David O'Brien makes brass,
aluminum and wooden
pennywhistles in Chilliwack,
Canada.  These
professional-quality instruments
are available in a variety of keys
and styles, as well as in sets with
one head joint and two or three
body tubes in different keys.
This page last updated on 8/5/2010
Woods Available Now
Here are three Rovers, in
torrified maple, African
blackwood and Bolivian
rosewood.  All have the
optional extra rings on
the mouthpiece.
To the left and above are whistles in African blackwood,
Osage orange, purpleheart, torrified maple, Bolivian
rosewood, wenge, zebrawood and flamewood.  All are
available, as of January 9, 2010.
New for March, 2010: C,D Stowaway set with a bag.  This is a set with two telescopic brass bodies in the keys of
C and D with one headjoint that slides on the bodies, making the whistles tunable.  Introductory price: Only C$150
Don't you need a C,D set that would slip into a shirt pocket?
Here is the latest addition to the Stowaway
line-a deluxe model with a rosewood
mouthpiece.  The rosewood is finished with a
clear plastic lacquer, inside and out, to reduce
maintenance worries.  The whistle telescopes
from over eleven inches to about seven.  To
hear a tune on it, click here.
               Introductory price: C$150.