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It's a Small Word is the most evil tune known for its ability to get stuck in the mind. The German phrase for such a stuck tune translates as a brain worm! My brother Fred has an absolutely brilliant way to get tunes out of the mind; sing it out loud and in till it goes away; fighting it only makes ...

Dear Barb,
Lark in the Morning has a mike for use with flutes called the Silver Bullet, on this web page; http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Busin ... nstStrings . I believe it would work best if placed next to the aperture, the hole on the mouthpiece you don?t blow into.
Regards,
Rod.

Dear Caru, I can see a problem with the "Boehm taper" interfering with getting the whistle mouthpiece on and then not matching with the acoustics of the mouthpiece. Also, getting the aperture on the whistle mouthpiece to be the correct distance from the tone holes and far end of the tube c...

Hello, everyone, One of the things I am thinking in terms of is a completely glass whistle. An issue, though, is the safety of having something glass in the mouth! In retrospect, that is no more dangerous than a drinking glass, in less you or your friends get too rowdy during sessions. Of course pro...

Dear people, I recently did an experiment in a different material for the body of a whistle, Pyrex glass. I was inspired by the glass flutes I've seen for sale at some of the same places I've seen pennywhistles for sale. I used the fipple from a Feadog and 13 mm tubing from the U of Idaho chem. stor...