I was surprised too..You can actually see a little brown in the head under bright ligtht. I seem to recall reading that blackwood darkens with age.
I’m not a wood expert, but a quick google search tells me that African blackwood is known as Dalbergia melanoxylon (a type of rosewood) and ebony is Diospyros spp., so they do not appear to be related.
Oh, BTW..here’s a quick recording of Fraher’s Jig on the whistle..
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/reviews/greenwood/frahers.mp3 (250K)
I couldn’t hear anything… but I’m sure that it was wonderful, Wanderer 
If someone can tell me what I didn’t do right, I still would love to hear the clip!
Weird…had a couple friends try it, and they could hear fine..maybe your volume was muted? 
Did you try right clicking and save target as? I have trouble getting files to run if I click directly on them in the browser.
No problem hearing it on my Mac.
Sounds nice. (A bit like my Busman bloodwood would sound if I could play like that.)
Hmmmm…must be me then, since I have a Mac too. Maybe my speakers aren’t plugged in again. Yes, that happens to me frequently, but no one needs to comment on WHY! 
I’ll go back, Wanderer, and get it to work.
Took the whistle to session yesterday. I was quite pleased with the way it sounded Probably post a review next week.
I sold quite a few of my whistles after I got my Greenwood Blackwood D. I’m not really interested in any other D’s anymore. I call it, whistle shock therapy. I was so shocked at how good of a whistle it is, that I haven’t bought a D since. (I have bought other keys though! 
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STOP IT!!!
Seriously, I’m already considering selling my brass Copeland D. I’m waiting until I write the final review before I completely make up my mind, but at the moment, I think the chances are good that the Copeland goes on the sale block.
Hey,
That’s funny. I sold my Copeland D too after I got the Greenwood. Along with a few Burkes, a Silkstone, a Busman, an Overton, and a partridge in a pear tree!!
Steven,
Stop being so darn difficult and order one already! You know you’re going too, so stop resisting and give in to the “dark side”. Muahahahahah…
But my O’Riordan (with his sidekick Weston) would convert it to the BRIGHT side!!!
I’d like to peek in here for a quick shout of “thanks” and gee, golly, gosh…aww shucks…
Ya know, I* don’t even have one of my whistles! I can’t keep 'em. My wife has managed to acquire 4 or 5, and I’m left playing nothing.
Davey, you find any o’ dat lemonwood you were raving about yet? 
Yeah, I, too, am waiting for that!
ME FIRST!!! I SAW IT FIRST!!! 