Setanta Whistle Review (vs Lir, Killarney, and Humphrey)
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2022
- A friend reached out and asked if I wanted to check out a few Setanta whistles - and as I'd never had the chance to play one before, I was pretty geeked. Setantas are high end whistles for sure, so let's see how it sounds when compared to other professional instruments.
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Me, clicking: why is this recommended to me?
It would be interesting to test both octaves with the tuner. I have both the Lìr and the Killarney and the behavior is very different: the Lìr is much more powerful (louder) and to have the second octave in tune you have to blow with a lot of pressure; differently, the Killarney is quieter and also requires little air and pressure to have both octaves perfectly in tune. However I love them both; if I don't want to disturb, I use Killarney with its sweet, crystalline and discreet tone, but if I want to be heard then I use Lìr.
Certainly a review I needed, didn't expect it to be heavier than a Lir/Wild. Always wondered if the quality would differ a lot at that price range and now I don't feel bad about my Wild and Killarney.
Thanks for the comparison! The delrin head Setanta may be just a few grams lighter than the all metal one and shift the center of gravity back down just a bit (maybe). the Setanta and your Humphrey sound almost identical to my ears. The Lir sounds good but just a little bit different. The problem I'd have with getting LIr is the continued horror stories about the wait time once you order and pay and some have had problems with the quality of the whistle head and then again not hearing back from Lir for quite some time.
Liked the Humphrey the most, followed by the Lir, then the Setanta. This makes me excited to get my Humphrey in the mail tomorrow! (though I kinda like the final D on the Lir a little more...it's very close). I didn't care for the Setanta in the 2nd octave.
I've been playing a Setanta whistle with a delrin head for several years now as my go-to whistle. To me, the tone is much sweeter than the generation and Dixon whistles I had been playing up to that point. It is definitely on the heavy side but it was easy to get used to that, and now the others feel flimsy. It is a loud whistle! I got mine from McNeela but they have been out of stock for a while and I've wondered if they're still being made. McNeela seems to have moved over to the Wild, but I'm concerned about the durability of the black finish.
I’m holding out until I’ve gotten your beginner series down pat before I invest in a high quality whistle. The roll rhythm is killing me but I’ll get there!
Thx Sean. Seeing you balance the whistles on your finger reminded me of this... I recently watched an online episode of TG4's Síbín (trad show), which included Mary Bergin playing a couple of jigs on a red Generation whistle. She had a thin strip of (hockey type) tape around the body/tube of the whistle, between G and A holes, if memory serves... where her thumb seemed to rest. I assume the tape is for grip? Never seem that before, have you?
Sounds great. I heard they were good. I own a kilarney so I suppose I'm set for the foreseeable future as there seems to be no tangible upside with this whistle. Or other pro quality whistles for that matter.
There are basically three different setanta whistle heads:
Just recently found out that they have ended production.
I actually think I still prefer the Lir’s sound