Tin whistle The whistle's fingering system is similar to that of the six hole, "simple system English flutes" ("simple" in comparison to Boehm system flutes). The six hole, diatonic system is also used on baroque flutes, and was of course well known before Robert Clarke began producing his tin whistles. Clarke's first whistle, the Meg, was pitched in high A and was later made in other keys suitable for Victorian parlour music. The company showed the whistles in The Great Exhibition of 1851. The Clark tin whistle is voiced somewhat on an organ-pipe with a flattened tube forming the lip of the
Tin whistle groups, especially popular during the American folk music revival. In 1973, Paddy Moloney (of The Chieftains) and Sean Potts released the album "Tin Whistles", which helped to popularise the tin whistle in particular, and Irish music in general. Mary Bergin's "Feadóga Stáin" (1979) and "Feadóga Stáin 2" (1993) were similarly influential. Other notable players include Carmel Gunning, Micho Russell, Joanie Madden, Brian Finnegan, and Seán Ryan. Many traditional pipers and flute players also play the whistle to a high standard. Festy Conlon is considered by some to be the best slow air player. Award-winning singer and musician Julie Fowlis recorded