Black Diamond Whistle

The Black Diamond whistle is the latest offering from Erle Bartlett, the maker of the Syn whistles. Featuring a machined Delrin head on a brass tube, these whistles have the traditional look of the tin whistle while having the high quality and consistency desired by serious players. The whistle can be tuned by adjusting the head on the body. There is 1/2 inch of useable tuning adjustment, and the whistle is in-tune with the body approximately 1/4 inch out.

Price: $83.00

Freeman "tweaked" Generation

This whistle is a breakthrough for pennywhistle enthusiasts.

Generation whistles have long been the standard of Irish and other traditional whistle music. However, in the last few decades, the quality of the mass produced Generation whistles has changed. Serious whistle musicians often check out many whistles, often over a period of years, looking for that one, “good” Generation whistle.

This whistle has been “tweaked” (the traditional term for fine tuning a whistle) by Jerry Freeman to create as close as possible to an ideal Generation. It has that coveted Generation sound, with it’s beloved “chiff,” but it plays well and easily.

• The basic Generation sound remains the same. About the same loudness (assuming you can play the whistle more or less at normal volume before tweaking, which isn't always the case).
• The sound gets cleaned up of virtually all tendency to buzz, squawk, etc.
• The bottom two notes become respectably strong and comfortable to play without too easily overblowing into the second register.
• The upper and lower registers are respectably matched, both in loudness and timbre.

The end result is a very pleasing sound right up to the top of the second register (loud, but not harsh) and an easy to play whistle. What one famous Irish whistler has called "That Generation sweetness" comes out clear and true.

"The cornerstone of the tweaking scheme is that I laminate a layer of plastic material under the soundblade and then rework the ramp to create a new soundblade edge that's appropriately positioned in relation to the windway. The soundblade edge is brought down to just a little above the windway floor, which is the ideal position."

"In addition, I fill the cavity under the windway and work a bevel onto the 'block' i.e., the window end of the windway floor. Once the soundblade is in the ideal position relative to the height of the windway, a combination of adjusting the bevel, the soundblade edge configuration and the length of the voicing window produces the final result."

Price: $36.50

Waltons Brass C

Waltons Tin Whistles are the best-selling whistles in Ireland. This whistle is in the key of C, and features a brass body with green fipple.

Price: $6.50

Waltons Brass D

Waltons Tin Whistles are the best-selling whistles in Ireland. This is the standard high-D whistle, with a brass body and green plastic fipple.

Price: $5.50

Waltons Brass Mellow D

Waltons Tin Whistles are the best-selling whistles in Ireland. This is the wide-bore model of the standard tine whistle, with brass body and greep fipple.

Price: $5.80

Waltons Little Black Whistle

An all-black whistle in the key of D. The Little Black Whistle features a black plastic fipple on a painted aluminum body.

Price: $5.30