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I would put a wooden dowel (same diameter as the inside diameter of the PVC pipe) into the pipe for support and to help give a cleaner cut. Then I would drill a pilot hole (1/8"?) and use the right sized Forstner bit needed for that hole. A pilot hole will keep the Forstner bit from wandering o...

Offering these individually now: Susato Kildare Very Small Bore (about 10 mm), with movable thumb rest. No case. $35. Susato Kildare Small Bore (about 12 mm), with movable thumb rest. No case. $35. Dixon Traditional Nickel D. With original plastic sliding clamshell case, "Cupro Nickel Trad"...

Trying to thin the herd. All three high D whistles are used but like new. All three are tunable. Susato Kildare Very Small Bore, with movable thumb rest. No case. Susato Kildare Small Bore, with movable thumb rest. No case. Dixon Traditional Nickel D. With original plastic sliding clamshell case, &q...

OBrien wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:10 pmPM sent

For those keeping score, I have provided David with details regarding the tuning I hear and measure with my Rover. I am sending the instrument back to him to see if he can adjust it.

- O'Brien 3 piece: I find this whistle to be really problematic. The bell note is really weak, wispy even. My big complaint though is that its tuning is very uneven from note to note and is pretty unpleasant. I cannot recommend this whistle. Unless you need its really compact format, any of the oth...

Cyberknight wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:44 pm [
May I ask what MacMaghnus whistle model you have? I'm wondering why it is that the tuning is so poor on mine.

I have an African Blackwood D, purchased in May 2022. Is yours of similar vintage?

I have the following wood whistles in high D. All are tunable. All are very well crafted, so no complaints for any of them in that regard. - iVolga: the cheapest of them, and surprisingly good - not just for the price. This is a version purchased in May 2023, mentioned only because it has brass fitt...

Have you tried closing (from the top) holes 1,2, 4, 5? That flattens the A enough to get a reasonable G-sharp on some of my D whistles. May have to vary the lower hole closures between the upper and lower octave to get a better G-sharp.

Those are great diagrams - first time I have seen the terminology all pulled together at all, much less so clearly.

For whistle length, I think you would measure from the bell, or foot, to the window opening at the point closest to the bell. I believe that determines the speaking length. It also avoid error in estimating the centerpoint of the window. I don't know whether there are enough conical whistle makes ou...

I can see the utility of having the speaking length as well as the diameter. However, for the speaking length to be useful, the whistles all need to be tuned to a standard frequency at a common temperature and pressure. Those last two are the hard parts to achieve across a number of different owners...

Here is a dump of inside diameter measurements at the foot for whistles purchased new within 2022, so these should reflect the maker's current work. These measurements should be good to within 0.01" and 0.1mm. - Brass Burke Brass, Narrow Bore High D, tunable: 0.47", 12mm Alex Dewilde, Bras...

Here is a start on such a list of high D whistles and bore diameters:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=113236

Any idea how old the whistle is? Based on the color and pore density on the end-grain photo, I would guess Brazilian. Indian rosewood has much higher pore density than Brazilian. Apparently Brazil quit exporting in 1967, but it was not declared endangered until 1992. If pre-1992, the maker may have ...

The photos look like some type of rosewood to me. Rosewood also has large pores like the photos show.