anyone know how can I make low C whistle ? not D..
Thanks
Check this out:
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1855/makewhist.html
Tom
OK, confusing, that manual didn’t said which key is that… ?!?
You can use his plans for any Key you want. There is a page with a tool that you can just plug in your measurements and it will tell you where to drill the holes and how big to make them: http://www.cwo.com/~ph kose./flutomat.html I think this is the link. Have fun.
Tom
Sorry IK that link didn`t work, try this one
http://home.earthlink.net/~rdmiller3/flutes
If this link doesn`t work just type Rick Miller Make your own flute into google and it will take you right there.
Tom
diameter <— this term in flutomat is meaning the hold diameter or what ?!?
also, which one is low C key ? it got “c” and “C” , which one should I apply ?
Thanks.
It all depends on what you whant to make the Whistle out of. I made a Low Bb out of aluminum tubing that has an I.D. (internal diameter) of 31/32" with 1/32" thick walls. I don’t know if 7/8" tubing would work to reach the bell note of Low C. You will need BIG ASS hands to play a low C though. There’s a lot of different ways to make a Low Whistle. Flat Blade, or Curved Blade. Flat Windway, “D” shaped Windway, Curved Windway. One of the easiest ways, and the way I make them is with Curved Blade, and Curved Windway Ceiling and Floor, or in other words the Windway is a “(” shape. Bill aka Serpent also makes some of his whistles this way. You’ll need some tools though. Various Files of different sizes and grains, some reamers, a Good set of Self Taping Drill bits, and Lots of sand paper. A rotery tool Dremel or Equivalent will help a lot too…
Flutomat is a Bit tricky You want to use the C at the Bottom of the List so the Upper Case C is the one you want for a Low C. Disreguard the Measurments For the Embochoure hole. What you want to do First is create the “Whistle end” of the Low WHistle IE all the Parts that make it a whistle, the Fipple Plug, Blade windway, window, lip all that stuff. Then Work on that until you get a sound you like out of it. Hint The blade shouldn’t be razor sharp, and one fipple plug will work differently than another fipple plug. After you have everything Working just the way you want, then Tune the Bell note to Low C you don’t put ANY holes in it until the Bell note Is in tune. MAKE sure the whistle is propperly warmed up first, if it’s not then you’ll end up with a realy sharp whistle as much as 1/4 Step between notes. Use a good chromatic tuner and get the Bell not to Low C, but a little flat, then File slowly until the Bell Note is perfectly in tune.
IF you want to Go to the Clips n’ Snips Archive and open the Original Works Link Find the song “Anglassy” thats me on My Low or Bass Bb that will give you a good idea of what a Low C will sound like, it’s just in a different key 1.5 “steps” higher. a Low C will not be a very loud whistle…
IK it means the inside diamiter. And you want the big C not the little c. And remember this is for a flute. I am only guessing you can use the top measurment for the windway of a whistle. There are tons of plans out there in cyber space for whistles. That`s half the fun of making them is looking looking for them or people who have made them.
Tom
Cyfiawnder, Thanks for the comment, so that’s mean I need to use the meter to messure then the pipe still not drill a hole, messure it until it’s reach low C note ( is it mean when you press all the whole in your Bb whistle, you will get a Bb key ?! )
Also, how could I know how big of the hole should I drill ? flutomat didn’t shows that.. Thanks
It shows the diameter of the hole under the colume “diameter” Those are the measurements of the holes. You want to drill the holes a little smaller than what it says one at a time from the bottom up tuneing each hole as you go.
Tom
What you do Is make the whistle Very very Long. But don’t drill any holes in it. Just make the mouthpiece and all that stuff. After it whistles and you like the tone it makes. Start cutting Small piece of the tube off of the Open (or Bell) end of the whistle. You should cut off until you’re almost to low C say 5% flat and then File the rest of the way until you hit the Low C note. Once you have the Low C note Go onto flutomat and Put in the Tubing Internal Diameter Size, and The Wall thickness. After You Do that Check the Key that You want which would be the “C” Then hit Calculate. Diregard the Embochoure hole measurements you don’t need that for a whistle. Ok as an example If You used 1" aluminum Tubing that Had a 1/32" wall thickness then you would have a 31/32" Internal diameter. Then change the internal diameter and wall thickness into decimals 0.96875 for ID and 0.03125 wall thickness. Then chose “C” from the list and Hit Calculate. You will get something that looks like this:
hole type |frequency|diameter|calculated- -distance from end of flute
embouchure |disregard this measurement
finger hole |493.88 |0.375 |13.126
first Number (493.88) is the Frequency of the Hole in Hz
second number is the Drill bit size, in this case 0.375 = 3/8"
the third Number is how Far away from the Bell end the Center of the Hole should be in this case 13.126 or 13 4/32 (to change from decimal to 32nds of and Inch Multiply 32x the decimal. example 32 x 0.126 =4.032 you should always round down the Number until it’s close to the Number above it. example 4.5/32" you would use 4/32" and not 5/32" but if it’s like 4.9/32" would be 5/32. I’d say anything above .85 round up to the next whole number, and anything below .849 round down to the previous whole number.
If you have 1 inch outside diameter, and 1/32 inch wall thickness, I believe that would make the inside diameter 15/16 inch.
7/8" OD Copper Tubing will work fine for a Low-C a long as you have a well voiced fipple.
For those of you not familiar with copper tubing, be aware that it is labeled as 3/4" in the stores. It’s a confusing issue as to why they do that - it comes along the same lines as a 2 by 4 is not really 2" by 4".
It also explains why plumbers are so expensive.
This might help:
[ This Message was edited by: Daniel_Bingamon on 2003-01-11 23:28 ]
oh my god, Thanks…
that program is identical as that web site using ?!
On 2003-01-10 22:17, Jerry Freeman wrote:
If you have 1 inch outside diameter, and 1/32 inch wall thickness, I believe that would make the inside diameter 15/16 inch.
32/32= 1" 32/32 - 1/32=31/32. 32/32 - 2/32= 30/32 or 15/16