"And the penny whistle evolved, in England, from the English flageolette"

And there WAV goes again... ever heard of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'? It ended up that nobody believed him.

Look, I'm not making this up, you know.

There are far too many widely educated people here - in almost ANY field of knowledge (since many people aprat form professional musos also have music as a hobby, while earning their pay from Street Sweepers to Rocket Scientists) to tolerate people like WAV from just 'making it up as they go along'.

You are rapidly digging yourself into a hole of ridicule and no respect, mate!

Truly, it is better to keep one's mouth closed and be thought a Fool, that to open it and remove all doubt!