Irish whistle with Blues and Gypsy/Klezmer attachments

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This is a set of D whistles that consists of one mouthpiece with four different bodies. Each body is tuned to a different scale or mode as follows: The first body (decorated with a Shamrock) is a standard Irish whistle; The second (decorated with Blue Notes) is tuned to a Blues scale. The third & fourth are both Klezmer scales. The first of these (decorated with a Heart) is the Ahava Raba ('Freygish' or 'Phrygian mode') scale. The second (with the symbol surrounded by flashes) is the Ukranian Dorian mode (or 'Mishebeyrekh' scale) found in Jewish, Arabic and Flamenco music. This last one is slightly longer than the others as it has a low C# added. These whistles are lovingly home-made from PVC plumbing pipe with a fipple block made of transparent acryllic rod. The windway is curved and there are no issues with moisture. The two pieces of the whistle are joined with a piece of copper pipe that is a snug fit and which allows for some tuning of the whistle. If you are looking for a perfect, factory-finished whistle, this is not the one for you...but if you want a hand-crafted, sweet sounding, well-tuned whistle that's loud enough to play in a session and yet sensitive enough to play quietly at home, this could be it. Everyone who's tried out my whistles is amazed by the tone and in my opinion it sounds better than the Susato I bought read more

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