Pink goggles.
Ok all I want to know is which one of you guys leaked my Lip/Windway design? The windway ant the Lip are the Exact same shape as mine! The mouthpiece is a little different but hey I don’t have THAT many tools. Seriously though, If those whistles sound like mine then they are mui excelante! 
Tell you what I’ll sell ya one of mine cheaper 
. IF you don’t mine stinky fingers from copper. It’s true though Aluminum does make a nice sound, but it’s easily scratched, nearly impossible to weld or solder, therefore it must be glued, or pinched together. Glue would be better in my book as long as it’s flexible because if his mouthpiece is not aluminum, but the tubing for the body is, then they’ll expand at different temperatures causing air leakage, and weird acoustic defects. Crimping would be bad because it would distort the metal.
Well, Well, Well.
This time I have a First, I have Played one,
The guy who makes them came to my work shop a few years back to look at what I was up to.The next time I saw him was in the spring this year, at a music Fair in Granton on Spey.
This time he had five of these whistles with him, so I had a go and was impressed to the point of wanting to buy the red one, but he would not sell it to me!.
Sounds full not to sure of the tuning though.
This whistle is the main reson that I came back to the work shop and updated my whistles,as the Shinty goal posts had moved.
He only lives 40 miles away from me so I am bound to see him again soon.:roll:
Wizzy
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On 2002-11-22 04:51, wizzy wrote:
Well, Well, Well.
This time I have a First, I have Played one,
The guy who makes them came to my work shop a few years back to look at what I was up to.The next time I saw him was in the spring this year, at a music Fair in Granton on Spey.
This time he had five of these whistles with him, so I had a go and was impressed to the point of wanting to buy the red one, but he would not sell it to me!.
Sounds full not to sure of the tuning though.
This whistle is the main reson that I came back to the work shop and updated my whistles,as the Shinty goal posts had moved.
He only lives 40 miles away from me so I am bound to see him again soon.:roll:
Wizzy
[ This Message was edited by: wizzy on 2002-11-22 12:16 ]
Not a first I was standing there next to you (playing some of your goods) when he came into the room.
Erik
Aww, I wanna be able to go to Scotland and try out whistles! 
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[ This Message was edited by: jeffmiester on 2002-11-22 16:56 ]
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Not a first I was standing there next to you (playing some of your goods) when he came into the room.
Erik
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Small world an’t it.
How are you doing?
Stace
Today I heard from Misha about his whistles. Actually, it turns out I heard from him in early August and somehow missed his email, which read as follows:
Hi Dale,
I have just joined your subscription list so I ‘d thought I’d drop you a line. I have been following chiff and fipple for a few years and would like to thank you for creating such a valuable resource for players and makers.
I am just starting out making whistles with the aim of making some really good instruments – I feel like I’ve got a lot of ideas to try out. I would very much like to send you an instrument when I’ve made a few more. I have just put a website up for my whistles at http://www.mkmusiconline.com. Feel free to check it out and offer any words of advice !– its not quite as slick as it could be but it’s a start. I would be very grateful if you get a chance to add a link from the c and f site. I stay in Scotland and work as a musician playing low whistles in a fusion band. As a kid I played traditional music but I have know branched out a bit and I play with 5 other guys (guitar, drum kit, accordion, fiddle and bass) around the Uk and abroad as much as poss. – we have a site at http://www.croftnofive.com. I am hoping that I will have time in the future to play and make instruments.
I look forward to receiving future issues of the newsletter and hearing from you and please do not hesitate to ask if I can help in any way.
Best wishes,
Misha Somerville
Ah. Another very pleasant whistle-maker! So, hopefully we’ll have one of his whistles soon to report on. I have written Misha and invited him to post a message here further introducing himself and his work.
Dale
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[ This Message was edited by: DaleWisely on 2002-12-02 19:51 ]
Hey, THAT’S HIM!
Stacy wrote:
Small world an’t it.
Yes. Shrinking every day
I haven’t posted for a while but I thought I would as I have tried a few of Misha’s whistles. Misha asked me to email him if I wanted a whistle and he’d let me try a few from the next batch he makes, so I can get a good idea of the sound and a chance to pick the one I like the best.
While I was waiting for him to finish his next batch I went round to folk revolution and tried the three they have there, though I didn’t have time to test them out properly. I will give a proper review when I have played a few at Misha workshop but I found them very well made and they had a robust slightly breathy sound to them. They ones I tried in the shop came with a nice bag and a wooden handled and cotton brush/cleaner for them.
I’ve known Misha since I went to school up north and I know he’s been working on his whistles for some time now. He is a perfectionist and would not start selling them until he was completely happy with them. He also studied engineering at Strathclyde Uni before croft no. five took off and I think this shows in the craftmanship.
Hope this helps.
Was surfing back through past threads and noticed this…so I thought I’d post a wee note to introduce myself and say if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask away. The web address is now www.mkwhistles.com and my email is info@jazzwhistle.com.
P.S. Lost those pink goggles - anyone any ideas where i can get another set? 
That explains why the old link wouldn’t work for me!
At the same cycling shoppe you got the Lotto jersey! 
I heard the EMILY SMITH band play in Goderich Ontario last August and Jamie McClennan had an MK Whistle which he played when he was not playing fiddle. It sounded great but I did not get a chance to talk to him about it.
You might be able to hear some clips at http://www.emilysmith.org
Dang! I’d have loved to see and hear it in action. Guess this is what I get for ignoring the Emily Smith band that week.
My band-mate owned an MK for a few days. During that time, I played the low D for about 5-10 minutes. My hands fit on the whistle, perfectly. The maker knows something about ergonomics. It was responsive through its entire range. The ramp was the strangest thing I have ever seen on a whistle. It wasn’t a ramp. It was a ‘wall.’ It looked like the thing would never play, but play it did - beautifully. The maker was experimenting with a purple anodized finish, and it was not perfected. The whistle felt sticky and fingerprints were visible in no time. My band-mate sent the whistle back to its maker.
Bottom line IMHO? Well-wrought, expensive addition to the list of thick-walled low whistles that are availalble to us. Playability: excellent, with a very responsive action, through-out its entire range. Sound: Full-bodied, including the low end, but don’t expect a ‘cosmic drain pipe.’ Finger-spread: Modest, but piper’s grip advised. Workmanship: Up to professional standards. I feel the anodizing problem was just that…a problem - that will be solved. However, I am surprised the whistle was shipped in that condition. Intonation: Spot on, over 2+ octaves. Back pressure? Medium
Worth the price? Your call…
Best I can do after only a few minutes playing time.
Be well.
Byll
Thanks for the comments Byll. Just to take on the anodising point; the limited edition purple whistles were done at a different anodisers and did come out with a slightly sticky surface due to the sealing process. The reason why I considered them fine to ship was that the surface problem rectifies itself with some playing time. In any case we will be sticking to our usual anodisers in the future.
Thanks again,
Misha
Aw, darn, and here I thought I’d made a new discovery in the whistle world.
I played one of these at Hobgoblin London about a week or two ago. I took pics but have lost my little data transfer thing so they’re stuck on the camera.
The shop had two whistles in stock, a black one and a red one, both Low D. They didn’t have much information on the maker: they said it was a “WK” whistle from “up north” - so I’m glad we have the right information on this thread!
I didn’t need to use pipers grip and was able to cover the holes easily. I really liked the sound of this Low D, but I’m not in the market for a whistle and £140 was too steep for my wallet, which is currently infested with little concertina-buying germs. If they had had a high D, though, I would have been very tempted. Very sweet sound, easy to change octaves, and no clogging for the two tunes I played, even though I hadn’t warmed it up or anything. I was impressed. And the fipple ‘wall’ design is very cool and eye catching.