Sondery Irish Tin Whistle Key of D Made from Brass A Bright Brass Wind Type Sound Penny Whistle

Seriously impressed with the value, tone, intonation and playability of this set of whistles. I compared them with the $70 Tony Dixon, The original Clarke, and Sondery's polymer set. The only other ones I found to be very pleasing were the Black Sondery ... and if you want a warm soothing sound they were great ... just a little dynamically constrained if you're trying to project a little more. This aluminum set easily hit all the notes ... with great intonation and a surprisingly clear ... not too bright sound. Very Satisfied and surprised. Fully recommended. BTW ... I've been playing a long time and have several very expensive well known whistles. I just needed a C and they threw in a really nice D with it.

I’ve bought all the Sondery whistles and enjoy them all. The aluminum pair is loud and bright and tunable… probably good for a session. Then I just couldn’t stop there and was curious after reading the reviews. The black plastic pair (that look like Susatos I’ve been told) are more mellow, smooth, and less squeaky for me as a beginner..maybe with a hint of recorder sound? They were my favorite and most reliable of the Sonderies until I bought the brass D and C on a lightning deal. Now I’m fixated on the Brass set. I almost foolishly sent the beautiful brass set back because they squeaked. Then I tried a little pea size bit of blue tac outside the fipple window and smoothed it out as described in the Cutie pie tweaking video on youtube. Now after the brass whistles warm up they sound very bright sparky and sweet to my ear. The squeak is much better and what little remains is probably my fault. It seems to me that all of these whistles are at an amazing price point for their quality. They have three different tonal qualities to choose from in C and D. I enjoy them all and could afford to buy all six for under $70, which is an amazing blessing for such nice instruments. Thanks for the joy, Sondery

I'm comparing these penny whistles to: Clarke original, Clarke Celtic, Generation, Feadog pro and Feadog Standard. I expected a much lower quality when I ordered these. I was very happy and impressed. First, the box they came in is the same quality as an iphone box. with good quality foam inserts for storage. The plastic the whistles are made of...it feels like good quality plastic, not cheap smooth flexible plastic. I don't really know how to describe the texture of them, but the result is that though the whistles are plastic, the sound coming forth is almost wood in nature. So, when I am playing a bright brass type melody, I use the metal whistles, but if I want a soft woody sound, I go for these. Another plus is that it is very easy and forgiving for creating sound. some whistles if you blow softly, you will get the wrong raspy tone, if you overblow and you are in the range between the first and second octave, you get a bit of a chaos sound. These whistles produce a very very constant tone and the finger holes are very easy to cover. Fingers don't slip around on the plastic. The plastic is...again, don't know how to describe it, but it has a grippy texture for your fingers. So this may be a pro in some cases and a con in others, but I really appreciated, when I first started playing...that my irregular unmeasured breath produced a constant tone from these whistles. Going into the second octave does not have that crazed sound in between, you are either in the second octave or your are not in it, it is a very sharp cutoff point. However if you want to vary the loudness of the tone by blowing softly or giving more air...These do not have a large range available. The whistle doesn't make sound if you blow too softly, once you blow hard enough to begin the resonance of the vibrating column of air, the whistle makes a constant nice sounding woody tone even if you are not blowing with a constant air pressure. Very very forgiving for a beginner. But if you want to vary the tone, there is a very very narrow range. Which...is good for some songs but not good in others. Hitting the second octave, immediate, easy, and has the same good quality sound in the second octave. The 2nd octave is not ear-piercingly screechy, they have the same nice woody sound as the lower octave. I have 'tweeked' some of my other whistles. (putting putty in the headpiece to dampen the screech) but tweeking these absolutely unnecessary, they are great out of the box. The only thing I don't like about these is the length of the piece where you put your lips. The headpiece is roughly the same shape that you would find on a recorder. Since these were my first tin whistles, I thought nothing of it, but after having played other types. I'm rather fond of a bit longer head piece. But...This might have something to do with the sound quality, not sure of that bit. The length of the headpiece does not in anyway affect the play, just a personal preference. But thought to mention it. Overall I highly recommend this. Since the kit came with a D and C whistle, I can play in the keys of F, C, G, and D and the associated minor keys. (If you are new to the tin whistle, it is very easy to play the 7 notes of the key in 2 octaves, but you can also flat the 7th or sharp the 5th very very easily without having to half-cover holes.

Beautiful brass whistle. Nice quality, good loud sounding whistle for the price. I was blown away. It’s not perfect as it can be shrill in the higher register, but has a more pleasant sound than say a Feadog. If you are looking at bottom end $ whistles buy this one. I wish I had gotten the double pack with the C whistle, but did not want to commit. I might try all of them from Sondery one day.

I'm extremely impressed with the playability and sound of these whistles. I especially enjoy playing the C whistle, and I liked it so much that I purchased both the aluminum and plastic versions. They offer excellent tone, are easy to play, and have become some of my favorites. I highly recommend them for beginners, intermediate players, and even experienced players. Well worth the price.

Wow!!! I've played whistle professionally for 26 years and performed with Sinead O'Conner on the Tonight Show, and I can say without hesitation that this is far and away the best whistle for the money that I've ever played. In fact, it's one of the best whistles for ANY money I've ever played - And this was $20 for a set of 2!! Flawless tone and pitch, even across all registers, balances perfectly in the hand, light as a feather, tunable - How do they do it?? I bought this for a last-minute session with a Grammy-Award-Winning songwriter, and was just hoping it was concert pitch - I was NOT expecting an incredible instrument! If I could give this 10 stars, I would!!

Sounds was not true and sounded off

This is one of the best bang for the buck purchase I have ever made, it's given me hours and hours of fun with family. This instrument is surprisingly easy to learn to begin with, but also iconic with songs like Concerning Hobbits in Lord of the Rings or Hymn to The Sea from Titanic. Took me about maybe ~3 hours of practice total to be able to play John Ryan's Polka at full speed without error. I bought this set of whistle and another plastic set, thinking maybe the metal will sound brighter and plastic warmer, I was wrong, this whistle can sound warm and mellow or sharp depends on how you push air into it. It also takes less air on the higher notes, which makes learning easy also makes volumn consistent through out the whole range. The body is smooth anodized aluminum, the bottom ring I think is also aluminum but sandblasted to a finer grit and anodized light bronze color, its smooth to to the touch and comfortable to hold. Durability wise, if you use it appropriately it will probably last a very long time, my 19 month old son sometimes use them as drum sticks and bang on other things, they held up pretty well to the abuse but I don't recommend it.

Très bon rapport qualité-prix pour ce Tin Whistle parfaitement jouable.

Prezzo imbattibile per due whistle ben fatti. Sono di metallo piuttosto spesso (niente a che fare con i veri 'tin' whistle), con un volume piuttosto basso sull'ottava più grave. Ma la sorpresa è il registro alto: pochissimi overtone perché, a differenza di altri marchi più diffusi, qui la camera dell'imboccatura non presenta cavità traditrici. Il suono è piacevolissimo, e lo strumento è bene intonato: anche se condivido l'opinione di chi lamenta un becco un po' corto - caratteristica comunque condivisa con molti modelli blasonati. Certo, il fatto che siano piuttosto pesanti e scivolosi (la superficie è opaca) sulle prime rende un po' difficile maneggiarli. Ma il tutto è compensato da un altro aspetto molto positivo, non dichiarato nella descrizione: i due whistle sono di fatto accordabili, perché l'imboccatura in plastica è sì fissata al corpo in metallo, ma tirando un poco si sfila quel tanto che serve a regolare l'intonazione (che così com'è, estraendo lo strumento dalla scatola, è leggermente crescente: bene così). Completa il tutto una scatola a prova di bomba con alloggiamento in gommapiuma. Per questo prezzo, incredibile.

Pretty good....

Good for beginners

De twee zilverkleurige mat glanzende fluiten die ik heb ontvangen zijn beiden gemaakt van bijna 2 mm. dik metaal, met een mooie gouden ring aan het uiteinde. De plastic mondstukken zitten vast op de buis en geleiden de lucht zeer nauwkeurig langs het "mes" van de wervelopening die de lucht in werveling brengt. In vergelijk met een klassieke Clarke tin whistle is het geluid opener door de rechte buis. Ik moet weer even opnieuw wennen aan de vingerzettingen. Het volume is ook iets hoger, maar de basisademhaling, waarbij je voor de lagere tonen wat zachter uit moet ademen omdat je anders gelijk overstuur krijgt is voor beide merken hetzelfde. Mogelijk dat het door de afwerking van de matglanzende buis komt, maar de Sondery fluiten voegen een aangename fluwelen textuur toe aan de toon. Ik moet nog even wennen aan de nieuwe fluiten, maar ik heb wel het idee dat als je wat dikkere vingerkussentjes hebt, dat dat bij deze fluiten het spelen wat eenvoudiger maakt. Anders dan dat gewoon heel rustig leren uitademen voor het basisgeluid. Als je harder blaast moet je per toon leren vaststellen hoe hard je moet blazen, om ook in hogere octaven te kunnen spelen. Dit vergt zeer veel oefening, denk ik. Er worden ook nog vier losse elastiekjes in een zakje bij geleverd van ongeveer 7 mm. in diameter. Ik moet nog opzoeken wat hier de bedoeling van is. Al met al wordt het zeer mooi gefabriceerd in een mooie doos met stevig geheugenschuim aan de binnenkant geleverd en een mooi stofwerend velletje transparant papier met de beide fluiten erop afgebeeld, voor als u de fluiten even af wilt dekken, maar de doos openlaat.