MK Midgie High D tin whistle review

Well it's finally happened: I got a hold of an MK whistle. Thanks to the kind folks over at Big Whistle Company I actually got a hold of quite a few new whistles to test out, the MK is just the first of the bunch and - spoiler alert - it's brilliant.
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[@fatheroblivion45]

Good review. I’ve bought from Big Whistle before and the service is brilliant. When I ordered a whistle from them as a present I’d just moved house and mistakenly used my old post code and when whistle didn’t arrive I contacted them and was sent a replacement whistle and told to send the original whistle back to them when I received it. ( which I did ). Top class service!

[@gustavf.6067]

I'd love to see you play a medium hard Goldie and the Kerry Chieftain High Ds. They're really air efficient and you get a lot of volume control like that.

[@bruceboysen1671]

Great review. I love my Midgie. My other favorite high D is the Humphrey Journeyman.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Great review, very interesting 😊, thanks.
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[@jacebeleren1703]

I had one of those, it was utterly amazing.
The only reason i sold it was because the volume and frequencies hurt my ears when practicing at home, so i figured i'd mostly focus on flute.

[@jimobrien84]

I have an MK Pro low d and I love it

[@petterfuhre17]

Absolutely. Same here. Gorgeous Low D. Hard to decide, sometimes, between that and the Goldie Low D. Luxury problem, I know 😀

[@jimobrien84]

@@petterfuhre17 haha yea I hope to have that problem before long myself. Right now my other low whistles are a step down in quality from that level

[@kirklagory5230]

I have an MK low D and struggle to get a clear high B. Any suggestions?

[@jimobrien84]

@@kirklagory5230 I can always hit it without having to articulate it on its own if I ascend to it legato style. But otherwise I find it safer to tongue it, which pretty much always works for me

[@petterfuhre17]

@@kirklagory5230 Yeah, tonguing it is probably the safest way to go about it. Or a quick slide up from high A. Another thing I've found useful on those higher notes (not so much on my Low D but on my Alba Low C) is to squeeze my lips slightly more. This produces a faster air stream without increasing backpressure. And conversely, lowering my jaw gives better control and more volume to the bell note.

[@jvruizflute]

This is really nice! If I may ask, what's the tune from 1:17 to 1:27?! I'm fairly new to the whistle, but that sounds like a great one for working ornaments!

[@martinwright1575]

Colonel Fraser's

[@himasf]

I'm hearing extra notes. Overtone? Harmonics? Not sure about the terminology. Especially on that G 1:26 that I find a little distracting popping up here and there. 🤔