To start off, I first learned about your whistles when I visited the website: www.theirishflutestore.com by Dr Patrick Jones DVM. So I Googled MK Whistles and found your site. Now as far as my musical past; I started out with drums from fifth to seventh grades, then went over to Eb Alto Sax (with a little […]
Category: Mk Stories
It was January in Idaho and I was lucky enough to be spending a work day on the slopes of my favorite mountain in the stunningly beautiful Sun Valley. I was by myself. My family and friends unable to join me on my sudden business trip to Idaho. I had arrived at dusk at the […]
Dear Mk music, This past week I was invited to Thailand to be a part of multi-cultural band that would provide music at the international meetings of a Christian charity organization. Although the band was mostly modern instruments, I was invited to provide a more ethnic “color” using various whistles, flutes and other instruments I […]
The West Coast of Scotland has to be one of the most amazing places in the world. All year I had been looking forward to another few weeks exploring it on a very special little ship, The Hippo-owned by a friend. Sailing ensures that things aren’t seen to quickly and the world goes by a […]
A Ghostly voice by Chuck Boody
At a festival a few years back several of us were playing late at night; well really early in the morning–about 2 AM. Two of us were on whistles, lo D and either A or hi D, and were improvising harmonies to the slow tunes we were playing. There was a hammered dulcimer (a fine […]
Mk Story by Kelly Beutler
My sister lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains at Denver, Colorado, giving me access to that beautiful hiking country. On a visit, I had a free afternoon so I packed a daypack and went hiking in the foothills outside Golden. After ascending for quite a while, I took a break and settled down […]
My journey with the whistle began about three years ago after pestering my dad to buy me one as a Christmas present. To my delight and, after a while, my parent’s annoyance I received a plastic low D. Most of Christmas day was spent playing the whistle and that carried on throughout the Christmas holidays. […]
Mk Story
In third period last year, nine of the other ten students had plainly shown that they thought that a tin whistle would have a bad sound. In the third quarter, I started taking my tin whistle to play on my walk home. One day, when we were doing nothing in class, I pulled out my whistle and […]
'MKurry' by Timothy Cummings
Last autumn, my family and I traveled to Pakistan to visit and support girls’ schools in Lahore and its surrounding villages. I brought with me a set of shuttlepipes, a cheap banjo, and my trusty MK low-D. At this point I should mention that I not only sport a healthy beard, but also keep a […]
Time well spent by Roibeard Boyd
I was sitting at school waiting for my first period teacher to arrive. A friend of mine and another person had brought their guitars. We were back near the band room so there were a lot of musically inclined people there. Two guitars, a clarke C whistle and a couple voices made for great music.