I recently re-found my Dixon Low D that I bought on eBay last year. I’d missed it because it may not sound quite so cosmic as my Overton but it’s sure a lot easier on the lungs. Turned up in the bottom carton of a stack of boxes I hadn’t messed with since getting out of the nursing home last year - under a bunch of stuffed dogs.
Anyway, I took it apart to clean it and noticed that the internal end of the fipple plug is drilled with a hole about a quarter-inch wide, who knows how deep. Kind of like the gap under a modern Generation’s blade, I suppose.
My question for all of you whistle physicists and Dixon lovers is this: Does the hole serve some sonic purpose or is it just a leftover from the maker’s processing - like maybe where a jig held the piece during the turning/cutting process?
On 2003-02-07 21:29, Chuck_Clark wrote:
I recently re-found my Dixon Low D that I bought on eBay last year. I’d missed it because it may not sound quite so cosmic as my Overton but it’s sure a lot easier on the lungs. Turned up in the bottom carton of a stack of boxes I hadn’t messed with since getting out of the nursing home last year - under a bunch of stuffed dogs.
Anyway, I took it apart to clean it and noticed that the internal end of the fipple plug is drilled with a hole about a quarter-inch wide, who knows how deep. Kind of like the gap under a modern Generation’s blade, I suppose.
My question for all of you whistle physicists and Dixon lovers is this: Does the hole serve some sonic purpose or is it just a leftover from the maker’s processing - like maybe where a jig held the piece during the turning/cutting process?
I think you will find it is there to sharpen the tone.