My Syn just came in today, and after a quick bubblebath (it was turning my fingers gray in seconds) I can’t stop playing it! Unfortunately, I have this hacking cough right now that doesn’t permit fast intakes of breath… oh the tragic irony! So it’s slow scales for me today, and getting used to C and Eb again!
The sound is just so lovely. Thanks for everyone’s input. And thanks to my old dad for buying it-- as he said “that’s the cheapest instrument I think I’ve ever bought”-- being that my sister is a violist and a guitarist. $$$
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My dad never bought me a tinwhistle…though I think my mom did. All my dad bought me was…two keyboards…a guitar…well, I guess he’s clear. And I know what you mean when it comes to colds and air intake. My first homemade ceramic whistle came out just horrible tone-wise because I couldn’t really hear, or play it…all that congestion. Ack! Glad that’s long since over with. 
