A tinwhistle with drones and a bag. (Like bagpipes)
The Bagwhistle design uses a High-D whistle chanter instead of Low-G.
The drones are High-D and High-G adjustable drone with fipple
shutters to silence when needed with replacing them with plugs.
Simply pull the fipple shutter up over the fipple and the drone is silenced.
The Dronestock is capable of supporting two drones.
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I'm currently making two drone, one chanter bagwhistles. Delivery 3-4 weeks.
$95 Two
Drone, 1 Chanter Bagwhistle
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER ABOUT BAGWHISTLES
Q. Are Bagwhistles loud like Bagpipes?
A. No, they are the same volume level as regular whistles. The
chanter whistle is louder than the drones.
Q. Do they use a lot of air?
A. Yes and No, the chanter uses no more air than a regular whislte.
Each drone requires some air as well.
All of them together can use a lot of air. You can shut off drones that
you don't need.
It does use more air than bagpipes.
Q. Do they start up like bagpipes?
A. No, you do not have to "goose" the bag to start them
playing.
As soon as you press on a partially inflated bag, the notes will start to sound.
Q. What notes do you set the drones to?
A. There is a low range and a high range drone. You can choose any setting
that you like. Usually D and sometimes G.
Q. What kind of fingering do they follow?
A. Standard Pennywhistle Fingering.