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- Shaw Whistles - Hand-made, non-tuneable, conical bore, all-metal whistles in a wide range of keys from low D to high E. Prices range from £14 to £63 depending on key. Dave Shaw also makes several types of bagpipes.
- Sindt, John - Interview with whistle maker John Sindt by Dale Wisely. Sindt's hand-made whistles are designed to "make as consistent a whistle as possible while staying with the original design and sound and concept of a cheap penny whistle."
- The 'Low-Tech' Whistle - Detailed instructions for making fine whistles out of cheap materials, using only simple tools. Regularly maintained and illustrated with photographs and technical drawings, this is the place to start for those new to whistle making.
- Jubilee Music Instrument Co. - Makers of tin whistles and folk wind instruments. Includes unusual whistles such as keyed chromatic whistles, bass whistles, and ethnic/folk modes.
- Clare Tin Whistle - These inexpensive (around US$10) whistles have plastic fipples and brass or nickel tubes, and are available in one-piece and two-piece versions. Clare makes only soprano D whistles.
- Making an Infra-Whistle - How to make a key of D or C telescoping whistle out of brass tubing and a Generation mouthpiece
- The Whistle Shop - Specializing in whistles and related items. Tutorial, tips, and hints for the tin whistle.
- House of Musical Traditions Whistle Catalog - Online ordering for whistles and other acoustic instruments. Specializes in exotic instruments.
- The Pennywhistler's Press - New York whistle player, Irish flute and uilleann pipe player Bill Ochs offers performances, lessons, tin whistle book, CD and whistle kits. Includes downloads.
- Elf Song Whistles - Custom-made, high D, C, E and E copper whistles made by the West Coast Whistle Company in Ladysmith, B.C. Canada.
Wikipedia Articles
- Whistling Kite - The Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also sometimes erroneously called Whistling Eagle or Whistling Hawk, it is named for its loud whistling call, which it often gives in flight.
- Black-billed Whistling Duck - The Black-billed Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arborea, is a whistling duck which breeds in the West Indies. Alternative names are West Indian Whistling Duck and Cuban Whistling Duck.
- Malabar Whistling-thrush - The Malabar Whistling Thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii, is a whistling thrush in the thrush family Turdidae. They are also known locally by the name of Whistling Schoolboy for the very human whistling calls that they make at dawn.
- Wolf-whistling - Wolf-whistling or Finger whistling is a type of whistling in which fingers are inserted in the mouth to produce a louder and more penetrating tone.
- Wandering Whistling Duck - The Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck.