Hello all!
I would like to introduce myself here as I have been a lurker for a long time but never a member.
My name is Todd and I live in Indiana. I am a 39 year old single father of one teenage boy going on middle aged man I think sometimes. I am proud to be an American and patriotic through and through but also very proud to be of Irish decent.
And take that heritage very seriously.
I am a relatively new whistle player and tend to find myself most concretely in the Low D camp. I do love all whistles but something about that haunting Low D that I just cannot get enough of. I am also a guitar player though when i played actively I was not into Irish folk unfortunately and have not played much in years. Funny how you get married, have a child and get wrapped up in your career you lose site of a lot of those important things that made you who you are. Hence picking up the Irish whistle as a new thing just for me what I have always wanted to learn.
I currently own a Tony Dixon Composite Low D that I use for most practicing as that is nice and quiet so as to not wake up my teenage son late at night when i tend to have time to practice. I also have a Burke Viper Low D that I bought last year because I wanted to have a metal low d well just because dont we all need more whistles 
I do love that whistle and it plays like a dream especially for a noob like myself. Very forgiving!
Well today I finally took the step of aquiring my dream whistle when it comes to haunting tone and what I hope to be my best friend for the rest of my time here on this earth, a Goldie Overton Low D. I am so excited because I really thought that one of these was out of my reach but low and behold I ran across one at the Irish Flute Store used and quickly snatched it up! And I want to give a bit shout out to the gentleman that runs the Irish Flute Store as he was very helpful and a joy to do biz with! I will no doubt go back to him for future purchases providing my Overton makes it home in one piece
Anyway that is a little about me and I want to thank all of you for all of your wonderful insight into my new hobby and I look forward to being an active member here and not just a lurker
