And many whistles give a usable Bb with xoxxxx (1st octave) and xoxooo (2nd octave), or a variation of those fingerings. Close enough for blues … 
wages of a misspent youth me thinks…
I’ll admit that i didn’t watch the whole thing…but really??
The “secret” to playing the whistle?? After playing it for how long exactly?
I’m of the opinion that the secret to the whistle(and ITM in general) is to never think that you’ve figured everything out
Probably as long as he’s been making them…
http://eriktheflutemaker.com/Pennywhistles.htm
He’s just showing his customers how he plays –
pretty much by feel, I think, without any fancy
music theory-laden terminology. Nothing necessarily
wrong with that…
This one is equally amusing, at least accent- and
hat-wise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f51yPfhQZn8
He’s a funny guy, and he does good things with his time and money. I wants me one of the saxes, I does.