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Can you tell me the name of this tune he is playing? Thanks!

I have cheap ones and they sound good. Maybe not professional, but neither am I 😅😄

shes so cute thank you for sharing this :))

The Freeman whistles sound terrible

Fellow penny whistlest. Love the video.

I love these demonstrations but would like to hear Kevin give his overall opinion

I have a Freeman tweaked Clark. This man does good work.

I have this whistle in both D and C. Hardly ever play them, precisely for this reason, so definitely going to try this tweak. Btw, Ashokan Farewell is an ideal tune to explore a whistle. It has pretty much every single note from bottom D to high C nat. And there's even the F nat in the B part. And all this while enjoying a beautiful composition.

Liked the Vulcan reference. Is there a musicology reason to refer to the spacing as "three half steps" rather than a step and a half?

I have one. Not harder than any other to play on..and I smoke like a shimny.

Why don’t you get the makers to make the whistle the way it should be saving all that tweaking sounds a sensible idea.

I wish I could have you as a teacher... your just so calm and so calm at explaining things. Everybody's in such a damn big hurry these days. And can't hold a conversation. Wish you was my grandpa lol

I'm not touching my Clarke original, lest I ruin it. It is the best sounding whistle of all my cheapies--and not-so-cheapies. I don't find the amount of air needed to be a problem, but then I was the kid who could hold my breath underwater longer than my friends, and I had eight years of choral training in school, so I know how to "breathe."

I just love this. Just finally ordered this whistle from eBay. I'd also listen to any whistle tune played by Byung Ho Kwon and am rooting around in CZcams for more of his music.

huh, I always wondered how people do that

❤ THANKS, FIXED mine in 2 MInutes😂

This is the knowledge that will be lost if it wasn’t for CZcams

wow, I'm going to get one of these as soon as I can afford it! Good price too for a low whistle

Sounds amazing! Do you sell them by any chance?

The original one out of the box sounded like a sow’s ear, it was awful, and the so-called tweaked one was just as bad. It just sounded bad in a different way. Why bother with these whistles that are obvious junk? I have Generation whistles that sound better than a Clarke, but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. If you want to play the whistle and you want to have any hope of making a sound that is pleasant, then you have two choices. Either buy your whistles from a decent reputable maker, or learn how to make them yourself. Dont waste your time trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. I have high whistles that I made of copper plumbing pipe and low whistles from PVC electrical conduit that sound far superior to these tweaked Clarke, and I have good whistles from good makers. If you are trying to learn to play on a crap instrument all you will get is frustration and you wont get very far in your learning. Dont waste your time.

Curiosity got the best of me, so I purchased a Clarke Original today. Takes twice to three times the breath to get through simple tunes as on other whistles. Instead of bending the sound blade with plyers, I used sticky putty to reshape which works.

Interesting to listen to the difference of the tweked whisltle. Since I have also large recordes to play I did not experience difficulties of air. The sound of wind makes the difference for me of the tin whistle to a recorder. Anyway, I adore the possibility of doing rework on a commercial instrument to make it fit to your own requrements.

Are all of your blue tipped generations bluebirds?

Hello and a good day to you Jerry. Are you still making and selling these? I would love to get one

Perfect! Another way to work on this specific model, instead of flattening the air channel and the blade (labium), would be to completely redo the block following the same rounded geometry as the channel. Of course, this takes more time and hopefully the block will come out easily. I basically follow the logic of the original baroque recorders where the block, channel and blade are all rounded. I would like to try as I have some practice in optimising recorders and building and modifying wooden blocks and then, I would like to try and see the difference with a synthetic block. Thanks, you are a legend!

I just hit a Clark I thought it was me hard to play. I just started to play this one is definitely not recommended for beginners.

❤ wow love the Bluebird sound!

I love my Mellow Dog!

Xoxox

Greetings Jerry. I tried to reach you via e-mail, but to no avail. I would LOVE to purchase one of your Klemzer whistles. Do you have any available for sale?

If mine’s also called Clarke, the logo’s the same and the establishment’s the same but there are no kite shapes, is it an original?

Oh my. I am looking at my twin brother from a different mother. 😮. Bodhran here.

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for creating this video!

holy shit you’re like the whistle wizard i’m so glad i found this

Wow !

This is so gorgeous! Both the tone and that scale! I am sure I've messed around humming in this scale, but I didn't know what it was. I'm looking into which of your Irish whistles to get; I do like how a lot of them sound but am leaning towards the -birds for what is appealing to me most right now. Thank you for doing this, and I hope that the skills of making cleverly tweaked whistles do not die!

Does Damien Connolly have a CZcams channel?

Mine is due in my mail box today. I am 76 and excited to receive your Freeman Bluebird Whistle. I am also looking forward to the arrival of the Low D. Thanks.

My dad died when I was very young just found one and his stuff good video very informational thank you

I have his tweaked C and and Eb Blackbird. Love them

Thanks! Happy holidays! 🌞🎅🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I tweaked mine a d now it sounds great, thanks Jerry

I’ve bought expensive carbon fiber whistles.. the one I purchased from you is still my absolute favorite

When I began I went through the WHOAD phase (whistle obsessive acquisition disorder), a common thing.. so I acquired just about anything and everything I came across. Including several Freeman tweaked whistles. I have the original Generation D, and a Freeman tweaked version, which is better (and I also have other Freeman keys - they're all good, and recommended - if you can get them), but when it comes to D the (old type) Freeman Bluebird D is all I actually need. I would be fine with only that one. The other D whistles I bought aren't really needed. Except one Oz (the cheaper Delrin variant, and at an extra low price offer) which I bought some years ago. I just couldn't get used to it.. until recently. You have to, and can, lean more into the Oz than the delicate Bluebird. So recently I'm using the latter one more than the Bluebird, but I would be totally happy with just the Freeman Bluebird. It's a really great whistle. Now if I could just play more than simple tunes.. oh well.

It's great to see you're tweaking whistles again. You tweaked a Shaw D for me YEARS ago and it's still my favorite!

Great tune well played with that whistle. Too short of course. Wanted to hear you play The Blackbird to see which version you use.

Sounds like the tweaked whistle has lost some of its sweetness.

Came to discover the whistles, stayed for mouse vs pistachio!

What song was he using to demonstrate his whistles it was beautiful

What a fun instrument! I'll pick one up when my bonus comes in next month!