Hi, folks! I have a set of Syn whistles and lately I’ve run into a little problem with the Bb. When I remove the whistle head from the body it pulls a ring from the inside of the body that I have to replace. Is there some sort of lubricant I should use to prevent that? I’m afraid I might be doing damage to the whistle by pulling that ring out of it, but I don’t know how to prevent it. Thanks for your help.
Bill
I have a Syn set of C/D one head two bodies. There is no O ring in this set but Syn is a very nice whistle. I assume you have a set with one head and more than one tone tube? I would not worry about the O ring as they are replaceable but I am guessing that it is a metric size. Are you pulling the whistle apart in a straight motion? Try turning/twisting and see if that helps it to ease apart. Whether you bought it from the maker or not. Write to him and ask for his recommendation of a lubricate.
I had the same problem with the E body in my set of Syns. I asked Erle for his recommendation and he replied with the following:
“If you feel confident, may I suggest this as a first try at a fix; put a dab of superglue on the brass insert in the E body the next time it comes out and push it back in straightaway, clean up any excess glue, but don’t use too much, just a dab! Also try a healthy smear of vasoline on the male fitting on the head, this often eases a tight fit.”
Hopefully this will help.
What I said to Tyler applies here too. If you are not confident or something goes wrong, send it over, it’s a quick fix in the workshop.
Thanks for the advice, all. I think I’ll start with putting some vaso on the whistle head. I notice that it feels like a rough fit on that whistle body. I don’t think I’ll send it to Australia, though. If the extra lubricant doesn’t work, then I’ll give a dab of super glue a try.
Cheers!
I had another situation yesterday.
The joint of whistle head got stuck and left in the body. It took me a few minutes to pull it out. I fixed the whistle head with epoxy glue.
It works fine now. 
Hi all,
these tuning slide brass fittings are generally tight tap-in fits for both head and body and I can usually get away without using glue to hold them in place. If they are not quite a tight fit (and only a couple of thou makes a difference), it seems they can come loose and a dab of superglue is needed to hold them in place permanently.
It also helps if the fittings get a reasonably regular smear with vasoline to reduce frictional forces between the parts.
Cheers!