The penny whistle or tin whistle has been a popular instrument with players through out the world owing to its low cost, ready availability and ease of construction. The oldest whistle found in ...

His first job was blowing the tin whistle on the family’s coal and junk wagon, alerting potential customers. A musicologist has said that the whistle was Armstrong’s first instrument.

In the years following the Second World War, traditional tin-whistle music ... a key role in encouraging others to take up this simple instrument that is capable of producing sophisticated ...