Just for fun now . . . if you could only have three high d whistles for an indefinite period of time, what would you get (could be a dream whistle or what you can afford). Would you pick by materials, sound, . . . ?
Overton, Humphrey narrowbore (just intoned), Generation (or Sindt just because they last longer).
OK, everyone sit down, you’ll be surprised:
Bleazey, Overton, O’Riordan
Surprised? 
Wow, I didn’t even have to think. Maybe I’m cured of WhOA!
O’Riordan
Humphrey narrow-bore
Burke brass
Burke Black Tip, Copeland brass, O’Riordan Traveler.
Philo
copeland, abell, greenwood..in no particular order
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the whistle that would make me play tongued ornaments like sean ryan or brian finnegan
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the whistle that would make me play fingered ornaments like mary bergin or michael mcgoldrick
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the whistle that would make me play with soul like miko russell or joe bane
you did say “dream whistle”, didn’t you?
Alba Q1, Humphret Narrow Bore, Hoover whitecap/Oak
However, I hope I don’t have to give up my Feadan, my Feadog, My Gen, My Susato…
Ron
I’ve got 'em: Burke, Hoover, O’Riordan…
In a perfect world, however, I would like to keep my one woody - and have a fourth: Busman
Best.
Byll
- Busman Delrin for durability, packability, complexity of sound, and great looks. Perfect for travel when you want to be heard.
- Laughing for its cool telescoping design and quiet, sweet tone - perfect for
travel when you want to be unobtrusive. - Busman or Greenwood in any kind of wood for sheer beauty and complexity of sound.
O’riordan, Burke Aluminum, and Abell. Those are all dream whistles.
In order:
Chieftain Gold High D
Dixon Aluminum High D
Waltons LBW
By the way Matt, as you know I have all three 
One Serpent Brassy Singer and two Hoover CPVC’s.
Can’t vote for what I’ve never played, so these are all ones that I have:
Burke aluminum narrow-bore (Delrin mouthpiece)
Hoover CPVC with brass trim
Humphrey Stealth
I based this on variety of sound–all pleasant, all different–rather than more practical considerations, like durability.
I own them all…sigh…
Thin Weasel Wood
Busman Wood
Busman Delrin
Abell in blackwood;
Abell in boxwood;
Abell in pink ivorywood.
Oh, that’s what I have. Let me try again:
Abell (blackwood or boxwood)
Lon Dubh (blackwood)
boisvert (greenwood).
Okay, I’m two-thirds of the way there!
- Tommy K
O’Riordan - Only played one once, and I’m already addicted.
Cillian O’Briain tweaked feadog - I think these are marvelous whistles with a great upper octave.
Hoover White capped clare 2 piece - highly portable, nice sound.
Eric
I’d keep a Burke and let JessieK decide what I need for the other two, because I haven’t spend enough time with any of the high-enders to know. She seems to really have a bead on how various models play for various players.
That said, I would want NancyF’s Oriordan but hey, its taken!
I’m with you weekender . . . I haven’t played enough to say for sure, but I do like my Burke DBSBT quite a bit, so I think that would have to be one of my three.
The idea of either an Abell, Boisvert, Bleazey, Copeland, O’Riordan and Thin Weasel all sound good for various reasons to me. I may never know any of these personally 
I do like my Hoover Whitecap d/c narrow bore brass set as a great quieter practice whistle. And I am about to try out an Overton, but haven’t tried out a Chieftain for comparison. I have a Syn Nigerian Teak high D that has a velvety woody sound, but’s it’s on the quite side. I’m actually thinking of selling it, since I don’t want a quite whistle, but something with more volume. We’ll see . . .
I am definitely intrigued by the new Stealth Humphrey. I see some great choices from everyone.
Sindt
Humphrey Narrow Bore
Burke