The War in Ukraine is close to home for The Clarke Tinwhistle Company in England as they have Ukrainian family members that are severely affected by the conflict.

They have decided to develop a ‘Play for Ukraine’ special charitable edition of the Classic Original whistle in D. This tinwhistle features “Play for Ukraine” written across the front colored in the Ukranian flag colors blue and yellow.  Robert Clarke would have approved and would be proud to help, support and show Ukranian pride. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on us all to help the women and children fleeing the war while courageous husbands and fathers remain to fight for freedom. Slava Ukraini! Stop War!

An additional £1.50 from each whistle will be donated directly to www.war.ukraine.ua by the manufacturer!
Additional donations may be given by the individual seller. The charity they have chosen has a purely humanitarian relief route for the money to be spent on. You can read more about them here: war.ukraine.ua

The Charity model will feature a special Tune Sheet & fingering chart with the popular Ukrainian folk songs
‘Shchedryk’ & ‘Kalyna’:
Shchedryk (Щедрик) – known worldwide as the ‘Carol of the bells’
Kalyna (Ой у лузі червона калина) – Recently featured by Pink Floyd &Boombox

About the Original Tinwhistle:

Clarke's Original Tinwhistle is still produced essentially the same way as Clarke's first whistle made in 1843.It has a tapered metal bore to bring the finger holes closer together and to increase the range and make the whistle more accurate in the upper registers.The sound is difficult to describe in words, when comparing it to a plastic top whistle most people would say more musical, mellower, a little more character or possibly a less modern sound.

The favorite instrument of distinguished Tinwhistle players ever since 1843, this Clarke Tinwhistle can be considered the Stradivarius of Tinwhistles. The instrument is still made of tin-plate with a wooden mouthpiece. The traditional conical bore has been retained to give the instrument its unique sound, called ‘chiff ’.

A fingering chart, song sheet and box are included.

Shipping by first class mail.