As mentioned sometimes before I absolutely love my Feadog MK.I, and still love it as it is, but…
Recently my Killarney D arrived, and though I like the whistle, it sounds a bit shrill to my ear…(I love the velvety quality of the MK.I)
I read a discussion somewhere about the Killarney tube, if it was a Feadog Pro D tube or not. I compared my Killarney tube with both the Brass Feadog, and the Pro tube, and they are definitely different. The material used is very different, and the hole spacing is different.
Compared to the MK.I the hole spacing is very different as well. But what I discovered is that my Killarney tube with a Feadog Mk.I head makes a fantastic whistle. It has the same velvety, sweet sound, but a far more solid (sure of it self) sound…though difficult to describe, but for my taste and requirement perfect.
Now my question is, with the body at the same length as the original, but with a difference in hole spacing and hole size, what does that do with the tuning?
To my (unsophisticated) ear it sounds in tune, at least with it self…is this possible (with all the mentioned differences)?
Feadóg changed the tubes, allegedly after Cillain O Briain suggested improvements, at some point. Possibly this was after the model 1. The model 2 tubes I have are identical to the current ones, and the Killarney, in their hole spacing.
Yes, the tube of the MK.I differs from the Feadog model that is being made now (the brass, the nickel, and the Pro). But the Killarney tube that I have on my whistle has a different hole spacing than all the tubes above, the hole sizes and positions are not the same as on, for example, the Pro D. So it is definitely not a Feadog tube or copy.
Interesting. I have a Killarney here side by side with several models 2,3 and a pro and they all seem spaced identically. Ah well, as was said on the other thread, things change.
How significant is the difference? It may be possible that there are slight differences from the holes being carved out while making tuning adjustments when the whistle was finalized. There may be a difference in appearance due to different materials used for the body, but it could also be chalked up to one of the tubes being more “played in” than the other.
Late response here, but I just ordered another Killarney, and it’ll come with a brass body instead of the plated nickel. You just have to add that comment in the comment section when paying via paypal. No extra charge, and I just prefer brass bodies…my fingers slip less in my centrally heated winter universe with brass.
It makes me wonder if Peter’s onto something any maybe they do contract with Feadog for the body and that helps keep the cost down. Just a thought, and I appreciate anything keeping the cost down on these nice whistles.
I regretted selling my nickel plated one shortly after it left my hands this summer!
Hey Kevin…I couldn’t recall where I’d shipped her off to! It was the Killarney with brass feadog tube I was truly missing, and I had originally decided to order a Killarney and pick up another feadog for the tube. I’m pleased they’ll just put one together with a brass tube for you now straight off the bat.
I’ll say that when I stuck the Killarney head on the Generation body the F# was very flat so I had to carve out that hole. I’ve had to do that on Generations before, so it’s a Generation thing I think, not a Killarney thing.
When I played a Sindt that too was on a Generation body, due to the scale of the Sindt being a bit off (and me not wanting to mess with the Sindt body due to resale considerations).
