What kinda tin whistle is he using?

**Burly Brute** · 1st April 11, 12:58 PM

Anyone know what kinda tin whistle he is using or how to find out?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNxbaoLCeIw

I'd give my left leg to play music like these guys! Aye!

**madmacs** · 1st April 11, 01:30 PM

Hard to tell from the video, but looks to me to be a Clarke certainly has the sound of one...

http://www.clarketinwhistle.com/

**Burly Brute** · 1st April 11, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by madmacs

Hard to tell from the video, but looks to me to be a Clarke certainly has the sound of one...

http://www.clarketinwhistle.com/

Nice. I bought a Sweetone the other day and have been learning some stuff on it, but its kind of a hard trick. The sound in this video is what I would love to emulate. I do realize though some of it comes from his talent/skill. haha

**madmacs** · 1st April 11, 02:05 PM

The one i have has a wooden block rather than the plastic mouthpiece, gives it a more breathy sound (rather than a shrill sound) like the one in the video, so it may be the wooden one... learn with what you have... change later if you want...

**Burly Brute** · 1st April 11, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by madmacs

The one i have has a wooden block rather than the plastic mouthpiece, gives it a more breathy sound (rather than a shrill sound) like the one in the video, so it may be the wooden one... learn with what you have... change later if you want...

Which Clarke has the wooden mouth?

**madmacs** · 1st April 11, 02:32 PM

The original... has a wooden block not a wooden mouthpiece though... can see it through the hole in the pics on the website...

I suspect the victorian is the same, but havent seen one of those before...

**Burly Brute** · 2nd April 11, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by madmacs

The original... has a wooden block not a wooden mouthpiece though... can see it through the hole in the pics on the website...

I suspect the victorian is the same, but havent seen one of those before...

Oh I see what you mean! Yea, the beautiful thing about the instrument is that one can purchase many different kinds and make out like a bandit!

Thanks for your help mate!

-Zach

**madmacs** · 7th April 11, 07:29 PM

Fits in your inside pocket too... which makes it useful at a lockin... or after the pub closes and you head back to someones house...

But the that was a loooooooooooong time ago....

**Chirs** · 7th April 11, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by madmacs

The original... has a wooden block not a wooden mouthpiece though... can see it through the hole in the pics on the website...

I suspect the victorian is the same, but havent seen one of those before...

If you're wanting to look it up, you're looking for a wooden fipple whistle. The player is Liam O'Flynn and he's mostly known for the uilleann pipes so finding any information about what whistles he favours is difficult.

Here's his web site. http://www.taramusic.com/biogs/liamobg.htm

**robbiethepiper** · 8th April 11, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

Nice. I bought a Sweetone the other day and have been learning some stuff on it, but its kind of a hard trick. The sound in this video is what I would love to emulate. I do realize though some of it comes from his talent/skill. haha

The sweetone is about the best you can get without paying a lot more for minimal improvement. It's the man, not the instrument. You can't buy years of unrelenting effort....