I have a Sindt C whistle that got flatted a bit Do you know anyone that could fix it??
Tried JS himself?
John Sindt himself would be my advice as well. If it is a minor dent and you are half way around the world you could email him and ask if someone who straightens dents out of trumpets or trombones could do the trick. I had to ask him a question about mine a couple of years ago and he was pretty quick to respond.
I’ve made replacement tubes for damaged Sindts before. They’re not exact matches for the original, but still work just fine.
If it’s just the tube you could try sliding a wooden dowel or pvc pipe gently through the whistle to restore the shape
I think I heard somewhere that a standard Generation D tube works pretty well in the Sindt D…
There is even a video on youtube from Mary Bergin playing that “mod”–a Sindt with a Generation body.
And here Mary Bergin plays that exact mod – you can see it clearly at the 1:11 mark.
https://youtu.be/LHFwG0nceTQ
To be honest, that doesn’t look to me like a Generation label, too large and too square. It looks to me like a piece of red tape or maybe paint used to quickly identify a particular whistle amongst others.
To be honest, that doesn’t look to me like a Generation label, too large and too square. It looks to me like a piece of red tape or maybe paint used to quickly identify a particular whistle amongst others.
edited to add:
Had a look at a couple of other videos, and I think this one confirms my suspicions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tXI0muUz4
Ah, I think you are right. In this video you can see it more clearly.
https://youtu.be/XCNZng2xA2Q
There was a similar thread here in 2017.
https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/bent-sindt-high-d/96705/1
To be honest, that doesn’t look to me like a Generation label, too large and too square. It looks to me like a piece of red tape or maybe paint used to quickly identify a particular whistle amongst others.
It’s a square of red electrical tape. That Gen tube thing was debunked long ago. See this thread (photos long gone).
See also : Bloomfield’s Sindt/Gen hybrid and Sindog that older members will remember and new members have heard semi aware echoes of.
And FWIW, a D Gen tube fitting a D Sindt is not a particularly useful solution to the OP’s problem.
Why? It would be a solution to the problem. Part broken → part replaced → whistle fixed and taken care of the cross-fingered-C-nat-problem at the same time.
Apart from that I am certain any music shop with a service center that can repair brass instruments or boehm flutes (technically a woodwind) can repair it. I had a Boehm flute were the head joint was loose. They managed to widen the slide a tiny bit and all was good. I guess they can repair it with the same tools they use for such a problem.
And FWIW, a D Gen tube fitting a D Sindt is not a particularly useful solution to the OP’s problem.
Why?
Because the OP’s whistle is a Sindt C?
D’oh 
I assume John uses 9/16" OD tubing for his C whistles, but I’ve never had the opportunity to measure one. If so, a Generation, Feadog, or Oak C tube could be persuaded to fit with about the same amount of elbow grease and determination that’s necessary for the D tube modification.
9/16” .014 wall thickness
Hi, I am just curious if you have solved your problem. If so I hope it went well.