Customer Reviews

American Slide Whistle

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I'm an adult percussionist in a concert band and purchased this "toy" to complete & enhance the percussion score for a number we performed in a recent concert. That's the benefit of being a percussionist, oh what toys we get to play with! ;) This slide whistle is very well made & I don't need to worry about it getting banged around, it's not going to break. It has very good tonal quality as well and I was able to easily match the bands' tuning note. A quality instrument!

This is a excellent quality slide whistle. It's made in the USA and even though it is a little pricey it is something I think will last as long as you don't lose it. I can't imagine wearing it out. Heavy nickel plating makes it durable and shiny. A couple of octive range. Slide is a little firm so might be harder for childred (under 5) to control at first. Great little whistle with a nice sound. Not so much a Toy as a beginning musical instrument. I Recommend it

The highest note is airy sounding and needs adjustment but the medium and low notes are perfect. The durability of this is great! The slide is very long so I do not sugest that this is to be handled by small children. Overall it is a good product and worth the cost.

When I asked my grandsons what they would like for their birthdays, they immediately said, "a slide whistle." After looking at several different kinds on Amazon.com, I saw this whistle. I was impressed with how sturdy it was. Once the boys opened their gifts, they were whistling away. The whistle has a great sound and it even came with some music instructions. This is not just a toy, but a musical instrument. I am one satisfied customer, and the boys are enjoying their whistles too.

The mouthpiece was imprecisely stamped and bent, and the blade - the part that splits the air stream - had a rough edge, making it difficult to play and impossible at the low end. Grinding it smooth made it playable, but it remained difficult to control. The wind way was uneven as well, but much more difficult to modify. I purchased two, and one would hardly play at all. If you get one, be prepared to grind/file and perhaps hammer - as the whistle makers say, "tweak" - and don't expect much from it save stereotypical, uneven, imprecise glissandos. As an amateur musician and maker of penny-whistles, I find this item more suitable as a defensive weapon than a precision musical instrument, or, perhaps, I simply don't understand slide whistles.

Bought these as gifts for a 6 and 9 year old. Was tired of the little cheap plastic ones that really didn't perform that well. This really is like a musical instrument, well built with a nice sound. It fit the bill for what I was looking for. The kids enjoy playing with them. I wouldn't say they are a favorite toy by any stretch, but I really didn't anticipate they would be (and don't think I'd want to listen to them played constantly every day either...lol).

Our son plays in his middle school band. Recently they played a fun song in which this whistle was used. All the kids got a kick out of it. We purchased one as a surprise for him for Christmas. It is VERY sturdy, very durable and a really fun, quirky gift for a teen. And of course we purchased it through Amazon. Big fans!

I read the good reviews for this toy and decided to buy it. Unfortunately the experience wasn't a good one for me. The toy is heavy so is hard to handle for little kids with small hands and the sound I got was very "airy" (no matter the tune), like if the whistle had a air leak somewhere. The only good thing I can say about it is that, while mine didn't work, you can tell the whistle is very durable, made to last for years.

My 12 year old grandsons love these whistles. It is well made, solid materials. Drives adults crazy, but who cares.

I bought this to help teach my son about pitch and to have something fun and musical that could be picked up and carried around. We'd had a plastic slide whistle that I'm pretty sure we got at the circus, and I couldn't find it.

This is a real whistle, not a toy. It's quite capable of producing an astonishing range of sounds, all of which are silly and joyful and fun! My husband, a professional musician, has used it in the studio, and it sounds great on his records. I told him to get his own.