I agree. Colin made me one (anodized electric blue to match my PT Cruiser 
) and itās fabulous. I especially love the lower register which is sensuous in the extreme.
For G, I love my Water Weasel. If you can find one, buy it. Huge mother finger holes which make note bending a breeze and a slightly reedy sound that I simply love.
So THATās why Iāve been able to do 360ās with my head lately! And I thought it was all the stretching Iāve been doing.
Actually the distaste for F (and Eflat) predates the Baroque thing by a couple of years. I thought a Grinter F would solve that, but no go: itās THAT serious. I do have an Eflat shaft on order from Mr. Olwell to go with my boxwood D, but only so that I can play along with some CDās.
I have Overton and Grinter low Fs to die for; if youāre the kind of person whoād die for a whistle.
I have a Copeland low G I love and a Bernard-made Overton which is also very fine. I have a Burke AlPro which I also like a lot and which is great for those occasions when you need a purer sound. But I know you havenāt had my luck with Burke or Copeland in this key, Carol. Perhaps get Colin to help you out.
A is a bit more iffy for me. My Overton is OK but not one of my favourites. I have an Abell that is good. I also have a Sindt that is good but which I donāt quite love. Perhaps I should play these whistles a bit more and see if Iāve under-rated them. The Sindt does the job when a purer whistle is required and the Overton when a raspier sound is needed. If I were more affluent, Iād like to try a Copeland A and a Colin Goldie A. But thereās nothing actually wrong with the As I have; Iām just not in love with them. Now my BO Bb; that is a great whistle.
Charlie, have you tried an Olwell bamboo F? Now, if that doesnāt cure you, nothing will. Hey, wait a minute, youāve tried Overton and Grinter and still arenāt cured. Maybe youāre just not an F-y kind of guy.
Granite Falls Manufacturing has a new low G that just went on tour. It has a very bold sound and requires the player to blow and take big breaths. But you get a big, woody sound out of it. Search on GFM and youāll see several reviews. It is probably more of a session whistle than some mentioned above, if that is what you are after.
Oreo
I have a Dixon tuneable G that is nearly my favorite whistle: very sweet tone and easy to finger, but a bit on the quiet side. Great for practise.
My new avatar shows me honking away on a Burkie low G. A bit tempermental, compared to my fav low D Viper, but coming along.
I currently babysitting a Water Weasel A, while another board member has loan of a Howard D. Have had only two chances to play it, and find the lower octave a bit tempermental (especially on A, B notes), but upper octave soars like a lark in the morning.
An A will be my next bout of WhOA, then based on comments from this thread, perhaps a low F.
Thanks again, everyone, for the replies. I might add that I have a brass Ab whistle by Mack Hoover, which I won in one of the charitable raffles, and I like it very much.
Carol
I have a Copeland G which is wonderful and which
enables me to play easily in C, which comes in handy
when playing with singers.
I think Copeland whistles are very successful in G.
Doc J sent me a Copeland A which is stupendously
good.
I have an olivewood Bleazey in A which I do love - actually got to play a few notes with it today in church playing in D. Just one place where a thicker sound was needed in this key and the A fit the bill. I also have A bleazey in G on order from Phil. Meanwhile a see a lot of you mention Copelands - I have a nickel C thats a favorite and maybe I need to explore some in lower keys. I have never tried an Overton but perhaps thats another experience I need to try.
I do have a Mark Hoza F, which Iāve listed on the Flute board (plug). Itās a really nice flute, but itās still in F. Iāve played a few Olwell Fās at the RennFest, donāt remember them doing that much for me. Itās just pathological.
I absolutely love whistles in A, but I donāt have one now unfortunatly.
Btw, Iām glad enjoying my old Chieftain Tommy, I liked it too but I just canāt play aluminum whistles without clogging them.
Just received a new Sindt A and I like it very much. I also have an Overton A and they are very different instruments. The Overton has a more substantial sound while the Sindt is more ethereal. What I like most about the Sindt is that the high G and A notes are the sweetest sounding of the high notes on any whistle I own; this is especially important for this instrument, since I mostly use it for tunes in D like Farrell OāGara and Bear Island that reach below the low D but also prominently feature the high A.
I have a Burke low A composite, which I enjoy quite much.