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I did buy the Dixon ABS piccolo, but didn’t like the sound much. A couple months later I bought a Davey Angus Rosewood fife in D, which is what I think Walt described as a six-hole simple system piccolo. Same fingering as Irish Whistle.
I will say it is a beautiful instrument, well made and I think it sounds very nice.
I will add that it has been one of the most difficult journeys of my musical life, and the embouchure required is very precise and very difficult for a beginner at any type of transverse flute. I had initially thought of it as a gateway to Irish flute, but have come to realize it is its own instrument. Anyone wanting to play Irish flute should buy one (even an inexpensive one!). Anyone who wants to play fife/piccolo whatever you want to call it, should buy one. But don’t buy one if you want to play the other.
AW
