I finally did it–I ordered a Burke Brass Pro Session D. This will be my first expensive whistle, and now I have the waiting period . . . Those who have one already can maybe tell me what musical joy and pleasure I’m in for?!
Congratulations! I just took the plunge too and ordered a Serpent Python Low D - my first nice whistle as well! I can’t wait…
I have this same kind of whistle. It’s a very nice instrument, in tune, solidly built, never clogs. I like it a lot. I bought it directly from Mike Burke, and in fact, buying this whistle was what saved whistling for me (at the time i had given up on whistles alltogether, and decided to stick only with flute). Recently i haven’t played the Burke much, but i still can’t bring myself to sell it.
I think you will be happy with your new whistle.
Oh, if you are also getting Mike’s whistle pouch, don’t stick your brass whistle in the pouch right after you play it… let it air dry for a while. If you store your brass whistle still wet, it may rust inside (aluminum is probably more tollerant).
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Let me know how the Serpent whistle is. I was looking at those too and might get a low D sometime, well, after I pay for this latest round of WHOA.
Thanks for the tip on the brass and the pouch, glauber.
You should love it. That Burke is my most played whistle.
congratualations!! 
, you’re a sharp shot!!(sharp shots don’t need shotguns)
buying a burke high D brass is like going hunting with one bullet, you only need one deer!! you’ll never need another high D
You’ll love it. You can’t go wrong with Burke.
Okay…here’s the scoop…
I got a Burke. . .I got 90% of the rest of the high end. . .the Burke is spectacular.
Tyghre, a very very very beginner on the whistle, is upstairs RIGHT NOW playing it, and he has said, NOT JOKING, that I’m not to let it leave the house except to go to session. He will NOT permit me to loan out this particular whistle. He says it leaves my possession over his dead body.
Stable bottom, sweet on the top, trustworthy transitions, not a flaw in the whole lovely thing. Okay…wait…one flaw, the O-ring is finicky. They’re easy to find and replace, but it is a real PITA to have it displaced. So I never let anyone take it apart, though it appears most people have this burning desire to do just that.
I have a wide bore brass.
Them’s good whistles, cj.
Tyghress, I think Teflon tape would work as well as the O-ring in an emergency. Just not as elegant.
Teflon. . .got it. . .and that’s okay, I’ll provide the elegance myself
I have a half a thought to creating a whistle ultimate maintenance kit. It would have oils and polish clothes, spare O-rings and the Teflon tape you mentioned, some duct tape too, dry swabs, a git pick, probably a mild cleaner for the metals (something like the Cape Cod polishing cloth). Of course you don’t need much…but this sort of kit is fun!
Well, whether or not it’s any indication of what the real Tyghress is like, your online persona is undeniably elegant.
Good idea about the maintenance/repair kit.