Irish reels. John Naughton’s Green Mountain/Welcome Here Again on Colin Goldie low D whistle

[@gustavf.6067]

Lovely. I see you're using a small bore whistle. Colin told me these are a pain to make but I was really surprised with the sound when he showed me, and you make it sound even better. How does it compare to the Marc Löfgren or the regular Goldie? I know it's kind of a very specific question but I'm curious about your take on it, you know, volume, resistance, and so on. MVH

[@ketilliland]

I got this narrow bore a couple of months ago. It took a while to get used to but now I love it! The big difference is the sweet second octave all the way up to high b and even high C (as played here in the last tune). The volume is a bit lower than my Löfgren, but very balanced, even volume on all the notes. It takes less air and easier to play fast stuff. The cross fingered C natural needs a bit of tweaking (fingers or breath) to keep in tune, but that is a compromize with the narrow bore. The tone is faboulus!

[@gustavf.6067]

@@ketilliland Interesting, thank you so much for taking the time.