Hi I am 13 years old, and playing the tin whistle for a good few years now, I want to buy a new whistle and am thinking of a high d kerry whistle. my budget is 100 euro or do you think I am mad! so I would love to hear some suggestions please, or what you think, Thank you in advance
I do agree with llig here but they are hard to come by. John Sindt's whistle have been held in VERY high regard and are within your budget. I've only played one once and thought it was nice but can't comment enough on it I'm afraid. Tony Dixon nickel whistles are good too. Lovely tone but very quiet. My personal favourite is the original Oak whistles but I don't know if they make them any more. As for Kerry whistles, the tone never did anything for me. Horses for courses though.
Look up some guides on tweaking tin whistles online before you buy a new whistle. I had decided to buy a new one a few weeks ago but after sticking some lumps of clay in certain spots in the mouthpiece of one of my old whistles, I got it to sound pretty nice and I changed my mind.
I don't care what you do to a Generation, it'll never be comparable to a Sindt. Go for a nice Sindt D. John is a great guy and his whistles are very reasonably priced.
Second michael's post. Persevere through a load - you'll find a good one.
Also the Walton's D in black aluminium is nice, too (dead cheap).
Never pay more than £3/E5 for a whistle!
One of the best whistles I have ever played is a Waltons Mellow D "tweaked" by Erik Torp-Olsen at vargaswhistles.com.
He charges $45 for them and they are worth every cent. Fantastic whistles.
And I don't recommend that. If you decide to take up another instrument buy a good one. It can be very discouraging to buy a cheap instrument that will not allow you to improve due to its bad quality. I've seen it happen a good few times (to myself included.)
that's true for every other instrument except the fiddle and
tin whistle. You can play even a bad fiddle in tune with good
rhythm and it responds well enough for a beginner.
They used to make them out of cigar boxes and tin cans.
On every other kind of instrument what PaddyC
said is very true.
Tin Whistle!
Tin Whistle!
Hi I am 13 years old, and playing the tin whistle for a good few years now, I want to buy a new whistle and am thinking of a high d kerry whistle. my budget is 100 euro or do you think I am mad! so I would love to hear some suggestions please, or what you think, Thank you in advance
# Posted on April 13th 2008 by lilyot
Re: Tin Whistle!
I've always thought a good generation (you might have to try a hundred or so befor yo find one) is as good a whistle you'll ever get.
# Posted on April 13th 2008 by llig leahcim
Re: Tin Whistle!
I do agree with llig here but they are hard to come by. John Sindt's whistle have been held in VERY high regard and are within your budget. I've only played one once and thought it was nice but can't comment enough on it I'm afraid. Tony Dixon nickel whistles are good too. Lovely tone but very quiet. My personal favourite is the original Oak whistles but I don't know if they make them any more. As for Kerry whistles, the tone never did anything for me. Horses for courses though.
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by PaddyCmusic
Re: Tin Whistle!
PaddyCmusic beat my post; I have an Oak and a Feadog, and the Oak is a terrific whistle. Here is the link from the Whistle Shop:
http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/whistles/inexpensive/oak/oak.htm
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Tin Whistle!
Look up some guides on tweaking tin whistles online before you buy a new whistle. I had decided to buy a new one a few weeks ago but after sticking some lumps of clay in certain spots in the mouthpiece of one of my old whistles, I got it to sound pretty nice and I changed my mind.
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by Whiddler
Re: Tin Whistle!
I don't care what you do to a Generation, it'll never be comparable to a Sindt. Go for a nice Sindt D. John is a great guy and his whistles are very reasonably priced.
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by rob_handel
Re: Tin Whistle!
Second michael's post. Persevere through a load - you'll find a good one.
Also the Walton's D in black aluminium is nice, too (dead cheap).
Never pay more than £3/E5 for a whistle!
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by maxF
Re: Tin Whistle!
One of the best whistles I have ever played is a Waltons Mellow D "tweaked" by Erik Torp-Olsen at vargaswhistles.com.
He charges $45 for them and they are worth every cent. Fantastic whistles.
# Posted on April 14th 2008 by Chief Wanganui
Re: Tin Whistle!
It's time to graduate to the flute or fiddle. You might be
able to start out on fiddle for E100
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Hup
Re: Tin Whistle!
And I don't recommend that. If you decide to take up another instrument buy a good one. It can be very discouraging to buy a cheap instrument that will not allow you to improve due to its bad quality. I've seen it happen a good few times (to myself included.)
# Posted on April 17th 2008 by PaddyCmusic
Re: Tin Whistle!
that's true for every other instrument except the fiddle and
tin whistle. You can play even a bad fiddle in tune with good
rhythm and it responds well enough for a beginner.
They used to make them out of cigar boxes and tin cans.
On every other kind of instrument what PaddyC
said is very true.
# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Hup