question about blue-tacking generations

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I’ve blue-tacked all my gens, but I’m not sure if I did it correctly, this is how I did it.
The area behind the window is where I put the stuff (so far so good), now, (this is hard to describe..), the tack-stuff ends in such a way that the fipple resembles an overton, or a dixon, like, ehhmmm, going down in a straight line, in a right angle to the back of the whistle (oh gosh..), you know, “straight down”. Now, my question is, should that edge of the tack-stuff be straight, or should it be slightly slanted, like, curved nicely downwards…
If I get no responces I’ll know why..

edited for typos..

[ This Message was edited by: amar on 2002-12-08 06:41 ]

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Hi Amar,Hmmm,from your description,can we get one thing straight-is the bluetack actually INSIDE the fipple(or ‘clagged’ sorry ‘stuck’ on the outside)?

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Why don’t you try both [inside, sloped & straight] and see which sounds better?

I’ve seen the gap filled straight down but not sloped…eg O’Briain improved feadog.

I’ve put a blob of blutak into the bottom part of one whistle which had a sharp D …flattened it nicely…

Boyd

[ This Message was edited by: boyd on 2002-12-08 07:37 ]

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Oh,i see what your getting at(doh!).I have read the suggestion that the blue tack should be curved’to reflect the sound’.Don’t know how much difference the shape makes-i usually vary the SPACE that the blue tack takes up,by adding more,or taking some tack away, until i achieve the desired effect.