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Check the wind way exit to see if is the same size height at both sides. Sometimes Generations or Walton’s have a little more height on a side and it makes the air stream exit uneaven. Then the blade receives more air on one side than the other. The wind way exit needs to be a near perfect rectangle.

Tommy makes a conical tapered soprano with 14 mm bore tapering down to a 11 mm end.
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I would use a center drill to make the pilot hole/starter hole.
Center drills don't wander like a small diameter straight drill.

Terry thank you. Very kind and generous of you to share your knowledge. Your website is also a wealth of information. I have one other vintage flute to tinker with, not enough work to hire an apprentice though! Not so vital now that we've invented electricity! Yes electricity allows us to do many t...

Terry thank you. Looking at it today with a better magnifying glass I believe it says Regent. Also has the name Simpson, brand name? And in upper case "PATENT" but I see no numbers. I cleaned the rings to look nice but don't know if silver or chrome. The head joint liner/tuning slide appea...

So wouldn't that leave a thin blade of metal running down the middle of the whistle? Yes it is inside on the Bottom. The seam solder can be cut with a utility roofers knife then open it can be made flat and used for a pattern. Scroll back to the picture with the fipple square and look at lower left...

Terry McGee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:50 pm Great video, Sirchronique, thanks for sharing.



What isn't clear to me is what makes the blank want to "take up" with the mandrel as it is rotated. Is there a slot in the mandrel?

Yes there is a slot.

Terry McGee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:07 pm Don't these people have Occupational Health and Safety legislation?)

With only two employees OSHA has no jurisdiction!

I have a vintage flute with silver rings and tuning slide that appears to have brass with silver plating that extends into the embrocher hole. It has a small space between the wood embrocher hole and metal liner. Thinking of removing it to clean up air flow through the blow hole. The markings are fa...

Before the advent of alloy steels what did they use 100 plus years ago to make a conical bore flute?

Interesting video. I doubt if Robert clark had any machines when he went on the road with cart to make and sell penny whistles. Yes his cart had a simple machine (wheel).

Im sure these whistles can be made with simple hand tools.

Here is an interesting link of insight and motivation.
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https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/05/ee/TgN0HjvQ_t.jpeg Reverse engineering. The reproduction of another manufacturer's product following detailed examination of its construction or composition. Click on picture for larger view. I don't think I would do this with a vintage whistle. However it was an aid t...

I hope this helps the original post reach their goal of making whistles from flat rolled metal. Where did SirC go!

I've often wondered about (but never explored!) the notion of approximating a tapered bore by using a series of short lengths of the "telescoping" brass tubing sold in hobby shops. I guess the question becomes - do the improvements arising from a generally better acoustical shape more tha...