Would anyone be interested? (potential CP)

[highwood]

Back to the original question...
I have made a D whistle from this stuff - and I have to report that I was not as impressed as I thought I was going to be, both in looks and sound. Maybe a thicker walled version would have worked better - would just need to recalculate things, make a few prototypes to iron out a few details and... ...maybe I'll just stick to wood and cpvc/pvc pipe for now!

[Feadan]

I'd say yes, for sure, Paul. Moss green with gold or silver marbling would be cool - or black with rich metallic green veins...... of you can get the stuff in such!

I second this!

I third this!

[Thomas-Hastay]

I make Parlor Pipes, Small Bagpipes and reed pipes with Stabilized Wood and Acrylic myself. I love to use this material on the Lathe and I dont have to cure blanks for 2 years before making an instrument. Using a brass liner helps with sound production too.

[highwood]

Of course, there's the session dirty trick of using an odd-key whistle (or learning a tune in an odd key) when you actually want to prevent others from playing. Nasty. But there are times when you might want to play a setting or arrangement for your mates and have them just listen, not reflexively join in. Choosing to play in e.g. Ab or C# is an effective deterrent - if you can make it through before they start throwing their shoes at you.

I was thinking about this the other day and realized that while it may deter many it would do nothing to slow down a player of spoons, or bones, or ... karma and such

[sackbut]

I'm a little puzzled that A & G haven't been mentioned as desirable whistles so far - they're the ones I use most after the D at the local session - not for different keys, but for a different range. If a tune lies mostly in the lower register of the D whistle, I find it can be more fun to play it mostly in the upper register of the A or G.

[Denny]

Paul did mention.

Inertia and economics.
I can make all of my current pitches (C,D,Eb) using the same tubing ID and OD.
To start making Bb, I'd have to have a new custom built gundrill made before I could even start making wooden tubes and start experimenting with finger hole sizes and locations, windway dimensions, etc. That done, I'd have to get a custom drilling jig made for those finger holes, and work up and order custom metal fittings. All in all, more time consuming and costly than I'm prepared to tackle at present on top of working full time, rehearsing weekly with a band, etc. Someday....