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The tin-whistle by Clarke Sweettone is a simple tin-whistle with a mouthpiece made of plastic tuned in C-major. It is varnished in colour and nickeled. The whistle is available in the colours red, black, blue and green.

The Origin of Tin-Whistles
The tin-whistle belongs to the family of penny-whistles (wood-whistle, pocket-whistle etc.). In comparison to the wood-whistle this whistle is made of tin. The tin-whistle used to be a little beak-pipe made out of blank sheet with six holes. It developed out of the flageolet at the end of the 18th/beginning of the 19th century. The penny-whistle is a popular and well-known instrument that originates from Irish music.

The penny-whistle is easy to learn and was known as a children´s instrument for quite long. During the Irish Folk Revival of the 60s it proved to be a strong stage instrument. Today the penny-whistle is the most favorite folk instrument in Ireland and has a higher meaning in the genres of Irish Folk, folk and medival music.

Playing Technique
The tin-whistle is played with the three middle fingers of both hands. The left hand covers the upper holes, the right hand the lower holes. When all holes are closed you gain a tonica. With the open lower hole you gain the large second. Each other opened hole adds up to the next inteval. After the septeme all holes are closed and the next octave is gained by blowing deeply. The whistle is actually a diatonic instrument although half-tones can be played by only closing the bottom hole by half.

The Clark Story
In 1843 Robert Clark, who to this point had only been a seasonal worker on farms, decided to improve his wages. The local black-smith assisted him and built a tool-set for the production of tin-whistles. Out of this idea (and a lot of energy)the biggest manufacture for penny-whistles was created. Today penny-whistles are still built by this traditional methode and still have the same traditional Clark sound.