Welcome to Feadóg Redux—loosely pronounced "fuh-dough ree-dux" or, very loosely, "acid reflux." This site aims to collect & categorize information available on the Web about the Irish tin whistle, also known as the pennywhistle.

This site is more than a collection of links ... but not much more. Feadóg Redux's value is in the way information is categorized. Instead of merely listing tin-whistle Web sites, I offer links to the portions of various sites that address the topics on the navigation bar to the left. As a result, some sites are listed more than once, depending on the type and amount of information they contain.

If you're new to the tin whistle start with: Elizabeth Gott's tin whistle introduction. The Ceolas Tin Whistle Guide's introduction.

For you enthusiasts of the low whistle (up to double the length of standard tin whistles and an octave lower), you can find an introduction to the instrument from the now-defunct site Whistling Low.

If you've ever wondered what makes a whistle whistle, it's the vibrating airstream that results from air alternately passing up through a fipple's lip and down through the length of the whistle. Clear as mud? Try these explanations:

• Erik Tolp-Olsen briefly explains the physics behind tin whistles (when you visit his site, select the "whistle physics" link).
• The University of New South Wales' introduction to flute acoustics explains how sound is produced in flute-like instruments (including whistles).

By the way, if you've ever wondered why words like "whistle" work equally well as nouns or verbs, I'll let you puzzle over that puzzle yourselves.

Lastly ... hankering for some whistle jokes? Hanker no more! Seriously, stop hankering; it's unseemly.

Grahpics courtesy of Bradley Schenck's Long Playing Computer Graphics.
Tin-whistle photo above courtesy of the Celtic Isles Shop.
Site last updated January 10, 2004

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