A forbidden tweaking: Susato "Probably Improved"

Whistle
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Well, I’ve not been planning on getting a Copeland or Ralph Low D, and combined with the fact that my exam week is now over, I decided to tweak my Susato to at least “look like” them. Here’s what I did:

I sanded the blade a little and, with the help of a burner, created the “raised wall around window”.

The result? For some reason the tone became a little breathy, but somewhat richer. The pitch became a bit lower. Also, the slur from low D to E became slightly difficult (i.e. needs careful breath control) but no problem in the 2nd / 3rd octave.

To be honest, I’m not entirely pleased with this badly tweaked Susato (Nontunable).

sigh

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Tak_O
(Not associated with Taco Bell)

[ This Message was edited by: Tak_the_whistler on 2003-02-24 04:13 ]

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So what happened to the roof of your windway?
The chamfering on the end of windway has a great affect on performance.

Chances are, you may have caved it in a bit from the heat.

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I used a heater to stick the walls on the fipple, but I haven’t ruined the roof, I think. I noticed that there are cavity between the roof and the walls…should i fill them to improve the tone?

[ This Message was edited by: Tak_the_whistler on 2003-02-24 23:03 ]

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How to tweak a susato low D, in two easy moves.

  1. Remove the mouthpiece from the tube and replace with a Copeland low D mouthpiece. Got that? Well done, you’re almost there.
  2. Remove the tube of your new, slightly improved Susato and replace with the discarded Copeland tube.

Congratulations. You are now the proud owner of one of the finest improved Susatos money can buy.

OK, I know this tweak is a little more expensive than what you were hoping for. But it’s guaranteed to work every time.

Is that the army of SADS coming across the hill? I’m out of here.

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Wombat… that was SO bad… :laughing:
my sides hurt!!! :laughing:

sorry, but that WAS funny.

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They have been alerted.

S•A•D•S
The Susato® Anti-Defamation Society

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"Because Susatos® are whistles too."
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seriously…I don’t want that hybrid stuff!

lol

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On 2003-02-24 23:43, Wombat wrote:
How to tweak a susato low D, in two easy moves.

  1. Remove the mouthpiece from the tube and replace with a Copeland low D mouthpiece. Got that? Well done, you’re almost there.
  2. Remove the tube of your new, slightly improved Susato and replace with the discarded Copeland tube.

Wombat,

Elegant tweak, that. Isn’t it amazing how the simplest things are always the best? I tried a similar maneuver with a friend’s guitar once. I took the strings off of my Norman guitar and put them on her Martin 018–amazing what a simple little switch like that could accomplish! Sounded like a whole new guitar.

:slight_smile: