making whistles?

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:46 pm

i would Tommy, but Texas is just too far away and too foreign for me. thank you very much for the offer though. if you are ever in tampa, give me a call and stop by.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:56 pm

Foreign!..........

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:02 pm

Tommy wrote:Foreign!..........

no offense lol, i tried to live in Tennessee, and that was too foreign for me. i just think that anywhere besides home is foreign to me.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:33 pm

The Whistle Collector wrote:
Tommy wrote:Foreign!..........
no offense lol, i tried to live in Tennessee, and that was too foreign for me. i just think that anywhere besides home is foreign to me.

No offense taken. Just never heard it said that way.

hathair_bláth · Post by **hathair_bláth** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:36 pm

Well, we all know that South Florida is really just a Yankee colony.......

hathair_bláth · Post by **hathair_bláth** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:36 pm

On a side note, does anyone know if you can get the CPVC at Lowes or Home Depot?

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:24 am

hathair_bláth wrote:Well, we all know that South Florida is really just a Yankee colony.......

it sure is

people think i am from chicago or new yourk or boston because of my accent.

jlunt · Post by **jlunt** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:55 am

Hello hathair,
I've just begun making Guido's Low tech whistles (for my own amusement) and I've been able to get the materials at Lowe's. In fact, 3/4" CPVC produces a very nice Low D. I've also read that electrical conduit is good, but haven't tried that yet. It's also at Lowe's.

I don't have a Home Depot in my (very small) town, but I'm sure they have PVC, CPVC and electrical conduit, as does Ace Hardware.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:57 am

hathair_bláth wrote:On a side note, does anyone know if you can get the CPVC at Lowes or Home Depot?

Home Depot is a good place to buy cpvc. They store it in a rack standing on end. If you buy cpvc from a hardware store that stores it on its side,
it will have a lot of scratches and dings in it.

hathair_bláth · Post by **hathair_bláth** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:13 am

Thanks for the info! There's a Home Depot just up the road from here. I might just have to go pay them a visit.

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:17 pm

i finally get the picture on how to make a whistle, i will try to start saturday, and hopefully will make a descent one.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:25 pm

Is this the fipple picture that you're referring to?

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:34 pm

Hi Daniel - thanks for the update - my diagram seems a little out of date !(i think it was transcribed from a neolithic cave wall somewhere.)

Your pic has less goats in it, but is much more informative

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:51 pm

I was thinking, since no. 6 is Mac Operating system - I thought no. 8 would be Windows

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:18 pm

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:I was thinking, since no. 6 is Mac Operating system - I thought no. 8 would be Windows

I think you're onto something there Daniel!

In my haste to get the rubbing from the cave-wall, I omited #17 which goes before the pointy end - #17 Guinness. Some say it should actually go before #16 and I tend to agree.

The main thing about #17 is that it affects #8 such that sparks come out of my 101 keyboard whenever I play too close. I'm sure that if it were a Mac keyboard there'd be puffs of green steam and leprechauns.