There are some changes maybe worth noting.
Since most of my recent focus has been on Whitecaps I’ll start with them.
Thanks to a number of you who have donated their unused whistle barrels and lots of good data to the cause of research!
I now have a better knowledge of what a typical 1/2" Whitecap will and will not fit.
And I have a viable option when there is a question. That first:
I will retrofit a Whitecap to any barrel (that isn’t in my collection) if you care to send it to me. That comes with the price of a Whitecap and the shipping one way (you to me).
You may also return one you may have already received along with the barrel it’s supposed to fit. If it already fits another barrel you like, I’ll not change the mouthpiece, but the barrel you send.
There is an enlargement of the avatar on my ordering page.
http://home.bresnan.net/~mackhoover/ordering.htm
Here are some the typical Whitecap does fit:
Generation brass and nickel D, Feadog D, Clare two piece D, Walton Guinness D (black painted aluminum). These I know because they are in my collection.
From responses:
“Doolin 2 piece D, clare 2 piece D, generation nickel Eb, feadog D
The whitecap fit both my Gen Ds and my Feadog but wouldn’t fit either of my Oaks”
“I had no difficulty getting a whitecap to fit on my Oak D”
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“It’s a really tight fit on my Oak, but is perfect on my Gen D”
“…does fit my tunable Claire, the best, and my Mel Bay, rather loosely.”
“Works on Generation D or Eb!”
“My whitecap fits my brass Gen, Feadog, Clare.”
They don’t fit tubes greater in diameter than 1/2", of course.
Keys C and lower require a different size Whitecap (available at a different price).
I have Generation C nickel, Oak D,and C, Sweetone D and C, Generation Bb brass so I can pretty much guarantee a fit on these.
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What Caps Fit What Whistles (a replay)
Feadogs fit Waltons, and Waltons fit Clares
A little bit loose but really who cares?
With teflon tape hot water and tweaks
One will surely find the whistle one seeks.
Gen C’s don’t fit Oak C’s an Oak C fits a Gen:
Pull out the teflon and wrap it, and then…
Nickel plate brass increases diameter.
Head from brass will change your parameter
If you try to fit it to a one nickel plated,
Even though we know they are quite related.
Keep right on trying the old switcheroo
Till you find a hybrid that pleases you;
But remember a Whitecap when all else does fail.
There may be one waiting at the end of your trail.
-Mack Hoover, 10/30/03-
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The changes in my inventory include some wider bores for more volume, a new model 1/2" CPVC which incorporates the Whitecap (which can also be used on the above mentioned metal whistles). I have also edited my catalog for easier use (I hope).
Thanks to all!
Mack
