Anybody hear make these for whistles of flutes?
I want to know, basically, some basic starting dimensions for whistles in D, in Low D and any other key anybody might have. As well for a D flute (low D) or a Alto or Tenor Recorder.
This sort of goes hand in hand with my lathe question, since I will have to machine these before I get started on the wood lathe. (I know, I WILL be using metal lathes for these!)
Also, what material is best? I have steel as a starting guess, but WHAT KIND? or iron, lead etc?
Nico
I made a set from some old files picked up at a garage sale. Just grind the taper you want (slowly, don’t overheat them) then cut a bevel on each side\edge of the file. Worked great for the bamboo whistles and flutes I was making at the time. I can’t remember what angle I cut the bevel at but it was pretty steep. The idea is more to shave or scrape a small amount of material at a time. They looked pretty menacing too. Have a pegboard with half a dozen of those polished reamers, bamboo scraping and splitting tools, different shaped punches for burning holes in bamboo, and various carving knives and the neighboors won’t bug you when you are working in your garage with the door open.
Sorry, I must not have been clear… What TAPER should I use?
That is what I meant by dimensions.
Big end diameter versus small end diameter (or radius) and overall length.
As far as dimensions go, the link below is for calculating length, hole placement on a flute. I’ve found that if you use the bottom of the airhole on the fipple (listen to how technical I sound ) and then drill the center of the holes on the other measurments then you get a whistle that is reasonably in tune.
The best “In print-designer books” I know of are By Lew Paxton Price and Bart Hopkin. You can find them in the “Craft Manuals” section at Shakuhachi.com. Monty Levenson keeps a good supply on hand. http://www.shakuhachi.com/
) and then drill the center of the holes on the other measurments then you get a whistle that is reasonably in tune.