Subject: Tin penny whistle - the final word (almost)
Date: Mar 2 11:29:37 1999
From: Jane Westervelt - jwesterv at uidaho.edu
> The penny whistle, when played with one extended note, can imitate a Varied
> Thrush quite well. If you know what a singing Varied Thrush sounds like,
> you have an idea of the tone of a penny whistle.
All the varied thrushes I've heard sing have a two note song. One
note clearer, the other buzzier, somewhere between a whistle &
kazoo. From what's been said, can I assume the tin whistle sounds
like this second note?
jw
Jane Westervelt
Steve Kalloger
Moscow, ID