Type of whistle...

[cumbox]

What do you call the round plastic whistles that go "weeeeeeeeeeee" when you blow, instead of the usual whistling noise. Sounds like a noise you'd hear at the circus.

[copippin]

Hi cumbox,it might be a Kazoo,that is the only thing I can hink of other than a true whistle.It is classed as a musical instrument!

[SteveD]

Is it one of these?;

http://www.seefred.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=clownwhistle.htm

[SteveD]

Or there's more fun stuff here:

http://www.clownantics.com/squeakers.shtml

[cumbox]

Yes SteveD, the first one looks like it. Thanks.

[Tim B]

I think that you're all wrong. I remember a Christmas cracker toy which was a conventional tubular whistle but had a turbine inside. When you blew it produced a whistle but the turbine gave it an increasing volume and vibratto. How's that?

[SteveD]

There's only one way to find out - let's have a whip-round and buy one of the ones in my first link (only 95 US cents + p&p!)