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I was more interested in exploring the possibilities of a/altering the tone and b/tuning individual notes and their octave, for example if one note and its octave did not match but the other notes were ok, this is more a hypothetical question as I haven't found a need to do this yet. I believe in pu...

well half the topic - what about undercutting?
or am I going to have to do my own experiments without any clues?

Perhaps melt was an exaggeration - but the plastic will 'flow' rather than cut rather easily, and the smell is unpleasant, and the fumes are also probably not good for you. A compressed air/coolant spray banishes the fumes and makes the machining easier.

Just read your post again and no I do not think the effect of undercutting is different for flutes and whistles. As I said the details of how something is done can make a big difference. So make a tuneable whistle and make several bodies (one of the advantages of a tunable whistle) and experiment an...

Obviously those statements disagree so they both can't be right... or can they? Sometimes it seems small variations in doing something can effect the result. So maybe both statements are correct! Undercutting should raise the pitch - it is effectively making the hole larger. Enlarging the hole towar...

Not suggesting that one should mess with a custom whistle but if one did chop a little off to raise the pitch of the bell note would not the octave D also be raised? and is it not true that this note is played more frequently ... Now I have a wonderfully playing generation C whistle which in truth i...

My first post here after lurking for some time. Oboe reeds are difficult to make, and to be good need to be made to suit the instrument and player. They (the reeds) do not last - oboists who play alot are constantly working on reeds. The water, saliva, gunk etc destroy a reed fairly quickly. Good bo...