?
(oi, my spelling!)
[ This Message was edited by: paul on 2003-02-23 22:54 ]
I don’t know, but after today I have one less. I gave my sister my Walton’s LBW, and after 30 minutes of trying it out, she was starting to sound pretty good! In about 3 or 4 months, she’ll be able to kick my bew-tox!
I. My favorite whistles:
Burke Brass Pro Session D
Burke Brass Pro Narrow Bore D
Susato VSB D
O’Briain Improved Eb
II. Not my favorites (for one reason or another) but good-playing whistles:
Burke Aluminum Pro Narrow Bore D
Burke Wide Bore Brass D
Susato SB D
Susato SB Bb
O’Briain Improved D
Sweetone D (natural)
Feadog D (brass)
Generation D (green top brass)
III. A few inferior whistles and botched tweaks, not worth listing.
On 2003-02-23 22:27, Paul wrote:
Jim, what kind of Bodhran is that? >(oi, my spelling!)
[ This Message was edited by: paul on 2003-02-23 22:54 ]
Hah! It’s actually closer to a Lambeg drum than a bodhran.
Really, it’s a rope-tension rudimental bass drum, made by the Cooperman Fife and Drum Company. Number 422, to be precise. In a pure coincidence, I also own number 22, which I bought about 20 years earlier!
I’ve got a set of Asarkars, a Clarke, a Sweetone, 3 Hoovers (one of which is a tabor pipe), a Jubilee bagwhistle, and a maple whistle made by Adler.
I haven’t purchased any whistles in the last couple of months since the last time we did this kind of thread. So the number must still be around 41. I didn’t look, but I wonder if Jeesie showed her impressive whistle collection, again. (I should have copied it to use as my computer background screen.) JP
I’ve been playing for about 9 months and I have not waded into the high end whistle pool yet. I got a Dixon 6 weeks ago and it is holding off any symptoms of WhOA, I hope until after our trip to Ireland in May. Here’s my collection
Generation: D brass, C and Bb nickel
Feadog D brass
Clare D
Walton LBW D
Sweetone D
Meg D (OK) and C (abominable)
2 Oak Ds one poison, one with a LBW head
Susato Kildare D. I am afraid I’ll get a hernia playing it.
Dixon D Brass Slide (as noted above)
Mike