Between high and low D(or lower), what would you like, or have already, and why?
Couldn’t figure out how to put this in a poll form, so you could select more than one!
F is usually a nice key for whistles, not too large, nice sound.
G is useful for playing stuff in the key of C
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Without question you must have: Eb, D, C, A, Bb, F, G, Low D. 
I’m serious!!! 
Well, going down, I have C, Bb, A, G, F, Eb, C. I’ll get around to filling in most of the missing keys sooner or later.
Why? Well, I play whistle in lots of musical contexts including the backing of vocalists. I could find myself requiring a whistle in absolutely any key. Here I cover all of the more common keys except E. I have a high E but not a low E. Fairly soon I hope to have added Db, B and Ab. In the keys I already have, I usually have several whistles. As I add unusual keys, I’m unlikely to get more than one for each.
If you play in a band with a vocalist it’s always handy to have all available keys.
A common mistake in bands is trying to dictate the key to the singer. The overall sound of the band is often diminished by this.
Sometimes even a small thing like a semi-tone can make a huge difference to a singer.
Slan,
D.
Something in E actually comes in handy once in a while, I suggest the lower E, rather than above E. I wish I had something in F.
I agree entirely. My high E is a bit shrill for most contexts. I hope a B whistle will cover E for most needs. A whistles will do for E in some contexts.
“A” is usefull when playing tunes in D with notes below the bottom D. If I’m learning from sheet music, I move everything up 3 notes and finger as if playing the C natural on a D whistle.
Angelo
I have the littlest Gen (G?), E, Eflat, D, C, Bflat, A, G, F, D. I’d really like to try a Low E at some point (I hear the Burke composites are nice).
Best,
Philo
Between high and low D I have:C,Bb,F,and a partly made Eb.I want a low Bb!
-Kelly
I have a eb, f, d. I would love to have a Chieftain brass low A or G.
Between the D’s, I have B, Bb, A, F, and Eb. My current favorite is B natural because the sound is especially pleasing and fits my hands well.
dapple, Just curious, what kind of B natural do you have? Maker, that is. mike
Miwokhill - My B natural is one of Mike Burke’s Composites.
dapple, --thanks! mike
I have a Hoover aluminum-Whitecap A and a Jerry-tweaked Shaw G.
I just get in the mood for something a bit lower sometimes.
The Hoover is very easy to play, and I really like the timbre–complex, but not raspy. I can get a pretty good variety of sounds out of it by bending notes (overblowing and underblowing) and using diaphragm vibrato.
The Shaw is pretty easy to blow, but the fingering is a killer for me (much more difficult than the Jubilee practice low D–even using the piper’s grip). It’s a bit raspier than the Hoover, but not unpleasantly so. It’s not quite as loud as the Hoover, though.
My first whistle was an Overton Low D. At one point I had in my posession about 10 low D’s. Currently I have two, the original Overton and a Bleazey in Mopani.
My other low whistles are a Copeland Low F (for sale by the way), an Overton Low F and Low C and a Bleazey Low G.
I am currently trolling for a wooden Low F (trade for the Copeland?) and maybe a low A.
Between D’s I have
Dixon C, Bb,
Overton A, and F.
My most desired low keys (probably Overtons):
E (natural) and the C below Low-D.
The E nat would play a nice A for the old-time/blue-grass.
I also want it for playing around with Blues tunes.
The low C is for play along with folk stuff that is often arranged in C.
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