The whistle of the week :)

Ok, this weekend I made a Low G. I wanted something to get used to the piper’s grip, but the Low D seemed too much, so I made this shorter whistle.
I think the next one will be a Low C, mainly to feel the difference.

Well, thanks to this nice key, for the first time in my life I managed to “play” something on a low whistle :slight_smile: I’m very, very happy!! It is not easy (for me at least), and I still can’t play at a decent speed, but anyway, I recorded a soundclip to let you hear the sound. Is not the best whistle I got, the sound is airy, requires a decent amount of breath, couldn’t hit the third octave, but I like it anyway because is my first Low G :smiley: But it can be considered quite sweet and mellow, too :wink:

Ok, here are a couple of pics with a High D and a Low D for size comparison:




And here is the soundclip. Yes, I know it sounds like being played by a whistle newbie, but I am actually a whistle newbie, so I think it’s OK :laughing:

SOUNDCLIP: Down By The Sally Gardens (well, kinda actually; shortened a bit)


And lastly, I appreciate if anybody can tell me the diameter of the soundholes of a Low C as I don’t own one for comparison :slight_smile:

That is a very nice whistle, but sorry I don’t know the diameter of the C air holes.

Sounds good.

You can get size and spacing for the tone holes by using the calculator at
http://www.cwo.com/~ph_kosel/flutomat.html
Angelo