I have an inexpensive whistle purchased in the early 90’s. It’s brass with a green plastic mouthpiece. The only label is a clear plastic sticker that says “D Tin Whistle - Irish Made” with some scrolly (sp?) filligree around it. No manufacturer. The plastic mouthpiece is not round where it slips on to the brass tube but 16 sided. (hexadecagon) if that helps.
From the “A flock, gang, gaggle, of plastic-fipple-and-metal-tube style whistles” picture on Chiff & Fipple it looks like the Soodlum. Any help? I’m just curious about what I have.
Also, on this particular whistle there seems to be a distinct difference in tone between the low register and the high register. If I drop from a high D to a low B the diference seems very pronounced to my untrained ears. Is this to be expected with an inexpensive whistle?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Soodlum’s:
You might find it improves is you fill the cavity under the windway. There’s quite a bit of variation in these.
Best wishes,
Jerry
Thanks for the pictures Jerry. Yes that is what I have (although someone on thesession.org stated it was a Walton’s) Judging from the age (1990’s) was that before Walton took over Soodlum’s?
By “fill the cavity under the windway” do you mean the poster putty tweak that I have read about here?
I look forward to purchasing my next whistle from you.
Pete
Yes and yes.
Best wishes,
Jerry