Who can identify these whistles?

Dear all,

A question for anyone who has a good ear.
I want to identify some whistles.

Which whistles (whistle names/makers) are in [u]these[/u] Mike Oldfield excerpts from the Voyager album?

Apart being extremely well played, those whistles have a terrific powerful sound!

You can see more information about the additional musicians in the Voyager album [u]here[/u]


Thank you!

According to the album credits at allmusic.com, Davy Spillane was the whistle player. So I imagine the whistles were whatever he was using at the time. The high whistles (D and F) sound like Generations.

Hm .. is this a cyber ad for Davy?

All I know about him is when Paddy Keenan brought one of Davy’s chanters to a friend to get a reed made - .. I suppose Davy was in another universe when he made that thing .. I imagine he could play it .. it has no resmblance to the real world.
Not real interested in buying his whistle album ( I presume that’s what the download was? I gave up after a few minutes, and I’m sure he has enough fame and fortune already.)

The downloads are very short (< 30 seconds) excerpts from the album to identify the whistles. The second link is info about the musicians on the album.

Please actually read the original post if you want to know what it’s about. :really:

@RPereira: Unfortunately, it’s really impossible to identify whistles from recordings like this, unless the player himself (i.e. Spillane) makes the identification. There is so much reverb and studio effects processing that the whistles may be anything in the world. The terrific powerful sound is an artifact of the studio (and the skill of the player).

Given the date of the recording (1996), the availability of keys then, and the underlying tone, Generation is a reasonable guess for the high whistles. But only a guess.

Thank you for your suggestions, MTGuru.
I sent an email to Mr. Spillane and, among other things, I questioned him about those whistles. I hope to have an answer from him…
He has a website under construction [u]here[/u].

And what do you think about the low whistles MTGuru?
Principally the LowC whistle in the “The Song of the Sun”.

Não tenho nenhuma ideia. :slight_smile: Overton/Goldie, Kerrywhistles, or one of his own creations, I’d guess.