It's a Bird! It's a Plane! NO--It's a Pennywhistle!!

Whistle
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I got this a couple years ago and wondered if anyone might know the origin, etc. The mouthpiece is sure odd. When I got it, I wondered why it would not play, then I noticed it was full of cobwebs!! After cleaning it out, it plays, but quite a bit FLAT in comparison with most other whistles. It’s (sort of ) a D. One of the shots shows it next to an Oak and a Dixon. It is made out of an early kind of plastic. The two rings, one near top and one near middle are (or were) glued on. One is loose. The one that was on the bottom is missing.




Tom D.

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It looks a little like a flageolet (the real kind, not a Generation penny whistle, which for some reason they refer to as “flageolets”). Does it have any holes on the back?

Redwolf

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There are no holes in the back. It plays like a slighly ‘flat’ (for want of a better word) pennywhistle. I have seen French metal whistles of similar construction and with that winged mouthpiece.

Tom D.

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An A=415hz flagolet? (relatively modern instrument tuned to historical pitch?)