Key Personnel
| Ralph Sweet: |
 President/owner, designer and
instrument maker, retired physics teacher, caller and teacher of contra and
square dancing, fifer and drummer since 1946. |
| Walter Sweet: |
 Walt (Ralph's son) is now co-owner, specializing in technical design (i.e., improving the performance of instruments). Walt's other hats are math teacher (MAMT), industrial engineer, musician, and technical consultant. |
| Jerry Briere: |
 Jerry has been our finisher and quality watchdog since 1996. He also does CAD drawings, shop maintenance, tricky machining of experimental tooling, and much of the fine craftsmanship.
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| Amy Bissell: |
 Amy works on processing and shipping of orders mainly on Mondays and Fridays.She plays whistle at many Irish music sessions, mainly the Wednesday nights at City Steam Brewery in Hartford CT, and has an amazing whistle collection. |
| Jonathan Warner: |
Mac is our voicer extraordinaire for pennywhistles. When
he’s not learning the rest of the flutemaking craft
from us, he’s busy making parts for Uilleann Pipes www.macwarnerbagpipes.com |
| David Johnston: |
 David
does much of the sanding. Because he worked for
years as a professional voicer of organ pipes, we pick
his brain for design tidbits on the pennywhistles. |
We don't have regular store hours, as
we are too busy making instruments. However if you would like to visit
us to try out instruments before purchasing, or to see our workshop, call for
an appointment and directions.
Ralph also runs events in his Powder Mill
Barn. See the website for more information.
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raw tubes |
Turned Whistles |
Polished Fifes |
The Sweetheart Professional Whistle
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Ralph Sweet measuring flute diameter
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Ralph preparing to drill |
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Walter Sweet aligning whistle to drill finger holes |
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