I’ve been having the urge to build a rack for my whistles (now that I’m getting more non-cheapie whistles), and I’m looking for ideas on what a whistle stand/rack should look like.
I hereby give permission to people to show off thier whistle collections and racks in this thread… 
Yeah, more pictures of racks, please!
Baby bottle dryer.
Amar posted a picture of a nice rack in the Cutie Pie thread! 
I got dowels of different diameters for different bore sizes (everything from high-G to low-C; 3/8" to 7/8" dowels) and got a piece of oak shelving. Laid out a grid of positions and drilled holes. For the smaller dowel sizes, high-speed bits make perfect holes; you don’t even need any glue. The bigger sizes needed spade bits, so I had to glue most of those in.
It’s not pretty, but it’s functional. One of these years I’m going to make something a little fancier so that I can display wooden whistles and flutes in a humidified case, but that’ll be awhile.
I spent a bit of effort making a wall mounted rack - for about 8 whistles - its got dowel pegs and such like:
Then I saw this approach…
The second approach is definitely easier - more flexible - and a great excuse to buy Bushmills, Balvenie, or other great whiskies that come in tins 
Paul
For small whistles, you can buy a thread rack at Wal Mart which works really well. I have mine mounted on the wall in my shop for whistles in progress, but they stand on a table too. They used to be wood, but I think the newer ones are plastic.
The first thing I thought of when I heard this thread was imagining an whistle rack in the back window of a pickup truck.
I actually thought making whistle cases that would be made of PVC pipe lined with a protective foam and call them “Whistle Silos” (A play on the whistles of mass destruction joke). These silos could be painted or dyed and a wood rack could be fabricated as a housing for several whistle silos.
The idea is that when you go to a session, you just pull the “Whistle Silo” out of the rack and you’re out the door with still protecting the whistle.
Another type of rack out be something with differnet wood dowels that the whistles are sat on. A carousel underneath to rotate it around to the whistle that you want to access.
Here’s a quick and easy idea that both protects the whistles and keeps them in a compact area.
Find a round container several inches in diameter. You could use a coffee can, a flower pot, whatever. I use a crock that probably originally came with a kitchy group of kitcjen utensils, since it says “Kitchen” on the side (I paid the Goodwill a quarter for it). Then get 3-4 golf club tubes at a sporting goods store (they’re used in golf bags to keep the clubs separate). About 89 cents each. Cut the tubes into varying lengths of 7-12 inches using a sharp khife or kitchen shears. Line the bottom of the container with paper towels or old cloth (to absorb moisture) and then place the tube sections in it. I put taller sections to the rear, smaller ones to the front.
Then put your whistles in the tubes. They’ll hold anything from a high G to a low D in a compact but readily accessible display.
You can buy a baby bottle drying rack(as Cran suggested).
While it’s not something you’d want in your living room , it is a great drying rack for washed whistles or dry whistles.
The one I have also folds up for storage.
Here’s what I used up until a couple of days ago.
Here’s what I’m using now:
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/sasschool//WhistleRollCase.html
I love coming up with new ways to do things.
How about Any of the racks from this Page?? http://www.gungfu.com/cart-htm/weapons_weapons_accessories_weapon_stands.htm
I used to keep my whistles in a basket on the floor, but my music room is filling up fast, and horizontal surfaces are at a premium. 
I “racked” my brain designing a wall-mounted rack that would be versatile enough to hold everything from a high G whistle to a concert flute / tenor rec*rder, and finally came up with a hanging cloth thing … i don’t really know what to call it. But it’s perfect for my needs.
(The thing on the left is my Swanson Tonette, and a cheezy little ocarina.)
Be seeing you,
eric.
but I need a URL to upload it to first. Can anyone help with this?
It is made of hard maple. I haven’t applied a finish yet. Keeps my ducks in a row too!
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To Robert G. Beautiful, I would suggest a clear finish for it is fantastic looking now. That really gives me ideas, but I would have to scale it way up because I have a semi-critical case of WhOa!
Thanks for sharing the Whistle stand with us.
Thanks for the positive comments . I’m trying to work out an idea for my next stand. Maybe I will do something more rustic from fallen tree branches and twigs. I encourage you to be creative and do your own thing and post the results for us all to see!.
Someone mentioned the lazy susan idea.
Here’s a possibility:
http://www.whistleanddrum.com/Lazy+Susan+Irish+Tin+Whistle+Stand+by+John+Coffeen.html
Peace,
Fran
I built a stand that holds 16 whistles/flutes. It’s two pieces of wood crossed like a Christmas tree stand. Then put 4 dowells on each segment. In the middle I have a hole for a cleaning rod.
It works great but only use it when I’m going somewhere. Otherwise they are either all in a gym bag or a coffee can.