Would you be satisfied performing on a recorder that cost £30 new? Probably not. You’re used to recorders of very high quality, right? #2- Something that can be played energetically for about 3 hrs non-stop, and will stand a little overblowing. "#1- A soprano D whistle with enough oomph for Ceilidh, but that’s not going to get me excommunicated from my pub session. I appreciate you must get loads of these shouts, so thanks for your time. cheap Generation, but that was too far the other way… Something that can be played energetically for about 3 hrs non-stop, and will stand a little overblowing. Ě soprano D whistle with enough oomph for Ceilidh, but that’s not going to get me excommunicated from my pub session. So, I am looking for advice on the following On the one hand, it’s a chieftain and gorgeous, on the other, it’s a b****r to play. ? I sense from some early snooping that this might be a common problem. The lower octave is gorgeous, but I can’t sustain the breath for the high notes, and doing it for the duration of a Ceilidh might cause me to pass out. The point is (finally) that I was given a chieftain high D (280104 KWL) by a friend a few years ago, who said that as a Trumpet player and opera singer I might get more use out of it than him. While I have now bought a lovely one second hand, it’s a bit quiet for gigs, (despite being expensive enough to sound good but not so expensive I can’t put it through it’s paces at weekly Ceilidhs). Recently, my favourite folk recorder ‘died’. Until now, I have always used a recorder for folk (I’m sure many of you will have opinions on this, but now is not the time… ?). My background is early music (for which I have some very nice Mollenhauer Kynsekers). If not, skip to the bottom of the post and tell me what you think. I need some help selecting a whistle to replace my chieftain.