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Thanks and good luck.
-Paul
These pipes were a good investment for sure. Talking of which, tell us whenever you sell a briar or meerschaum whistle. I’m not proud, I’ll take it Kenyan, if Turkish isn’t available… 
Well, I was the lucky buyer of this set, and it arrived yesterday!
First impressions follow:
The low D is a three-piece whistle, with a head section, a body section containing the first five finger holes, and a foot section containing the sixth hole. The tube is thin walled, black anodized aluminium, with the mouthpiece itself being made of delrin. There are a some brass rings at various places along the tube. The set also comes with an extra, interchangeable Eb body section, which can be used with the low D head and foot sections to turn the instrument into an Eb low whistle.
The whistle has a very small outer diameter, but since it’s so thin walled, the inner bore might actually not be that much more narrow than on other low Ds (I haven’t checked though). However, the small outer diameter makes the whistle easier to grasp. Finger holes are small to medium’ish, and the reach, while certainly longer than on, say, Overton, Dixon, or Copeland low whistles, is still easy to handle for me. The whistle’s got a bulge at the intersection of the body and foot sections (ie. between the 5th and 6th finger holes), but at least with the way I hold the instrument it’s not in the way.
Now, how does it play? 
It’s got relatively low back pressure (so the second octave is easy to hit), but the air requirements are relatively high, so you tend to run out of air more often than on, say, Overtons.
However, those high’ish air requirements get some of the credits for the whistle’s sound, which is a lovely complex, slightly airy sound - especially so in the second octave. Volume is good.
My initial feelings are very good, but of course time will tell whether the whistle and I will really bond.
Cheers,
Jens
“You don’t know how lucky you are, boy…” :roll:
I don’t? 