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My recollection is that for The Fellowship of the Ring, that it was an old-style Burke, identifiable as such by the 'swallowed grape' tuning slide. It was visible for a split second on one of the extended edition behind-the-scenes clips, I think.

Thanks to all who've replied so far. Some interesting general technical points on Pythagorean and JI tuning. However, what I'm after is suggestions for anyone who might be able to actually make me a Pythagorean-tuned silver or silver-plated whistle. It's specifically for playing and performing with...

Does anyone know how Colin achieves his easy/medium/hard backpressure adjustments with his whistles? The changes in backpressure are produced by varying the windway height. Darn, that doesn't work on my design. Four thou over 0.03" windway height turns the tone to sh*t. However, I think I foun...

Does anyone know how Colin achieves his easy/medium/hard backpressure adjustments with his whistles? I would like to add just a bit more backpressure to mine, but the adjustments I've made always end up changing the tone or playing characteristics negatively.

Hi I was perusing the forum and saw this thread. Thought this may be of interest. I had a go at printing an irish style flute i started off with an stl file I found on line but have since redesigned the whole thing. FDM printed in normal plastic PLA (metallic effect PLA) no finishing (deliberately)...

Edit: I wonder if the perceived performance increase doesn't come from reducing the boundary layer under the air jet. Thinking about it in terms of flow, the entrained air from the air jet might cause more turbulence with a large area of still-ish air right underneath it. Since turbulence seems to b...

trill wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:24 pm

MadmanWithaWhistle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 3:47 pm. . . I rigged up this little water gauge . . .

Cool purple ! Makerbot ?

What brand whistle ?

Where does the air go in ?

Prusament! Whistle brand is my own. The air goes in via another section of silicone tubing attached to the whistle post.

This thread was... a lot. Really cool work from so many people, and some amazing innovation with materials! It seems like some interesting things regarding how the instrument actually works were discussed, but are there any salient takeaways that might inform instrument design? Like using a blowing ...

I reckon once we can crack whistle (and flute) computer modelling, 3D printing should have great potential at least in prototype development. Do you mean modelling as in CAD, or modeling as in simulating fluid dynamics? Because I do the first, and I know the 2nd is possible... I just can't figure o...

A couple of thoughts here - first, the idea that there is no reason for the depression under the windway exit face. A lot of people put poster putty in here, but I don't find it has a meaningful effect on the tuning of the second octave and seems likely to be the placebo effect, at least with the wh...

Hi Terry, sorry for the delay in responding - quite the opposite in fact. I find that curved windways corresponding to the curvature of the bore have less chiff and attack, but sound sweeter and are more stable. However, if you lock the geometry of the airblade, you really only have a few variables ...

Edit: you mentioned the “three tube” method of mouthpiece construction - it’s very commonly used because it’s the simplest way to make a playable whistle head with common subtractive shop equipment. You had me puzzled with this descriptor. Are we talking the modern style of whistle, the "three...

Naxrax - do you have the print file (STL) posted anywhere? I'd love to try it out on my printer. I've been pretty disappointed with other whistle prints. Thanks. Mike A thing to keep in mind is 3d prints arent overly mouth safe. For assorted reasons. The print lines are bacteria hotspots, sketchy t...

This thread pretty well exemplifies why I don't use C&F anymore. I forgot it existed until the potential security incident, but have been quickly reminded.

How exactly were you notified that someone in Moscow accessed your Instagram? Via email? Just asking because receiving an email saying your Instagram was hacked by someone in Moscow is a very common phishing scam right now. I received a similar email last month and I don’t even have Instagram. The ...