Speak his name and he appears, when I arrived at the pub last night the room was empty except for Brian
(he who does not update his website too often)
He showed me his latest whistle, he is making high D's and still refining the design
Lots of technical explanation followed on tuning (right over my head)
I asked why A whistles seem to cost much more than D's, they ain't a lot bigger so there isn't much more metal in them says I
Brian Howards thinks it is to do with development cost, you can sell a lot of D's thereby getting back design costs relatively quickly, A's don't sell in large numbers, don't think Brian makes A's?.
Anyway though his website doesn't show them Brian is making high end D Whistles and has also made a harp. I have seen the whistles on a website of some US instrument store but can't remember which one, not sure if he is making harps commercially or if it was just a trial model.