Does anyone know what make of whistle Julie Fowlis plays?
I’d seen that before, and agree that it looks like a Feadog, but I’m not sure. Almost certainly is if it’s low-end, but maybe she has a more expensive one?
But in this picture, it looks like a Chieftain:
Could be. That’s a low whistle.
It’s impossible to tell for sure from that clip. There’s no logo sticker on the tube, and the whistlehead could be either Feadog or Waltons.
Best wishes,
Jerry
There aren’t any high end whistles that I know of with a brass body and a
green plastic head. But she does own some more expensive whistles, as
evidenced in the picture above.
It is hard to tell, but to me the tube looks too wide to be Feadog. My money would be for either a Mellow D or Mellow Dog.
Here is the latest vid of her playing whistle with Dochas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlDL2OQH9Y
As far as I can tell it is an Abell she is using.
David
It could be a Fred Rose, but it’s hard to tell.
b
This may be overkill, but I just sent her a myspace message directing her to this thread. Maybe she’ll respond to me or directly to the thread. 
Hope she responds…that would be too cool. I am spending WAY too much time on Youtube tracking down every little snippet with her in it. I’ve also got a couple of friends addicted to her as well.
well she seems pretty hot! 
Phil Hardy just sent this email out…
“I just noticed a thread on C&F about what whistles Julie Fowlis uses. Well the answer is that she uses an Abell high Eb and a set of Chieftains that were supplied some months ago. Maybe somebody could post the info on the Julie Fowlis thread.
Cheers.
phil.”
Damn. I’m really lusting for an Abell, now you’ve just made it worse! 
KAC
Nice vid! But that’s STM! Heresy?
No…no, this won’t do at all. If things are clarified, how can I justify the time I spend watching the videos trying to figure out which whistle she’s playing? No, this is not acceptable at all. Phil Hardy’s information is disallowed.
Maybe we could turn this into a “what whistle did she USED to play?” thread? Cause that’s no Cheiftain in the Transatlantic Session videos on Youtube.
Gotta go. Duty calls.
OK. I guess I have my answer. Though it appears she’s used others in the past.
Eb? Not D? I wonder why.
It’s an Overton, probably in A.
Haven’t we all? 
Sometimes people play in Eb because it sounds “brighter”, especially
when recording. Though, I doubt she uses an Eb exclusively.
I was trying to find a good Transatlantic video with her playing whistle,
but I couldn’t. Would you be kind enough to post a link?
Actually Arnie…read up. It’s a Chieftain.