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Silent whisle with 3 volume levels - I use it for night time playing.

The idea i had was that it would change the windway height, just slightly. You'd be able to change it while playing with your lips. What affect would this have on volume/intonation? I can't say without experimenting. Too many variables. it's change the timbre 100%. Playing will be more difficult fo...

...without sacrificing any volume in the first octave. Whistles have the second octave that are 2-3 times louder than first. If you think I’m wrong, take a microphone and an oscilloscope - you’ll see for yourself. ;-) Or record on a recorder with compression turned off and publish the recording her...

A constant problem I run into trying to play my Susato Kildare with other people is the inconsistent pitch/volume between the octaves. The second octave is naturally much louder than the first octave (which is true of all whistles, I suppose). I try to underblow the second octave to reduce the volu...

I didn't watch the whole video, but jumped to the parts that sounded most likely to contain a bit about that. The one at 7:20 in was well worth seeing - an adjustable windway that you can squeeze closed while playing - but I didn't find any bit about moisture problems. Is this something you've pate...

The photo's there, so that works. I'd love to hear more detail about how it covers the 12 chromatic notes, and about the cool slides. It sounds interesting, and especially the elliptic aspects. I'll try to record a video. It's better to hear. In short... Do you have an Irish flute? How are things g...

Hello! I have read yours posts... and just wanted to show my solution solved the problem. I often use eliptic holes and eliptic bore on my whistles and recorders. This is my fave whisltes. Advantages: - chromatic (forks, half-covers) - up to 10-20 cents - cool slides (1-2-3 holes at the same time!) ...

Somehow I missed that post - I was responding to a mention of Teflon. I had wondered about having tiny holes leading away from the windway to some place where the water could evaporate away, but they'd be prone to clogging up over time. How long does your material go on working for before the surfa...

Thank you for advice and the link to forum rules. The wax causes water droplets to form on the surface. Droplets make the air flow weak. Brightness is lost. The volume drops. The lower notes sound bad. The flageolet, or rather its chamber, removes very little water. The anterior chamber must be as l...

Very cool, but what exactly did you do? I always figured there should be a way to reduce condensation by coating the windway with a something that has an extremely low coefficient of friction, like Teflon. Is that the approach you took? Also, are you still selling whistles? If so, where are they li...

I know this topic has been talked about to death on here, but I'm still confused about it. I'm looking for solutions to clogging, and people keep talking about the "toothpaste solution." I'm not sure I've done this correctly, but I've tried putting toothpaste both in the windway and on th...