I'm with McMoo. Geraldine Cotter's "The Irish Tin Whistle Tutor" is far and away the best of the lot. I have used several in teaching and learning. She presumes nothing in terms of what one knows, yet she allows one to move and make music at their own pace. Marvellous tutorial.

I would say that choosing the favorite whistle is very difficult. I have a bag full of them, and use different ones for different sounds. For example, the Low D. When I want a very mellow and hollow sound, I play the Shaw. It has a conical taper and is very mellow. When I want a little more edge, I play the Chieftain tunable. The Susato plastics have and almost reedy sound. The Sweetone is a marvelous whistle, but make sure it is in tune when you buy it as it is difficult to tweek. For straight up whistle playing it is hard to beat the Generation. In all these comments I presume we are discussing the lower priced whistles as opposed to the $150 to $500 whistles.

Mick