Ok, it’s in Japanese, so I don’t understand it, but I love it anyway!
I do recognize the words Chiff and Fipple, The Whistle Stop, Andrea Corr. And I saw some nice photos of whistles, one of a cute Japanese baby, one of a nice golden retriever and a couple of Andrea Corr. I guess some things are universal.
Check it out:
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Holy smokes Jim what a cool site. Did you click on the whats new link in the left box. It takes you to a page that has two links on the top. The secound one has some Japanese words with the words "dead links’ in english. If you click on that link it opens a page of about a million links in english. I could spend a hole day on that page easy. Great find Jim.
Tom
Bro Steve’s Dah Blah Blah in Japanese! How cool is this???
I’ve just added the site to my ‘whistles folder’.It has some good photos-Mind you the ‘Fairies transfers’ or whatever they are on the ‘personalised’ Shaw low ‘D’ are a bit mind boggling aren’t they!!
Wow. Incredible site. I wish I could figure out who is beyind it. I’ll email Masami and see if you can tell me.
Dale
The link just below the what’s new link - someone has a very serious case of WhOA!
One link brought up this…
“The Clare Tin Whistle coming from County Clare, the home of Irish Traditional Music, is one of the oldest musical instruments of Ireland. Its ease of playing makes it the perfect instrument for learning music.The Clare Whistle has been made in Ireland for over 200 years. It is a traditional Irish Instrument in the key of ‘D’. The tin whistle is still today the main musicial instrument taught in schools throughout Ireland.”
Can Clare whistles really claim to have been made for over 200 years? This would go against all my previous understanding, that it was Clarke whistles taken over to Ireland by the Navvies that introduced the whistle into Irish music. (as described in A Bit of Pipe With Six Holes)