I had a nice surprise the other day! My husband has a co-worker in Ireland. She came into town a few days ago and brought with her a Walton’s “Guinness” Black Whistle…for me! (My hubby talked whistles with her back when I was waiting for my Elfsong). What a nifty little whistle! I haven’t tried another Waltons since my less than optimum experience with my Mello D, but I’m going to have to revise my opinion, at least where Waltons’ aluminum whistles are concerned. This one is a definite keeper!
If I remember correctly from Dale’s review on the main C&F site, this is basically the Little Black Whistle with a cream-colored head and a Guinness label. I really like the look of it…the body is matte black and, with the cream-white head, it really does look a little like you poured some Guinness into a long, skinny test tube 
. It’s EXTREMELY light in weight, with very thin, fairly fragile, aluminum walls…you definitely wouldn’t want to just jam it in your hip pocket. The plastic of the head piece is different from the plastic in my Generations and Feadogs…it’s also lighter, and might tend to be a bit more fragile. The sound, however, is far from light-weight…this whistle has a strong, assertive voice! Good, solid bell note and plenty of volume (you could play this in a session no problem), but not at all shrill until you get up into the range where just about any whistle is going to be shrill (around second-octave A and B…and even there it’s less shrill than some of my other whistles). Moderately higher breath requirements than some, but not excessive…I only noticed it at first because I found myself running out of air on the final note of longer phrases, and it was very easy to adjust for. The tone has real character…just a bit of chiff, and a timbre that’s almost “growly” (in a good way…like the sound you hear produced by some folk and jazz singers). It doesn’t squeak at all…you can really lean into it without upsetting it in the slightest. Not at all “airy” or “woody.” It’s very different from most of the whistles I have in my gig bag, but it’s different in a most appealing way. If this is what most Waltons Little Black Whistles are like, I can see why people like them so much!
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