I’ve probably said this before, but it comes to mind often.
I consider myself extremely fortunate to be spending so much time in the world of pennywhistles. Such great people, such a pleasant focus.
What triggered this little soliloquy is this feedback from an eBay customer:
I love my penny whistle. Makes me happy.
It’s just a bit of pipe with six holes, doncha know.
Magic.
Best wishes,
Jerry
You may find this surprising, but I have never once received a note from a student saying, “I love my grammar and composition textbook. It makes me happy.” No accounting for tastes, eh?
Jerry, you bring much good spirit to your work, to this board, and I imagine to all whose lives you touch. I’m so glad you have found your place in the whistling world!
Carol
I too have been enriched by the world of whistles, and by your place in it, Jerry.
Best to all on a crisp October evening.
Byll
Jerry your tweaking is a treat!
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=581&highlight=trick+tweak
You’re a big part of what makes this a great place, Jerry. I still chuckle and think of you whenever I hear someone mention the word spacer. 
Jef
My first two whistles:
Thanks for giving so many of us a leg-up.
Good fer you, Jerry. Makes it all worthwile, don’t it?
When I’m at home a Jerry-tweaked is nearly always within reach and often in hand and mouth. I’m glad you enjoy tweaking them because I sure enjoy playing them.
Good luck, Jerry, and thanks.
My favorite whistle: a Jerry Freeman tweaked Clarke original. 
Tweak on!
I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles. -Ben Franklin
-Steffi
Welcome Steffi.
I have to agree… both with Mr. Freeman, and with those who have his work… This is a great place that I would be hard pressed to do without, and I love my Jerry Tweeked MellowDog.
If I were a rich one, I’d have more of his work… and Pauls, and Davids, and Phil’s, and Bill’s, and Chuck’s, and Stacey’s, and Colin’s, and on and on and on (not even getting into the recordings!!) … I love whistles, whistling and this great community of whistlers!
I am constantly stunned by Jerry’s grip on positive values.
This is also evident in his work. The Mellow Dog is a truly iconic whistle - a real stand-out in the low-mid-price range.
Have to agree with Annie, the Freeman tweaked Mellow Dog is my favorite too. That’s the first one I really liked. Also have an Irvine tweaked Feadog, a wooden one (brand unknown) and a WhistleSmith.
Each one has their special tone, to me, but Jerry’s tweaked Mellow Dog is the only one I can reach most of the second octave on. Still haven’t been able to reach the B and A, second octave.
Thanks, Jerry, for a fine whistle!
Donn
Aye, magic and a bit o’ heart as well … does make for happy!
Aw, Jerry…group hug. Except for the @#$% rodents.
I trust you aren’t including marsupials in that accursed exclusion! 
I’m pretty sure wombats are no more rodents than are kangaroos.
That said, try as we might, our front legs are a bit too short, and our bums a bit too large, for us to take part effectively in group hugs.
Group gropes are, of course, something else. 
Mr. Freeman
For almost a year, the MellowDog has been my one and only whistle - I consigned my first whistle (a Gen “D”) to the bottom of the drawer a few weeks after I bought it. Had it not been for that whistle, I would have given up whistling a long time ago (and I know several people who want to shoot you for that! ).
I firmly believe that any “Freeman Tweaked” whistle should be the whistle of choice for the beginning whistler (especially the musically ignorant beginning whistler) due to its ease of play beautiful sound and comparatively low cost.
You are a bright star in the sky of the “whistling challenged”. Thank you for what you do.