I am not a talented person when it comes to music but if I were to be stranded on an island with only one instrument it would have to be the tin whistle or the flageolet or the penny whistle..whatever it is called.

and yes, I love it that much. I love playing it and I will be getting a friend of mine a tin whistle because I just want to share the joy of playing it. I gave one to a friend already last year and I will be giving another one to another friend. Well...I actually like him but he doesn't have to know. lol.

The ones that I have are in the key of D but in the future, I'd like to expand the collection of whistles that I have and get the different keys and even the low whistle. $ka-ching$, I can hear the sound of money being spent already.

In most cases, the expensive the musical equipment is the better it plays. Not with the tin whistle because with this instrument even the cheapest one could play extraordinary music. It pretty much depends on the person and your luck, if you're lucky then you will end up with a whistle that needs no tweaking...sweet!

This post sounds like as if I'm endorsing it or something...well, maybe I will..someday when I become reallllly good at it like Andrea Corr or like the guy in 'The Chieftains' but I doubt that will never happen. lol.

It is by far the easiest musical instrument that I can play (well, sort of play..hahaha) and I play by ear. Good instrument to train the ear with really. I love it!