Hope this note finds you well and that you're enjoying the music.  Our weekly session here in Greeley is going strong, great players, new players & great tunes.
 
Wanted to give you a heads up on the latest happenings here with W&D so here goes...
 
New Products:

Reyburn Irish Whistles

Really excited about these.  Great players - some of the best.  The high D comes in both session volume and small ensemble varieties.  Pitches from High Eb to Low D.

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/reyburn-irish-whistles



These guys have been making whistles ever since I can remember.  They've just released the WD Sweet Model in Delrin which is sure to be a winner.  It's a refinement of their previous "Pro" version.  It's made  out of Delrin, which is a great synthetic material that sounds like wood but doesn't have the drawbacks such as cracking.  Reasonably priced at $150 to boot!  

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/wd-sweet-model-pennywhistle-in-delrin


Uilleann Pipe "Budget" Practice Set by Patrick Sky

Very excited about these!  These are for those of us that would like to add the pipes to our "bag of tricks" and don't want to spend the big bucks yet still want a pro-level instrument.  Awesome - just awesome.  For those of you familiar with Green Linnet Records, Patrick was one of the founding members!  He is now "living the dream" making pipes and performing with his wife and fiddle player Cathy Sky.

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/uilleann-pipes-budget-practice-set-patrick-sky


Hedwitschak Light, Basic & High End Lines in Stock - Tippers Too!

Nice to have a good selection in stock again.  We have 3 GPS that are not spoken for yet!

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=hedwitschak&x=15&y=10&limit=all

 

We got a ton of these things in stock so it's time to clear out some inventory.  Great quality.

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=hedwitschak&x=15&y=10&limit=all

 
Busman Whistles in Stock

We have a couple of really nice Busman High D whistles in stock.  Both are great players.

http://www.whistleanddrum.com/irish-tin-whistles/all?manufacturer=51


News:
Welcome back Gabby!

Gabby, who ran W&D while Deb and I were in Ireland is now back managing W&D and boy is she whipping us into shape!  She was managing a wholesale pet supply shop for a while (BIG company) and with all her experience is really getting us organized.  She's great fun to work with as well.  She and her husband Blake (who is a great bodhran player by the way) also own a cool deli across the street so she occasionally brings in smoothies and such!
Baby #2 on the Way!

The Chastains you might say have been busy.  We have a Boy on the way somewhere around May 20th.  Our 2 year old daughter Erin has been pretty funny about it... She looks at Deb's belly and says "Erin have baby too!" as she point to her own belly.  I'm sure she'll at some point get that there will be another person to factor into the family, share toys with, fries with, etc...  Crazy times.  Dad's hoping one of them plays the fiddle - gotta love fiddle & flute!


Well, that's all I can think of.  Say hi to your Whistle &/or Drum for me!


Ceol Agus Craic,  (Music & Good Times)

Irish Traditional Musician & Founder
Whistle & Drum
www.WhistleAndDrum.com