I have mentioned the two lower G and A Camac whistles I have had for decades. They are apparently no longer made at all.
Some folks here had heard of them and those with experience said that they were hard to get clean tone from. I had to agree.
Now, since every large budget item in our lives has decided that it is more important than me getting my whistles to Jerry for tweeking, I’ve had to settle for trying to do something simple about them myself.
I decided that plugging the hole that is under the blade (where the fipple is inserted in the head) would not pose a serious threat, even if I didn’t do it well, so I got out the non-hardening clay and a chop-stick and set to work.
Guess what? It did wonders! These are nice whistles! Both the A and the G have two good clear full octaves. They are in consistant tune as well.
They do have their eccentricities, as all whistles do, but I’m sure that the more I play them now the better I’ll get at managing those.
Cool! What a difference a clay makes!
