Description
Clean sounding 2-piece whistle/flageolet which is thereby tunable and easily cleaned. This is the design I’ve been making for Ralph Sweet these years past, replacing the failed laminated
design. Other whistles on the market cannot reasonably compare for the balance of lower tones and ease of higher end. Each one is in two pieces, the tenon also serving as the tuning slide; while meant for A=440, it can tune sharper or flatter to suit your needs as many trad sessions tend to be a little sharp while some religious bodies with their music programs and choirs at times tune a shade flat. This is a well-lauded instrument and once you’ve played upon one, you will wonder if you can ever go back to those plastic-headed typically encountered toys that go WAY FLAT in the second register!
Models in D and C are routinely made, and likely to be in stock; other pitches are made to order and require a bit more work. Due to the greatly increased cost to obtain blackwood, it is only available by custom order.
For the sake of the drop-down menus, I was obligated to place them into separate groups, allowing me to offer the variations in wood and pitch. You will not be ordering a full set; select from which “set” the desired whistle is in and then click the drop-down menu to choose the specific pitch and wood.
Diatonic Whistle Group 1
D#/G# model (Eb/Ab) – That half step higher than the trad whistle. I have a few of these in Granadillo; order one in rosewood and then drop me a note saying you prefer it in Granadillo.
D/G model plays easily in both keys – D for its normal scale from the bottom up; G from the midpoint with a simple fingering change for the C halfway up the scale.
C#/F# model – Half step between the C and D whistles. This is the pitch you want if you wish for a Baroque-era D.