Rather than debate the question of a separate makers forum, I have a few questions about whistle making…
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Has anyone tried to make a low whistle out of laminate wood tubing? I found one source at http://www.brandnew.net/hollowood/holwood.shtml for tubing that is 1" outside diameter.
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For PVC whistles, has anyone tried to use heat to square the tubing before making the fipple? Is there tubing in the market that would make such molding possible? ANyway, when I was thinking about making a whistle I had the idea and wondered if anyone had tried it before with pvc or other plastic tubing as it is a common step in some of the plans to make copper low whistles.
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Has anyone tried mixing a wooden fipple with a metal of plastic whistle body when making a “home made” whiste? (I know that a few professional makers do this on the high end side) Whould making a wood fipple make the process easier or more difficult?
Finally, a tweek to pass on. I bought a Susato Dublin a few months ago and turned it into a tunable whistle by cutting it in half and then using a copper pipe joint as the tuning slide. The operation was a success and it looks cool too. Dublin Susato’s are made with tubing that is the common 1/2 inch outside diameter size. This, I think, opens the possibilities of creating a set of whistles (d, c, b) with the susato mouthpiece. Of course, you could always buy a Susato small bore mouthpiece from the Whiste shop.
Mike