minstrel: penny whistle alternative

[ImDaCow at aol.com]

> An alternative to the penny whistle for your purposes might be a sopranino 
>  recorder. Fingered the same as an alto, but one octave higher, and harder 
to 
>  overblow than a tin whistle.

Or even a 3-holed pipe -- they can be pretty loud.  They use the overtone 
series to get all the notes, since there are only a few holes .  3-holed 
pipes were generally used for dance music along with a drum played by the 
same person.  Susato (I think) sells some, although I've never actually 
bought one.

David