Shaw Tinwhistle in F

by Shaw

Product Details

• ASIN: B0002CSBCK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,855 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Made of solid nickel silver with a hardwood block. Not to be confused with whistles that are made with a cylindrical tube and a plastic fipple, these whistles are made of solid construction with a true conical bore for good intonation and strong tone!The traditional conical bore gives the instrument its unique timbre and rounded tone TOTAL LENGTH: 19 space between holes: up to 1.75 Lark in the Morning Item Number: WHS010

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice tone, needs a lot of lung, August 11, 2010

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dcs002 "DCS" (St Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shaw Tinwhistle in F

I had the standard recorder training in elementary school music classes, and decades later I thought maybe I could use this low F whistle in a song I was recording in my home studio. There are only 6 holes in tin whistles, but the bigger, deeper ones like this F whistle take a lot of wind, and they demand a great deal of breath control to sound right. (It's easy to underblow and go flat on the lower notes.) The finger holes are spaced far apart, but fortunately I have very long fingers. So, it took a lot more practice than I expected, but this instrument recorded beautifully. The intonation is right on, and the tone is soft & breathy.

Bottom line: This ain't no school recorder! This instrument sounds great, but like all new musical instruments, I had to practice quite a bit before I could get it to sound as good as it should. The instrument's quality was there, just waiting for my skill level (& breath) to catch up.