Hello all,
I've got my hands on a vintage Generation C whistle recently and it's very nice sounding and easy to play, goes even to the third octave C comfortably.
However, while playing with a mate of mine the other day, we discovered that the first three notes from the bottom up were right about in tune, but the three next ones, especially F, were notably sharp compared to another C whistle as well as a tuner. It was even so that the minimum breath pressure that I could possibly blow didn't get it in tune.
It doesn't bother when played solo, but pretty much makes it impossible to play with others. Right now I wouldn't lie much if I called it a C# whistle.
Just wanted to know out of curiousity if this sort of thing is common with (vintage) Generations, or do you suppose it's just a quirk of that particular whistle?
Might there be anything that I could do to get it closer to proper tuning? Maybe I could somehow get the plastic mouthpiece detached as if to make it "tunable"? I don't see how that would solve the problem entirely, however, as the tuning differences between the holes would still remain the same.