Nasty Acorn

Whistle
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I got one of the “Avoid” Acorns, before realizing which were the “Avoid” Acorns… Any help on how to stabilize this whistle any?

I managed to get the fipple off with much work and cleaned away the glue. I mostly get a distorted tone on some of the higher notes; it sounds like something’s vibrating when certain notes harmonize. There don’t seem to be any plastic remains in the windway…

Thanks.

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Filling the cavity below the windway with Sticky-Tack will help some, but it won’t cure all the ills of an Acorn.
I personally would recommend a mouthpiece transplant, but there are some who claim to have successfully tweaked one of these beasts.
I have learned to tame even the most savage Generation beasts with a little Sticky-Tack and a jewellers file, but Oaks and Acorns are still out of my league.
I wish you luck in your attempt… let us know how it turns out.

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My patented three-step bad-whistle program:

  1. Consider what you paid for the whistle.
  2. Consider how much your time is worth, compared to getting a replacement whistle.
  3. Chalk one up to experience, and go get a more playable whistle.
Works every time. :slight_smile:
    -Rich
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Raindog,in your opinion which requires the most needle file work of all the generation key’s and what is your absolute fav body fipple combination.Sorry,I dont own an Oak so I cant comment on the buzz but I would agree with raindog about a fipple exchange as a probable solution.Mike :slight_smile:

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On 2001-09-21 04:03, mike.r wrote:
Raindog,in your opinion which requires the most needle file work of all the generation key’s and what is your absolute fav body fipple combination.

I believe it is more a matter of which color plastic the fipple is made of than which key the whistle is in… although it does seem to be harder to tweak a D.
Red Generation fipples require much more file work on average because they generally have the roughest edges.
I prefer nickel Generations with blue plastic fipples because they are much easier to tweak.
As for a favorite body/fipple combination, I think Joe McKenna’s idea of a Walton’s Little Black fipple on a Feadog body is probably the best “hybrid” whistle I have tried.

[ This Message was edited by: raindog1970 on 2001-09-21 07:26 ]

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a Good Generation Red mouthpiece on a Black Waltons Body is very cool-looking…
I am a Generations fan and my favourite “cheapies” are Generations in fact I have yet to find anything that compares with a good Generation, and 90% of all the ones I’ve tried (and I have tried many hundreds) are good. Of the other 10%, 5% are excellent and 5% need to be returned for refund. So I often use Generation mouthpieces in my transplants.
Sue

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Thanks Raindog,although I assumed your tweaks also extended to the body to correct intonation.My fipple favourite is the green Waltons from a C whistle which I adapt to fit a tuned Gen D body…the sound is fantastic! Mike :slight_smile:

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I haven’t tried my hand at tuning a whistle body yet, but I do have the necessary files and a good tuner.
I guess I have no excuse not to give it a try then, eh?
There is also some 1/2" brass tubing in my desk drawer… maybe I’ll try making a body from scratch this weekend.