MadmanWithaWhistle wrote:
@Mr.Gumby: I bet that'll be really helpful to him.
And why wouldn't it be? Instructions how to do it have been posted here in the past.
Then again some players have converted Generation Bb whistles to play in B natural. It's not difficult work either. A search through the forums (both pipes and whistle) should lead you to an outline of the procedure. Here's what I have found from previous posts on the same question as your own.
pancelticpiper on Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:36 am wrote:
I made my own from a B flat Generation. It plays great.
Take the head off a Generation B flat, and chop the top of the tube until the upper-hand notes are in tune to the B scale:
xoo ooo is G sharp
xxo ooo is F sharp
Then chop the bottom until it plays an in-tune B.
Then carve out the lowest tone hole until it plays an in-tune C sharp.
Then carve out the next-lowest hole until it plays an in-tune D sharp.
And Bob's Your Uncle!
And for a little more detail there is this:
billh on Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:53 pm wrote:
An inexpensive alternative worth trying:
As it happens, you can take a Bflat Generation and remove metal from both the top and bottom so that the top note is sharpened a semitone and the bottom note (all holes closed) is also sharpened a semitone. By some weird quirk of Generation's tuning, the resulting notes in the middle are well within range as well, and the resulting scale is an acceptable B scale. At least, it works for me.
Total length of the doctored Generation (metal part, without fipple):
316 mm
Distance from the top end of the whistle to the top hole:
132 mm
(Of course you know you can tune Generations by removing the fipple, if yours is stuck, try soaking it in hot water for a few minutes, it should let go).
Bill
Hope that helps.
So, let me put another option out there - does anyone who currently has a good B whistle have a good home studio they might be able to record a few lines in?
What do you have in mind? Details would be interesting to hear as a bit of motivation. Timeline? What's the music?
I've got a couple B whistles (they are not available as rentals or for sale). Whistles in B and E are often called for in song accompaniment. I've got a studio (kind of apart at the moment - new computer). Tell us more.