"Irish Whistle Flute"

Whistle
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I came across these at Apollo’s Axes. It says that it’s a low D for only $32!:

http://www.apollosaxes.com/irwhisflut.html

Has anyone had any experience with these instruments? I’m sorely tempted to get one, but have to put it off for now. Maybe next month…

If anyone has tried these I’d like to hear your impressions!

Thanks,
Aldon :smiley:

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More than likely made in Pakistan or India. Just a guess based on the price and lack of a brand or maker’s name.

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They look identical to the ones often for sale on ebay from India. Don’t know how they play.

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Indian. Avoid.

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Someone was kind enough to send me a couple of these to inspect to see if they could be tweaked into respectability.

The conclusion …

Not.

They’re all metal, soldered construction, which means there’s no way to adjust the fipple block. To say that tuning is random would be speaking mildly. So on both counts, timbre/playability and intonation, they’re impossible. Every now and then, someone reports finding an acceptable one, but it’s not something I would ever gamble my money on.

Best wishes,
Jerry

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I ordered several 8 dollar whistles from them the other day. At eight dollars apiece, you can only get screwwed so bad. I got 2 cane and 2 brass. Something I can cut on and glue on and drill and burn and bend and stuff without breaking the bank. Who knows, I’ve heard that a few out of every bunch wind up being decent.
I got and A and G in brass, and an A and FF in cane. All 8 bucks apiece.
I didn’t try the 32 $ brass low D. I have seen that for a little less somewhere or other. Anyway, they have brass down to Low G for 8. Cane to low EE when in stock, which they wern’t)
Hey, for the price of that one low d, you can get 4 insted! You’ll spend the same amount, but have 4 times as much junk to set around!
Hey, people buy plenty of 8 dollar whistles that are practically unplayable without some tinkering. These couldn’t be much worse.
Did I mention originally my name in here was Cheapasskevin?

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looking for bandsaw and arc welder
lol

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Okay, so I guess I won’t bother :sniffle:, though it would be really cool to have a decent low whistle for that price.

I guess it’s back to saving for the Casey Burns flute :slight_smile: …

Thanks for your replies!

Aldon :smiley:

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hey, I’m half Indian!!
haha…:wink:

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  1. Buy a decent high D whistle.
  2. Marry it.
  3. It will be twice as big in no time.
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I had one of those whistles in nickel for a while, it had a pretty good sound and the intonation wasn’t bad. my problem with it was that the toneholes were kinda sharp.