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... with the problems that wet reeds bring.) This preamble is just to explain how I know that I'm a wet blower. So when I play Low Whistles of the Overton style (made by Bernard himself or by one of the other makers he authorised such as Phil Hardy or Colin Goldie) which have two large flat parallel ...

... for the upper second octave IMO. I won't describe the various tubes, all well machined. But I see that the head has a bore restriction, similar to Overton whistles, without it having a squashed body. At the window the width of the bore is the same as the window width, the window extends with straight ...

hans wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:21 am it needs some good machinery to squash the round alu tube into a square shape for the head.

Didn’t Overton simply use a hammer?

I thought I recalled seeing a video where he clamped it from the sides and then hammered the top flat.

... me into whistle making. But the historic traditional tin whistle had a flat windway, and a simple design too. So has the modern equivalent, the Overton. But it needs some good machinery to squash the round alu tube into a square shape for the head. But this then gives the advantage of bore restriction ...

... mm] Alex Dewilde, Brass head with plastic fipple High D, tunable (0.50", 12.8 mm) Löfgren D aluminium: 15.8mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 7.9x4.5mm window Overton D aluminium: 15.7mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 8.8x5.3mm window Setanta, Brass head and fipple High D, tunable (0.50", 12.8mm) - [Bracker mid range] ...

... 12.8mm ID, 8x4mm window Burke Session D brass: 14.2mm OD, 13.5mm ID, 8x4.5mm window Löfgren D aluminium: 15.8mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 7.9x4.5mm window Overton D aluminium: 15.7mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 8.8x5.3mm window Reyburn Session D brass: 14.5mm OD, 12.5mm ID, 8x4mm window Hi Hans, good to see you around ...

... 12.8mm ID, 8x4mm window Burke Session D brass: 14.2mm OD, 13.5mm ID, 8x4.5mm window Löfgren D aluminium: 15.8mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 7.9x4.5mm window Overton D aluminium: 15.7mm OD, 12.8mm ID, 8.8x5.3mm window Reyburn Session D brass: 14.5mm OD, 12.5mm ID, 8x4mm window

... that's now a favourite, is rather narrower: Alba Low E 25.86 And my great-playing sub-Low D whistles are narrower, as would be expected: Goldie-Overton Low C 28.33 Alba Bass A 29.15 Whistles I don't care for, in some cases nearly unplayable, have been wide: Susato Mezzo G 23.35 Burke Mezzo F ...

... or bumpers to be missed. Nothing in your earlier posts suggested you had been so completely thorough. I was just trying to help, as it does seem Overton style, yet the Overtons I've seen were always properly stamped, and Goldie is the only one I know who signs his inside the bell area.

The all-metal one looks very similar to an Overton I had for a while.

In particular: the shape of the beak, the window proportions, and the steep blade edge.

... plastic heads until much more recently. The C whistle, as I previously stated, is devoid of maker's marks, so I can't confirm this is a Goldie or Overton, or what have you. Part of the reason I came here. Here are the other two photos for detial. https://i.ibb.co/qCtm8Fv/20221219-213100.jpg https://i.ibb.co/c22nSV4/20221219-213046.jpg

... acoustic influence. It probably does help hold everything together tightly with great alignment though. I think the second "ramp" in the Overton/Goldie design is simply a matter of tidying up the exterior around the transition from squared off head to cylindrical body. My guess is that ...

... around a bit below the blade might do is simulate the blister that Generations have below the blade. https://i.imgur.com/uyAbA2u.jpg Here is an Overton on the left and an Alba on the right. The Overton has a ramp machined below the blade. https://i.imgur.com/KbE8L5O.jpg Thanks pancelticpiper, ...

... around a bit below the blade might do is simulate the blister that Generations have below the blade. https://i.imgur.com/uyAbA2u.jpg Here is an Overton on the left and an Alba on the right. The Overton has a ramp machined below the blade. https://i.imgur.com/KbE8L5O.jpg Here you can see the ...

Touching ol note from Bernard Overton

https://youtube.com/shorts/jIUOJ5O2RLg?feature=share

Sincerely,
Sean
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