Tin whistle

Tin whistle

Several high D tin whistles from left to right: Clarke Sweetone; Shaw (customised); O'Brien; Reyburn; Generation (customised); Copeland; Overton
Woodwind instrument
Other names	Penny whistle
Classification	Woodwind Wind instrument Aerophone Simple system flute
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	421.221.12 (Open flute with internal duct and fingerholes)
Playing range
Two octaves
Related instruments
Irish flute Pipe and tabor Fife Flageolet Recorder

The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle,^[1] is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. A tin whistle player is called a whistler. The tin whistle is closely associated with Irish traditional music and Celtic music. Other names for the instrument are the flageolet, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, or Irish whistle (also Irish: feadóg stáin or feadóg).