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John has a backlog, whereas the Killarney is apparently immediately available for purchase. AFAIK, he hasn’t mentioned them, anymore than they mention him. Heck, for all I know, they could even be officially licensing from John Sindt. So, there were probably different design considerations addressed in developing the Killarney whistles, and the process of manufacture may differ as well. brass tube), tuning, peculiarities of voicing, cost, or ready availability. Seems the Sindt may not have had some characteristics that were desired, whether that is in elements such as finish (nickel vs. Perhaps not a direct copy, but I wouldn’t call it a case of parallel evolution, either (insert smiley here). I don’t think there is any doubt that the design of the Killarney has been strongly influenced by the Sindt whistles. Re: Killarney Whistles and John Sindt whistles - can any give a comparative review? How trustworthy are these two makers who can make that claim? Hoping to advise a friend who admires my Sindt. I am still not happy with the wording on the site. The price is remarkably good value for a whistle, if it anything like the quality of a Sindt. Sindts were generally well finished and consistent.
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Anything about the finishing of the Killarney. Does it need just about the same amount of air, same change of pressure to jump or drop the octave? Do the two octaves have the same balance? What is the sound like? Is it brighter or louder or much the same. It would be probably best to clean your Sindt with brass polish inside and out, before doing this. I wonder whether anyone has access to both a Sindt and a Killarney D whistle, and would be prepared to post a comparative review? I would be interested to know their definition of the word design. Strangely, the website makes no mention of J Sindt, but claims that the design work was done by the two makers. The only difference I can see is that the barrel is chrome plated. Shows me something so very similar to what I play most days. It was brought to my attention, in a discussion on this group, that Killarney whistles are making a similar instrument. It seems that J Sindt is no longer making whistles. Sindt whistles clearly have their fans on this group, and second hand ones have a good value. A whistle that was better in tune, had a stronger lower register, with the feel of playing a Generation for air pressure needed. It was pleasing to see them in the hands of players I admired such as Mary Bergin who previously had played Generations. I fact I let my friend choose the one he wanted to keep, as I felt there was no difference. I was impressed by the fact that the two impossible to tell apart by the sound.
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I bought this about 15 years ago, pairing with a friend to share the cost of postage and paying by money order.
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I’m still developing my technique in low whistles, so it could be a problem of blowing properly.Apart from a series of well worn Generation D whistles, the only other whistle I play regularly is my John Sindt D. Perhaps the loudness thing is a problem of mine. When I play at home, though, it’s fantastic. The only ‘regretable’ thing is that it’s not a loud whistle, so I can’t play it in sessions, ‘cause I can’t even hear myself. The first octave is a bit too low, specially the lower notes(D & E). Very nice and ‘fluty’, specially on the second octave. Whistlegirl, I love the sound of the Tony Dixon’s low D. Unfortunately I haven’t tried famous whistles such as Copeland and Sindt, so I can’t make any comparison between them. I strongly recommend the Burke brass bore, it’s a lovely instrument. One of the reasons I chose the bore was because I read somewhere (probably C&F) that it was a bit louder, and I was looking for a good, loud whistle to be played in noisy sessions and even noisier gigs. I just have a wide bore Burke, I didn’t try the intermediate one. And as someone has noted, it really depends what kind of sound you want. You can’t go too far wrong with the cheaper whistles and the Generations are usually in tune for band playing. Whereas I always advise novice fluteplayers to avoid buying cheap flutes "just to learn on", because there are "flutes" and then there are FLUTES. I have heard good players play beautifully on cheap whistles and bad players play badly on $300 whistles. My favourite whistles are still my 20+ years old (almost older than you!) Generation D and E flat and Clarkes C. I have been playing for a long, long time and tried just about every kind of whistle including some of the outrageously over-priced wooden varieties. Best bet is just to get a Generation D and learn to play on that. The Feadog model is OK, but rather inconsistent.