Water Whistles

Mark Gilston shows and demonstrates various water whistles from Macedonia and the USA
markgilston.com/

[@xenonkey7770]

A man gave me one of these when I was a child and I’ve been blowing into it and thought this was just a high pitched whistle. At 30 I stumbled across your video just now and realized I needed water and now my mysterious whistle is played properly. Playing it at 2AM in the morning. It’s so special you don’t understand.

[@Sald8Trin]

This is weirdly too relatable

[@jcamisa50]

I remember the bird whistle when I was a little girl. My dad had one . Looking to purchase . I'm 69 years young. 😁🎶🎶

[@smhunney8266]

im intrigued by your collection of indigenous art craft and instruments.

[@susanpauli5757]

loved the plastic bird one when I was a kid. thanks for the video!

[@Steampunkfox143]

I never realized the green one was a water whistle! I always thought they just never worked!!

[@robo1989]

Finally

[@zorandimitrov6371]

The pot like whistle were selling like crazy here in Macedonia, especially when was Bazaar day. That was back in the 80's. I have seen one lately. Younger generations, 90's and later, don't have a clue what is it 😀

[@TradmanTX]

Thanks for the comment. Most interesting.

[@dianaarneson6590]

Thank you! You've just shown me how to work a water whistle that I was about to give up on. :)

[@poladelarosa8399]

Extremely interesting and engagingly presented. Thanks!

[@danstark3341]

That was a great little video. I was talking to my friend about the bird ones that I had as a child. She had never seen them before. I didn't know that they were anything other than toys, I like that little red pot shaped one that you have.

[@chicheperez]

❤❤❤❤😊😊😊 gracias por este bello video a algunos nos trae unos recuerdos de infancia

[@Singalto2u]

Thank you again for sharing...I signed your guest book on the website. My students were bringing these for "Show and Tell" and I ran across a ceramic one yesterday at the shopping mall here in OKC. Love collecting and learning about instruments from around the world! (Ms. Goodhead, Elementary Music Teacher)

[@billyyoung3168]

Cool collection.

[@symdoxe3036]

This is so cool!

[@allthewayalive92]

I want one for my water pipe now

[@edgytoucan3444]

Used to have the green one

[@itsbebe3695]

I can never get the correct amount of water

[@carolloughridge8483]

Cover the birds beak with your finger and it makes a very sorrowful call

[@rubyPWNS1]

My cat went crazy while I was watching this video haha

[@sarahsaleh4074]

Where did you buy your red ceramic whistle and the transparent green one?

[@TradmanTX]

The red one was bought at an outdoor market. I think it was in Skopje in 1968, but it could have been somewhere else in Macedonia. The green one was bought in some trinket shop. I have absolutely no memory of where, but it was in the north east USA well over 50 years ago.

[@shooteracegaming8202]

When you blow is it a continuous stream of air or do you have to stop and start

[@TradmanTX]

It's a continuous steady stream of air. It's the movement of the water that makes the changing sound.

[@JasbirSingh-kp2zm]

how to make water jar whistle

[@safetydave720]

I just bought 2 clay ones on Amazon