I have been listening to liveIreland Radio and have heard some wonderful music that sounds to me and whistle and piano together - anyone have a source for sheet music for such a combination?
pastorkeith
I’m sorry I can’t lead you to any arrangments specifically for whistle and piano, perhaps others here can, but I can offer this:
You can arrange a very great many pieces for piano and whistle simply by properly transposing the key. Let’s assume you have a standard high D whistle and a piano quite well in tune. Given your login name, let’s take as an example the lovely old hymn In the Garden.
The tune is often written in the key of Bb, which is a good range for many singers. The piano would normally play it as written, but the D whistle would have a hard time of it. There are two options.
First, after fiddling about with the whistle you find that the D whistle most easily plays that tune in the key of D. You can transpose the piano music to play in D, and the two instruments will work together. But doing this is not so good if there will be singing, as the tune in D is uncomfortable for all but the highest sopranos.
The second option is where all those whistles in other keys come in handy. If you transpose only the melody into the key of D, leaving the rest in Bb, you can now play the melody on a Bb whistle. You would read the music and finger the whistle as though it were in D, but the sound will come out in Bb and the two instruments are playing together in the original key. The singers are oblivious to the change.
It’s a somewhat tedious process, and not every tune is as easy to play on the whistle, since so much music contains accidental sharps and flats (that is, notes that don’t naturally occur in a given key). But those odd notes can be played on the whistle with practice.
With a little practice in transposition, a whole world of musical possibility opens up for the whistle, and you needn’t be tied down to special arrangements.
Hope that helps.
Alternately, (if you’re lazy like me) you can play a different note in the same chord. Unless it’s a very important note in the piece, it probably won’t be noticed.
Sticking with the hymn theme, for instance, when playing “It is Well With My Soul” the accidental that corresponds with “-lows” of “sea bil - lows roll” ends up being a G#. Since that’s not all that easy to play, I play a B instead. It sounds fine to me.
You’ll need 4 hands 
Unless, of course, you play the whistle with your fingers and the keyboard with your toes (or the other way around if that’s not challenging enough for you)! 
The first person that comes to my mind is Geraldine Cotter. Her whistle tutorial has piano accompaniment and they have stereo separation, so by adjusting the balance you can listen to both separately.
Geraldine Cotter also has a piano tutor that would fit the bill.
I have a Mel Bay book called “Antiquities of Scottish Music”, arranged for flute and whistle, by Mizzy McCaskill & Donna Gilliam. It came with a separate book of piano accompaniment.
A very nice book, but I don’t have 4 hands and haven’t managed to put it all together yet …
jkrazy52
Thanks for the suggestion - found it online and ordered it -
Blessings
Pastorkeith
Pastorkeith, one interesting thing about this book is the songs are given in sets, with the first part of the book in ‘easy’ versions, the next part of the book gives a more advanced, or more ornamented, version.
I hope you enjoy it!
Judy