mk Whistles 
So I’ve been working on a project to create a chromatic whistle for roughly six years. It’s a typically long and protracted process for designing a musical instrument, but like so many of the things I’ve been involved with in the last few years, it might be taking longer than expected but it is actually […]
Here’s a track recorded by Croft No. Five including myself playing an Mk Low D in a tremendously awkward key (roll on the chromatic is all I can say!). Croft-No.-Five_Elephant from Mk Music
We are very pleased to announce that Mk Whistles will be stocked by The Music Room in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire in the UK. The Music Room was started by 3 music enthusiasts, Dave Mallinson, John Turner and Martyn Banks, who had spent many years touring stalls around many of UK’s Music festivals. Since then, the […]
Here’s a track from The Maverick Angels featuring Fraser Shaw playing an Mk Low D along with Innes Watson on a Flyde Guitar, Kevin O’ Neill on a George Ormiston Flute and my brother John Somerville on a Borsini Accordian. Look them up at http://www.myspace.com/themaverickangels The-Maverick-Angels_Sauciness from Mk Music
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 […]
Custys has long since been one of our favourite music shops, and we’re glad to announce that Mk Whistles will be stocked in Custy’s once again.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.