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will it not be difficult to get the whistle head properly back on once it's been twisted off? I certainly don't want to damage anything in the process of cleaning this thing. No. Not difficult to put back on. Clean the tone tube of any residue and the inside of the head where the tone tube inserts ...

Mr.Gumby wrote:Link



They really spent most of their time in a vase on a windowsill in full sunlight didn't they?

Guess they were not watered very Often in that vase!

busterbill wrote:In my experience the change for force or air speed is in the diaphragm. My mouth does not change.

Correct.

facet wrote:For anyone curious, I surfed across this construction video showing why the Clarke seam exists. It's about their rolling mandrel....

https://www.facebook.com/DiscoveryUK/vi ... 654801269/

I enjoyed watching that clip. Thank you.

Each of them has a flat blade and the windway has a flat bottom and a curved top. His whistles have a pure sound and very little breathiness. I'm not sure how he achieves that but he does.[/quote] The windway exit is smaller than the blow in end. makes an efficient air steam against the blade.

Tommy - I tried asking my wife for her opinion on how much quieter they are and she said, "They're both too loud." The best way that I can think of describing the difference is that they've gone from outside voices to inside voices, but not whispers. LOL I hear the same response from my w...

My family doesn't share my love for the tin whistle, to put it mildly. I moved from the family room to the back yard, but they still complain. I am amazed at how easy it was to make this tweak, and how good the two whistles that I tried it on sound. They're a fair bit quieter than they were before,...

bwat wrote: It's described here but it's auf Deutsch: https://youtu.be/fFgKqsIrWBg?t=1030

That is interesting. Thank you for the link.

(Now if only whistles had adjustable ramps, with a little knob you could twist to dial in the exact windway height you want.) Wow, that's a great idea; the adjustable windway. Maybe an adjustable window too. Even a 2-position lever for the windway would in some cases really help solve problems or g...

Here's what I do when I make a whistle with a similar design to a Clare. You need access to a vise with either wooden or plastic jaw pads. Squeeze the outer part of the joint in the vise until it is slightly distorted. Then rotate it a few times while it is in the vise. Check the fit and repeat, if...

Zeildritch wrote:WTB LOW D WHISTLES, any and all offers / sales considered, hoping to grow my collection

Also, as always any and all whistles in other keys considered.

Located in the UK, happy to pay for international shipping.

Two part tunable or one part non tunable.

Mine has the plug just like yours. Which was why in your earlier post regarding cleaning i wondered if it were some kind of wood. Or it could be a resin with a wood tone or a mix of fibers and resin. Who knows... But it looks like you got the real deal to me. Mine did not have a label. But mine wer...

Alaskamike wrote: Here are a couple of images of the finished fipple. Thanks again for all of the help!
https://ibb.co/VM6jR7x
https://ibb.co/7v4Pk1T

Very good Mike.

(using an exacto knife and very fine sandpaper). I also added blu tac again. Now no matter how hard or softly I blow, the whistle only makes a very quiet, high pitched sound - almost like playing with my lip on the labium. So have I ruined the whistle, or can it be repaired? Thanks. Mike It can be ...

MichaelLoos wrote:It only shows (once more) that the material is the least important factor for the sound of a wind instrument - fipple/windway design, ratio length-diameter and size and position of the fingerholes have much more influence on the sound of the instrument.

Correct. Then comes breath control.