Not to comfuse any other than myself: I talk about Low Wistle, Irish Flute and Tenor Recorder.

I have one another post in here, about bamboo irish flute. I'm going to buy that, but in addition I consider a whistler. I've already ordered a cheap bamboo whistler in low D. But for the real stuff, the more expensive ones, I have some newbie questions.

What is the difference between these three types? I mean not so much in their history and building, as in the sound.

I have been very close to order a Dixon duo pennywhistle in low D. But I see that the sound is quite similar to the Tenor Recorder I've borrowed. They seem to be of the same material also. So as long as I borrow the recorder, it would maybe be just extra money to buy the Dixon.

But the nice thing with the Dixon is the dual mouth pieces. I could also turn it into a fulte, and examples in Youtube tells me there is a clear difference in the sound from whistle to flute.

But what is the difference from whistle to recorder?

I have no good language for this, but in my own words: It seems to me that the flute gives the closest encounter between air and sound. And at the other hand that in the recorder, the meeting between sound and air is more wrapped in, kind of more out of my reach. And in the whistle it's something between those two. Uhm, I guess at least I understood what I was saying...

Anyone who would like to give me a few words for education? I'm learn and search at the same time, and that's a bit confusing.

sverreflute

The recorder is going to be end blown, and the flute is going to be transverse. The flute has a tapered bore, which allows for easy fingering through 3 octaves. The whistle, on the other hand, is usually metallic, in higher end instruments, and doesn't have the same mellow sound, as a wood instrument. The fingering for the recorder, will also be different from the other two. The transverse is an embouchure flute, while the other two are fipple instruments. (Embouchure is harder to play.)

That said, all can play Celtic music.

You are a walking encyclopedia - and even better than the book kind. You're interactive!

Nah. I just learned a long time ago, how to explain something so others could understand it.

As Rick says whistles are usually in metal and they are available in many keys. I have no experience but they say you need many keys as it is difficult to play different keys on one whistle. Recorders are wood (or plastic but don't buy that) and very versatile. They come in two keys (the tneor and the soprano in C, the alto and the bass in F) because you can play music in any key on any recorder. But I think the sound is very different from a whistle.

By the way welcome, good to have yet another Scandinavian here. We are now three at least!

...Rick is even better than this, he's concise.
While a book explains you something in 2 pages, Rick compiles the essential infos in two lines.
Precious.

In der Begrenzung zeigt sich der Meister, as the classical German word of wisdom says.

I have missed to reply to this. Thank you for good answers! As said by the others here, much information in few words. Och tack så mycket, Gerhard, hvad kuult at treffa en svenska här, attpåtil en norrländing! I wonder who the third scandinavian is.