Clarke TinwhistleGreen D Whistle, Handmade in the U.K., Traditional Style, Comes with Chart and Five Celtic Tunes

This whistle will be compared to Clarke original, Feadog pro, feadog standard, Generation, and Sondern whistles.First, the taper design (I believe) allows for a constant air pressure over the range of notes, 2nd octave requires more air, but it requires less air than straight pipe design. The straight pipe (untapered) whistles can be a little fussy and want you to blow more softly on the lower notes, tapered design...no need to adjust your breath.Metal whistle so it has a bright sound, softer than nickel or brass, I believe this is due to the paint, but what the paint also does is make a nice grippy surface so my fingers don't slide around as much as they do on a nice shiny nickel..my fingers stay in place on this whistle. But not quite as sharp and loud as other metal whistles, but not as soft as the Clarke original.Next advantage of the constant air pressure taper design is that blowing softer still allows you to hit the notes, but with lower volume (to some extent) So I'll practice on this whistle indoors in apartment after the wood piece on my other clarke original gets moisture saturated. This whistle does not have the problem with the piece of wood getting too wet to make noise since the head is one piece plastic.Plastic head...feels comfortable on the lips, Clarke original feels terrible on the lips, but this clarke celtic is very nice.'Tweeking' The head is manufactured so that the empty cavity in the headpiece is smooth, the transition from low to high octave is not screechy and when I tweeked my generation whistles, I probed around with a shishkabob skewer to get a feel for what the geometry is of the cavity in the headpiece. From what I could tell, it has a smooth, symmetric cavity which explains why the the shift in octave is also smooth. No need to tweek in my opinion.Overall great whistle. It doesn't have the soft woody sound that the original clarke has, but the headpiece has a much nicer feel than the clarke original. Doesn't have the really really bright sea-shanty pitch as a nickel or brass. But the taper design makes it nice to not have to adjust air pressure for different notes. All around great whistle.

Let me preface this by saying that I have zero musical knowledge, training or natural ability; I love my wee tin whistle flute! It's a lovely colour, it has withstood all of my efforts to play it, and it makes very nice sounds. My much more skilled relative delighted us all playing songs on it and they were excellent! I decided to learn "Concerning Hobbits" on this (making the colour of the flute even more fitting) and if I ever focus more than 20 minutes a week on this endeavour I have every confidence that it will prove successful thanks to this instrument. An excellent purchase!

Eu tinha uma Feadog e resolvi investir na Clarke para dar uma variada, e pude notar que a Clarke tem o som bem mais suave comparada a Feadog, além de ser muito mais fácil de alcançar a 2° oitava com ela. Eu achei simplesmente perfeita, agora só estou usando a Clarke para qualquer música que vou tocar, e estou encantada com a qualidade dela. Recomendo demais tanto para iniciantes quanto para pessoas de nível avançado, vale muito a pena o investimento.Com relação a aparência, ela é simplesmente linda, a cor dela é um verde brilhoso, porém atrás dela tem um detalhe no acabamento, mas isso não interfere em nada, o som saí perfeito e para segurar ao tocar também não incomoda. Então nada do que reclamar.Espero ter ajudado!

Muy buen sonido, sin falla alguna, a un muy buen precio. El color lo hace ver genial.

Molto bello, suono pulito e gradevole, colore verde scuro con decorazione gialla a nodo celtico che spicca, anche se è di vernice gialla più che dorata e avrei gradito quel tocco in più, ma sono inezie.Vernice di copertura ottima, di qualità perfetta che non si sgretola e non si graffia.Da suonare non è troppo diverso da un flauto dolce normale (il diteggio è indicato in inglese sul foglio incluso nella confezione), con la differenza che le note alte si fanno semplicemente soffiandole più forte e che il suono prodotto risulta un po' più morbido, cosa che trovo gradevolissima soprattutto sulle note alte (che è il motivo principale per cui io l'ho acquistato).Mi ci sto divertendo moltissimo, ed è esattamente quello che volevo. Rispetto alla versione Sweetone della Clarke, mi sento di consigliare questo, perché ha un suono meno "flauto" e più "tinwhistle" (più "arioso", se ha senso. Per qualche soldo in più, penso ne sia valsa la pena. Happy whistling!