Interesting transformation and excellent information

I recently bought a Generation Bb which when I received it was virtually unplayable as it sounded awfully bad. Thanks to the excellent information on the C&F website I was able to successfully tweak it. Not only did the tweaks make it playable but I would probably say it turned out to be the best sounding whistle in my whole collection which includes several Burkes and a Chieftain as well as several cheap whistles.

All thumbs up for the tweaking info! :party:

Slán,
Anders

Glad you sorted it out. You obviously enjoyed doing it. Now you’ve started down the slippery slope. It’s only a matter of degree. Eventually you will start with a piece of tubing or a block of wood and tweak the beejeebers out of it until it plays very nicely. :wink:

:smiley:

Well, the thought of starting out with a piece of tubing or a block of wood HAS crossed my mind so I guess I’m slowly sliding down that slippery slope… :laughing: I guess once past that threshold one always will look at a piece of wood or a length of pipe in a different way like “Hmmm…How will I get that beautiful whistle out of that block of wood” or “Hmmm…I wonder if that piece of pipe can be made into a nice whistle.”.

Slán,
Anders

Yes, that is how it goes. I think it’s worse than Whoa. Just the other day my wife and I were traveling down the expressway when we approached a large truck loaded with plastic tubing. I looked at her with a big grin and she said “Don’t tell me - whistles?” I have a piece of plastic in my pocket now that I found in the drive way. I wish I knew where it came from, it would make a perfect whistle if it were longer.

And so it goes.

Good story, Carey. Earlier this week I perked up while watching a morning trafffic report. Now, I am retired and I don’t generally give a hang about the rush-hour traffic these days. But, there was a truck that lost it’s load that closed a local highway. The truck lost a load of PVC pipe. Harvel manufactures plastic pipe nearby. You know what I was thinking, right?

Watch out, ahogrelius, tweaking can lead to harder stuff.

Feadoggie