A quiet-to-moderate voice that takes very little air, with a touch of chiff and something of the fluty character that comes with it. It rewards a light, controlled breath rather than a push, which makes it a lovely instrument for playing at home, for solo playing, or alongside quieter accompaniment like guitar or dulcimer.
Tully built to two voicings, the Session, designed to lift its voice in a crowd, and the Soliloquy, designed for soft solo play. This one is unmarked, but the quiet voicing and the very modest air requirement place it as a Soliloquy.
Sterling silver throughout, with a wooden fipple block. The workmanship reads rather like a piece of jewelry, though it is very much a player.
It comes with a small clip, shown in the photographs, which works rather like a capo. Turned around and set over the first hole it lets you play in the key of G without cross-fingering the C natural, and when it is not in use it can be parked further down the body, where it happens to sit exactly where the head joint butts up against it at pitch. We have not seen this on another Tully, so it may well have been made for this whistle in particular.
Erik "Tully" Tullberg set out around 2000 to design a sterling silver Irish whistle, developing his prototypes in conversation with the whistle community. He stopped taking whistle orders in 2007 and has not resumed, though he returned to instrument making in 2014 and now builds flutes. His whistles surface perhaps once every few years. This is only the third we have had through the shop.
Condition: Used - Excellent
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