The Questions People Ask a Whistlemaker
Misha Somerville answers questions often asked about an unusual and incredible profession.
A low whistle cleaning kit specially designed for cleaning and maintaining low whistles. It features several innovative solutions to get into the hard-to-reach places which are often actually the most important to keeping whistles playing well.
Contents of mk cleaning and maintenance kit.
- Felt pull-throughs
- Cotton buds
- mk Tuning slide grease
- mk Wistol cleaning & sterilising solution
- mk modular cleaning mop
The mk modular cleaning mop is compact for stowing, but can be extended for cleaning non-tuneable whistles. It's body is precision turned metal and should last many years. The head is removable for cleaning or replacing.
mk's Wistol is a sterilising and cleaning solution for whistles and wind instruments. It cleans and sterilises without adversely affecting the instrument itself.
The felt pull throughs are wedge shaped strips of felt that can be passed through the airway fr cleaning. They are best used after playing for a little while and are cleanable or disposable.
- Incredibly simple and elegant key system - a process of years of carving off excess material to arrive at the most elemental form.
- The first Chameleon is based on a Low D whistle - a 'D Chameleon'.
- Pinky keys/fingers to play E♭ and G♯.
- Optional thumb keys (4 legged Chameleon) or plain toneholes (2 legged Chameleon) for B♭ and F♮.
- 2 legged Chameleon comes with polished silver stopper for back holes if just E♭ and G♯ wish to be used.
- Blue green tinted anodised body from polished aerospace grade alloy - light, precise, resonant.
- Blackened stainless steel 3D printed keys, allowing limitless exploration of form to produce extremely ergonomic key forms.
- Light touch, magnetically sprung keys.
- Custom Chameleon Case made from brushed aluminium and a precision machined transparent tray. Felt lined and with a removable shoulder strap.
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Free worldwide Shipping for orders above £250 / $300 / €300
| Region | Free / Economy | Express |
|---|---|---|
| UK | 3-4 days | 1-2 days |
| Europe | 5-7 days | 3-4 days |
| North America | 6-11 days | 3-6 days |
| Rest of World | 7-13 days | 4-6 days |
All estimates are working days from dispatch. Got questions? Get in touch.
All international postage is insured.
- Worldwide postal services are very reliable - we send hundreds of packages a year and it is very, very unusual for one to go missing. Sometimes there are delays due to worldwide circumstances (e.g. pandemics, postage fluctuations like Christmas) or local circumstances. Tracking allows us to check the whereabouts of a package but, unless your package has been delivered to a neighbour without you knowing, tracking doesn't speed up delivery - it just allows us to check its whereabouts in countries where postal tracking is available.
- It is our responsibility to get your order to you, but we also work with postage services around the world, and any issues they may be facing at the time. We are constantly impressed with how reliable international postal services are given the distances we are posting. In the small number of cases there is a delay, we greatly appreciate your patience. We will work to resolve any issues - we have never not delivered an order.
- We dispatch orders within 1-2 working days. You'll get an email to confirm dispatch (please remember to check spam/junk mail).
- If what you are after is not showing up as in stock in our shop, please email us to find when we will have an instrument ready to send to you.
- Dispatch times are meant as a guide only. Very occasionally things do go wrong - not every whistle we make meets our standards. In this case we'd rather delay your order than supply a poor instrument.
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A low whistle cleaning kit specially designed for cleaning and maintaining low whistles. It features several innovative solutions to get into the hard-to-reach places which are often actually the most important to keeping whistles playing well.
Contents of mk cleaning and maintenance kit.
- Felt pull-throughs
- Cotton buds
- mk Tuning slide grease
- mk Wistol cleaning & sterilising solution
- mk modular cleaning mop
The mk modular cleaning mop is compact for stowing, but can be extended for cleaning non-tuneable whistles. It's body is precision turned metal and should last many years. The head is removable for cleaning or replacing.
mk's Wistol is a sterilising and cleaning solution for whistles and wind instruments. It cleans and sterilises without adversely affecting the instrument itself.
The felt pull throughs are wedge shaped strips of felt that can be passed through the airway fr cleaning. They are best used after playing for a little while and are cleanable or disposable.