I got bored today at work and I decided to opperate on my High D to see if I could make it less of a squeak monster. I Cut an emry board (nail file) into usable pieces. First I sanded down the Little ridges in the window left behind by the Plastic molding process. Then I filed the Blade down so it didn’t have a square leading edge in front (wich by the way I think actually creates 2 cutting surfaces). So now the blade is sharpened. Then I filed off that Little “Hump” at the back of the window so the mouthpiece is flat on the top. Cleaned out the dust warmed it up, and voila it works. It’s a little more stable in reguards to register jumping and it doesn’t make that awfull squeak noise when tounguing notes, or changing registers. Yay. Maybe I throw together a Duet of Me on the High D, Myself on the Low D, and I on Backup Guitar playing Spancil hill… no vocals I’ll save ya’ll of that punnishment.
In High School For 3 years I was forced to sing Tenor 1 instead of my natural Baritone. Why? Because in a Choir of 300 People there was about 40 Bars. but only 4 Tenor 1’s and 8 Tenor 2’s. I got auditioned and the Music Director Decided that Since I had the Range and Could sing the high Notes of a tenor 1, that he would make me one. Ever sing Schuberts mass in G as a Tenor 1? I had parts higher than the Soprano 2’s ouch! SO after torturing my voice through Adjudications and concerts and all that rot I decided to retire it, while I still had a voice left.
I had two Waltons whistles… I tweaked the first one pretty much exactly the way you did it works fine… the other didn’t go so so well 
If fact it’s pretty much un-playable…
Are you talking Mellow Ds or the normal bore Waltons?
Could you please describe more exactly what you mean by filing off the “little hump at the back of the window”? I can’t picture precisely what you’re referring to. Please describe more exactly (if you can) where the hump was and what the geometry of your finished product was after the hump was gone.
Thanks,
Jerry
On 2003-01-13 02:44, Cyfiawnder wrote:
I got bored today
Ouch! That must have hurt!
Hee hee.
I was talking about the regular bore, Green Top High D that Just Says “Waltons D” on the label.
The Hump I’m refering to is the Extension of the Lip that sticks up above the window. The Ramp Starts at the blade and continue up through the window to stick Up above the top of the mouthpiece. I filed the Hump flat so that it doesn’t stick up above the window at all.