PENNYWHISTLE, TINWHISTLE OR WHISTLE? Whats in a name? To me, "pennywhistle" sounds like a toy, but I'll get a cheap laugh saying "They used to cost a penny, but now you can't get one for much less than $8 (or whatever number pops into my head at the time),so they should change the name to $8 whistles"
DIY Copper Pennywhistle with 3D Printed Mouthpiece - Chiff and Fipple . . . DIY Copper Pennywhistle with 3D Printed Mouthpiece Post by VioPhilist » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:44 pm I recently finished a DIY copper pipe high D pennywhistle (pictures and recordings below) and wanted to talk about it (not a "for sale" post)
Blank Sheet Music Pennywhistle Tabs? - Chiff and Fipple Forums Songs I am interested in learning on the pennywhistle: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (think this will be a serious pain, maybe beyond me) Epitaph (King Crimson) Fly By Night (Rush) Goodbye to Romance (Ozzy) A Kings Prayer (Flower Kings) So, yeah, I guess I may have to collect a bunch of different whistles in different keys over time
Chiff and Fipple Forums - Index page Musical Genre Hybridization Formerly North-Indian Global-Zombie-Trance Jazz, Barbershop-Darbhanga Fusion, Rai-Ska Outlaw Country Operetta , Neurofunk Madrigal Throat Singing, Freestyle Acid House Flamenco, Twelve Tone Boy Groups, Dark Ambient Ragtime Fusion, Klezmer Surf Trance; Gregorian Chant Bluegrass; Andean-Reggae Black Metal for Lapsed Lutherans; Chinese Opera-Mississippi Delta Blues
Key of [blank] whistle can play what Scales easily? I've got a pennywhistle set in the mail, its been ordered for MY birthday (early april) the set has E-flat, E, D, C and B-flat in it, and I'm wondering which of the whistles are best for what key of song etc (I:E when I should swap them out when playing with others) Hope that made sense, I've got to go, so I can proof read this (sorry)-Lem
Polish whistle maker - Page 1 - Chiff and Fipple Forums Well, maybe pennywhistle is more generic, and maybe tinwhistle might be too But offering a "CPVC tin" whistle for sale is confusing at best, and the confusion is unnecessary, no? The only maker I know offhand that offers tinwhistles is the Clarke Tinwhistle Company (note, one word) And Clarkes are, or course, made from rolled tinplate
FS: Freeman Tweaked Generation Full Set - 50% to Charity If you know what a Pennywhistle is, but don't know what a Generation is - you're likely a little kooky in the head Now what's "Freeman Tweaked"? Well, in the whistle world - if I told you I'd have to kill you What I can tell you is, Jerry is "probably the world's only professional full-time pennywhistle tweaker"
What tin whistle can I use to get to the third octave? I find some whistles are definitely harder to use for 3rd octave A dixon polymer I have isn't too bad Also, a Freeman Blackbird sounds pretty good at that pitch I've found
My 3D printed whistle head design for PVC pipe Someone in the comments suggested that SOMEONE design a pennywhistle head for PVC pipe and the interest was rekindled Now having had several years of 3D printing and design under my belt I realized, this time, that if I made it a two part head that glued together, a lot of the problems inherent in 3D printing something like this could be