Hi all-- I just finished making a tabor pipe for a previous customer in Germany ( he also bought a SECOND whistle, in Olivewood!).
Basically, the tabor pipe involved nothing more than leaving off the top 3 holes of the whistle, and rotating the remaining top hole to the back. I also voiced it a bit differently to favor the higher register and the overtone register needed to play a complete scale. I’m no expert on tabor pipe, but I was quite happy with the results. May even make one for myself in my “spare time”…
As long as you are experimenting, how about some Busman low whistles? (hint hint)
Best.
Byll
Byll, there are enough of us on Paul’s case to start branching out into other keys. Although, I guess one more won’t hurt at this point. 