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I'd love to see what you have done, but that link doesn't work for me!

Feadoggie wrote: not every whistle maker is sitting at home diligently working on whistles while sitting next to the computer waiting to hear from their customers.
Feadoggie

What???? Don't they!!!!!

An 8 hole Syn that made its way to Italy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbELt-nvjio

O'Brien wrote:the chips smell great when they come off the lathe.

....if you don't mind caramelised wood! Strange smell, I understand it dissipates over time.

That sort of corrosion of aluminium can be a real problem for some players! Either from breath or fingers, probably different reactions involved but the same result. You'd be surprised at the extent of the corrosion on some whistles I have seen. In an ideal world, I would anodize all the whistles I ...

I thought I'd post a pic of these puppies before they get sent back to Caryn for some road testing. http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/synwhistles/temperedwhistles.jpg The pic doesn't do justice to the way that light plays with the grain and changes as they turn, especially on the curly one. P...

cough cough,,, ahem,,, always looking at ways to expand the envelope, I'll be in that!

What's the thing to do? Which note should I tune the instrument to? Or should I just find a 'happy medium' and leave it at that? For myself, I look to get the middle of the range in tune ie. g to g'. It varies from whistle to whistle, but usually that means using the middle d as your reference, but...

Try tuning the whistle to the C# rather than the D (seriously) and see how the rest of the scale falls then.

I see your cat doesn't like your playing, But that's alright, some cats are like that.

Sorry if that wasn't clear. I have some high D whistles for sale, the one shown on Ebay sets the example, the rest are in the same style and the descriptions correspond. I also have some Low D whistles for sale, the one on Ebay is an example, the others vary slightly in having red bodies rather than...

For brass on brass at least, the best option is to pull apart and give a light coating of vasoline on both surfaces. I do regularly coat the slides with petroleum jelly from time to time. Are you saying that before I leave the country I should pull them apart then coat them in vasoline right before...

For brass on brass at least, the best option is to pull apart and give a light coating of vasoline on both surfaces.

I'm putting a few items on Ebay as part of a cleanup of the workshop. There are some high whistles that I have been playing with but am unlikely to pursue further as a commercial venture as well as a couple of low whistles that have some minor cosmetic flaws. Here are the links to the first couple h...