Well... I bought an Oak in 2008 on a whim. 10 bucks, nothing to worry about. Cut a long story short, it was cr*p. Unplayable. Fast forward to 2018, and I decided to let a tweaker loose with it, on the basis that they could either make something decent out of it or screw it up completely. Mack Hoover offered to have a fiddle with it, and he sent it back to me just a couple of weeks ago. in fact, I posted briefly about it on C&F.
Anyway, this Oak is now capable of being blown really darn hard and has a really strong tone, especially on the lower octave. The 2nd octave isn't exactly "Burke sweet", but if you blow it hard it's lovely and strong. If you wuss out it'll crack on ya. You can really push it and it'll let you.
In the first instance, try the putty/plasticine fix. Of all the whistles I've done that on, it's never made them worse - always at least a little better. It's just possible that since you've not been playing very long you're still working on your breathing. Keep it up!
m.d.
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