Hi Malcombebb,
Yes. The thing has crossed the boundary between cosmetic and music.
A ceremonial instrument was never intended to play.
I would square the ramp-edge to get a decent sound.
The wind-sheet created by the mouthpiece demands a flat edge for the vortex to form.
It is true the the wind-sheet has a slight curvature, but not that much.
But it is a lot of thinking and work to calculate the curvature from the windway exit to the ramp.
I would slowly reduce the curve with knife or file until a 2-octave sound appears.
After that, I would work on the height of the wind-sheet and how it spreads to the ramp.
Play with it. Then play upon it.
11 mm is difficult for the bottom notes - but achievable.
From the photo, a good instrument might be had from it if you can accept big pressure gradients between 1 and 2 octave.
Work with the curve. It's complex.
Wooden whistle won't whistle
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Re: Wooden whistle won't whistle
It strikes me as an object made specifically for the tourist trade.
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- Tell us something.: Learning *speaks very quietly* melodeon but been interested in whistley things for a while. Quite like to get beyond a strangled squawk to something that sounds (even faintly) musical. We once had a plastic fife and I am the only person in the family who couldn't get a note out of it. Present interest is in tin whistle, or an approximation thereto, and maybe pipe as in tabor.
Re: Wooden whistle won't whistle
Yes, quite possibly a tourist object.
The one that works takes some care to get into the low octave, it's fairly quiet but they are never going to be session whistles. I haven't tried to get the full range of notes out of it.
The one that works takes some care to get into the low octave, it's fairly quiet but they are never going to be session whistles. I haven't tried to get the full range of notes out of it.