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by trill
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Kerry Pro Low D - Overtones on low notes
Replies: 4
Views: 371

Re: Kerry Pro Low D - Overtones on low notes

Nismology, Thank you for your description of how the two Kerry Pro instruments play. Thanks especially for the pics. The pics are very interesting. In the pics, the windway entrances look visibly different. One has a nominally "flat" roof. The other roof has some curves. Question: which on...
by trill
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Server SQL trouble ?
Replies: 1
Views: 137

Server SQL trouble ?

I’ve been unable access C&F for almost a week. Very spotty access anyway.

Always some kind of SQL error message.

Anyone else experiencing this ?
by trill
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: corned beef
Replies: 1
Views: 84

Re: corned beef

I haven’t tried sauerkraut but I have made Kimchi a few times.

Great fun getting "fizzy veggies" :) .

Corned beef ? Always seems tough. Maybe I’m doing something wrong. . .
by trill
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:39 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tweaking a whistle with a dirty/harsh sound
Replies: 148
Views: 49864

Re: Tweaking a whistle with a dirty/harsh sound

. . . (Three motorcyclists need 5 motorcycles - why is that? I can't afford to dip too deeply into that question as it will then be asked why does one flute and whistle player need 40 flutes and 30 whistles?) . . . Mr. McGee . . . :lol: Having gone through a number of motorcycles in my younger year...
by trill
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tuning Slide Revolution?
Replies: 12
Views: 532

Re: Tuning Slide Revolution?

David Cooper wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:41 pm I've had an idea which may or may not be new, . . .
Very creative, novel, and innovative idea :) !

In my own experience with new ideas, the real work is always in the making the first prototype.

I always find many "lessons learned" along the way.

I hope it all works out !

trill
by trill
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:57 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tune Identification please.....
Replies: 11
Views: 940

Re: Tune Identification please.....

pancelticpiper wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:38 amhttps://thesession.org/tunes/566
WOW !

Love that site ! Click to listen ! Beautifully formatted dots !

Thanks Richard !
by trill
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tune Identification please.....
Replies: 11
Views: 940

Re: Tune Identification please.....

Thanks Trill "Red Haired Boy" ? That would make sense - as people on the session reckon that is another name for The Little Beggarman. Do you have doubts though, judging by the question mark? Well, the version in the sample clip has lots of differences from the one I know. So, I had some ...
by trill
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tune Identification please.....
Replies: 11
Views: 940

Re: Tune Identification please.....

"Red Haired Boy" ?

Although, in the clip provided above the "B" part seems to be recorded first.
by trill
Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:41 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Onyx vs. Copeland, lower hole sizes
Replies: 6
Views: 1464

Re: Onyx vs. Copeland, lower hole sizes

. . . But maybe they are already angled? I have an Onyx and took a close look at the holes. Much to see ! 1. thick walls 2. chamfers outside, with variations windward/leeward. 3. hole-walls have plainly visible differing angles windward/leeward. I have a vague recollection of a post by Ralph Sweet ...
by trill
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Frequency in a square tube
Replies: 13
Views: 1919

Re: Frequency in a square tube

I thought that what mattered was the cross-sectional area of each point in the bore, regardless of the shape. I'm inclined to agree that cross-sectional area matters. After all, bore-perturbations and tapered bores influence tuning. Square whistles, eh? . . . Imagine the fun (work!) of "taperi...
by trill
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:35 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Frequency in a square tube
Replies: 13
Views: 1919

Re: Frequency in a square tube

Shouldn't the pitch be determined by the length of the tube, regardless? Certainly, length is the dominant effect. However, for equal tube area, a square tube will have about 13% more surface area. So, more area for viscous friction. My hunch is that a square tube would have a *slightly* lower pitc...
by trill
Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: High Ds with minimal impact on lungs/chest
Replies: 12
Views: 1664

Re: High Ds with minimal impact on lungs/chest

Mikethebook wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:50 am . . . but finding one that has minimal backpressure too is more of a challenge. . .
The Hoover Whitecap has the lowest backpressure of any I've played. It's also one of the quietest + sweetest-sounding.
by trill
Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: High Ds with minimal impact on lungs/chest
Replies: 12
Views: 1664

Re: High Ds with minimal impact on lungs/chest

Here are two I can think of:

1) "whitecap" by Mack Hoover: it's just the mouthpiece, fits Gen barrel. Absolutely least amount of air of any I've played. Also, sweetest sound/timber.

2) Susato VSB: narrowest diameter I've ever seen. Retains characteristic Susato sound.
by trill
Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Deoindi: An Odyssey in the Key of D - New Tutor
Replies: 1
Views: 1455

Re: Deoindi: An Odyssey in the Key of D - New Tutor

What is in this book ? Sheet music ?

The "read sample" gives a "Sorry" page from Amazon.
by trill
Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:45 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Flattened thumb patch
Replies: 12
Views: 2826

Re: Flattened thumb patch

I use "alien tape".

By itself, or to attach something to serve as a "thumb rest" on Low-Ds.

No adhesive residue. Sticks really well.

Some sort of carbon-tube-nano-magic.

Also known as "gecko tape".