Editing Slide whistle (section)

== History ==
Piston flutes, in folk versions usually made of cane or bamboo, existed in [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and the [[Pacific]] as well as [[Europe]] before the modern version was invented in England in the nineteenth century. The latter, which may be more precisely referred to as the slide or Swanee whistle, is commonly made of plastic or metal.<ref name="Grove">Hugh Davies. "Swanee whistle." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/47634 (accessed October 10, 2009).</ref>

The modern slide whistle is familiar as a [[sound effect]] (as in [[animated cartoon]] sound tracks, when a [[glissando]] can suggest something rapidly ascending or falling, or when a player hits a "Bankrupt" on ''[[Wheel of Fortune (US game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''), but it is also possible to play melodies on a slide whistle.

The swanee whistle dates back at least to the 1840s, when it was manufactured by the [[Distin family]] and featured in their concerts in England. Early slide whistles were also made by the English J Stevens & Son and [[H A Ward]]. By the 1920s the slide whistle was common in the US, and was occasionally used in [[popular music]] and [[jazz]] as a special effect. For example, it was used on [[Paul Whiteman]]'s early hit recording of "[[Whispering (song)|Whispering]]" (1920).<ref>Berrett, Joshua (2004). ''Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz'', p. 62. Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0-300-10384-0}}.</ref> Even [[Louis Armstrong]] switched over from his more usual [[cornet]] to the slide whistle for a chorus on a couple of recordings with [[King Oliver]]'s Creole Jazz Band,<ref>[http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section1 Louis Armstrong's discography: Early years - 1901 1925]</ref> such as ''Sobbin' Blues'' (1923).<ref>(1990). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ig4wAQAAIAAJ&q=%22slide+whistle%22 Jazz Journal International]''. Billboard.</ref> At that time, slide [[saxophone]]s, with reeds rather than a fipple, were also built. The whistle was also widely used in [[Jug band]] music of the 1920s such as Whistler's Jug Band. [[Gavin Gordon (composer)|Gavin Gordon]] uses a slide whistle in his ballet ''[[The Rake's Progress (ballet)|The Rake's Progress]]'' (1935).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzWjITRz3nQC&q=gavin+gordon+rake&pg=PA35 |title=Woodwind Instruments and Their History |author1=Anthony Baines |author2=Adrian Boult |page=35 |date=1967 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=9780486268859 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>