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I’ve seen this sort of thing in the native american flute style but never touted as a pennywhistle! What do you think?
Not that I can afford it, mind you.
–Beth
That looks neat! I tried something like that at Patrick Olwell’s studio, but I think it was imported or maybe he got it in a third world country.
Jessie
Hi Beth,
I have a couple (from third world countries - one from Yugoslavia and one from Romania) and really enjoy playing them. They’re fun and if I practiced a bit they would sound pretty good.
Erik
Yeh, that looks realy cool. I could meditate for hours with that thing. You could even plug up the drone and play it regular like.
I have a similar whistle, I believe it is an Indian instrument (not native amer.) On the left hand barrel there are three holes, on the right hand there are four. It’s a breather, takes alot of air, and it’s very quiet. The mouthpiece is a bit wide and this combo makes it very hard to circular breath. In this sence it’s a funny instrument. It would be nice to play long fluid runs without having to break so often. Maybe a few tweaks could make things better. I’llhave to get a pro to look at it. Does anyone know anything about this instrument.
If I had 100.00 bucks to blow I’d think about that drone whistle:)-Jack
I don’t know anything about it. I’m amused at the background in the photo though…
Irish enough for ya?
The Photos don’t show if the drone is a closed bore or an open one. The Native American voicings show a hint of Asian External Windway features.
The tonehole pattern looks like it would be “concert” tuned. The Eastern European names for this instrument are Dvoynice and Frula.
I’ll place a bid on this to keep the terrible thing off the market! I’ll keep it safely hidden from sight :roll: trust me!
[ This Message was edited by: Thomas-Hastay on 2001-10-06 15:11 ]
Okay, I was intrigued by the idea of having a drone, so I made one of these things with tape, rubber bands and two D whistles. 
Interesting effect, but I wish the drone were quieter and that it wouldn’t pop into the upper register when the melody whistle does.
Stupid whistle tricks…
LittleMy
If the voicing window on your “modified” drone were half size and the bore end were “capped” it would be a quiet drone that plays 1 octave below the melody pipe and would be almost impossible to overblow.
It may not work with the whistle bore you have because it isn’t wide enough. This “Ocarina” style drone was used on Bainbridge Tripple Flageolet’s