I just recieved my whistle and have tried to blow out a steady round sound. The problem I seem to be running into is I am not able to find a happy medium. I blow to light and the sound is muffled and if I increase just the slightest amount it goes straight to that high pitched squeel. Any Suggestions. the whistle that I bought is from Feadog out of dublin Ireland. I am a Piper so I do have a good concept of pressure and steady blowing. 
Thanks for any and all input,
Greg
Wellā¦ 
The answer is - practice. Youāll find the point soon.
also you should check the windway for any debris/ leftover plastic that might not have been cleared or gotten lodged in.
Ah . . . a Feadog 
Well emtor, I am a newbee and know nothiing about tin whistlesā¦From your reply I scratch my head trying to find the meaningā¦FeaDog, good, bad or what?
Greg
I have a FeadĆ³g and although itās not one of my favorite whistles it plays rather good and I find it pretty decent for starting out.
Thanks for the comment, any suggestions on my blowing technique. As I stated in my innitial post, its either to hard or to light..I am finding no mid ground?
Greg
Hi Greg, and welcome. FeadĆ³gs are pretty consistent, so itās possible but unlikely you got a bad one. They do have a fairly aggressive tone. What you describe sounds like a common beginnerās problem of breath control and finger placement. Piping wonāt necessarily help if you havenāt played mouth-blown winds before.
For finger placement, try this suggestion here. If your fingers are not sealing the holes properly, the muffled effect and squealing you describe could be the result.
For breath control ā¦ The pressure required in the 1st octave is more like a whisper than a shout. Try playing a bottom D nice and steady, with very gentle breath. Once you can do that, slowly increase the pressure until the note ābreaksā and flips into the 2nd octave. Thatās the right pressure for the high d. Do this exercise up the scale until you can control each note this way, then go back and try some tunes. You might find that does the trick.
From your reply I scratch my head trying to find the meaningā¦FeaDog, good, bad or what?
Feadogs are mostly good. Mtguru is correct, the Feadogs are very consistent in quality, so the chance is you probably havenāt got a clunker.
My reply was a bit of āinternal humourā, the discussion about āgood versus badā cheapos can go on for days on this forum.
Give that Feadog a chance before you buy ten others
I personally would rather pay 36.00 for a Jerry Freeman or Vargas Tweaked Generation and be done with it.
I have a tweaked feadog pro and I still like the tweaked Generation better.
I know money might be an issue but you might find a cheap tweaked one from one of the members or ebay.
I personally would rather pay 36.00 for a Jerry Freeman or Vargas Tweaked Generation and be done with it.
The Vargaswhistles tweaked Generation/Feadogs currently come with a proper tuning slide from now on.
I remember being curiously drawn & repelled by my first Feadog. My son instantly said, āNow THATās a whistle,ā while I was trying to decide if I liked the sassy sound of the Feadog, or if I preferred the flutey Clarke.Then I went to tinwhistler.com and listened to Greg playing āThe Blarney Pilgrim,ā and I realized it just HAS that sort of edgy, in-your-face sound. Even though I now have more expensive whistles, Feadogs are my fave cheapos.
I think the problem is just that youāre new to the instrument. Play along with Greg on that link, & soon youāll be happier with your sound.
To everyone else: Hi, Iām new, and am a sufferer of WHOA.
Also, is there a way to have these posts delivered straight to my email? Thanks.
Welcome Greg and Indie!
Greg, I think MT nailed it for you. Playing whistle has its own set of challenges. While previous musical experience is always a big plus, youāll need to un-learn some things and re-learn some new things. The breath control exercises will get you up to speed quickly.
Donāt be concerned about WhOA. It happens to all of us and is a big part of the fun. Luckily, whistles are very affordable instruments and we buy and sell them around here all the time. Play a bunch and youāll find the ones you like best, but remember that no new whistle will replace the need to master the instrument.
I agree, it will just take some practice.
Also, I did find my FeadĆ³g harder to play than my other cheapies when I started out, but I got used to it and like it quite a bit now.
Thanks,
Jason
Thanks for the welcome, Tim!
Iāve actually been using the archives of this Board for quite a while. Iāve also been totally salivating over the whistles being offered for sale. Iām normally not much of a post-er to these lists ( I also collect & have made many ocarinas so Iām on that list, & my son has a condition that causes me to be on yet another list) but I can see Iāll have to post at least a little prove Iām a ānormalā whistle aficinado, so that I can Buy More Whistles!
Looking forward to getting acquaintedā
I always have a Feadog close by usually on the computer desk. I had trouble at first but I learned that a Feadog will not forgive proper sealing of the holes and it requires the correct breath control. I love my Feadogs. I have more expensive whistles but none are better than my old Feadog held together with super glue and tape. The more expensive ones are different but not better.
Ron
āNormal Whistle Aficionadoā now that would be an interesting term to define!
oxymoron? 
make sure there is no debris in the windway an practice a lot
when I started it sounded REALLY squeaky (I started on a Feadogā but I donāt think that was the reason.) Now I canāt manage a sound like thatā¦ even on the Feadogā although it is worse than my other whistles.