ecohawk wrote:For those of you who don't know, John uses standard off the shelf sizes for the brass tubing in his whistles. He just shaves a tiny peel off the last inch or so on end that goes into the head to make a tight pressure fit. You could probably do it with sandpaper. In fact IIRC there is a thread on here somewhere about someone who used a Gen tube which he sanded to fit his Sindt head.
And Bloomie's linked article (below the pic) is still available on his site.
If I wanted a MUTT I'd go to the dog pound!
Ah yes, take a masterpiece apart. What does that say to one's consideration for the master craftsman John Sindt? Often imitated, never duplicated. If you could, ya would.
To do this speaks volumes about one's own sense of craftsmanship and respect for the whistlemakers.
Ah yes, take a masterpiece apart. What does that say to one's consideration for the master craftsman John Sindt? Often imitated, never duplicated. If you could, ya would.
To do this speaks volumes about one's own sense of craftsmanship and respect for the whistlemakers.
No thanks, I'll wait for the real thing.
Isn't it a bit odd the forum has this obsession with whistles that have to be tweaked to be playable while in this case doing just that gets your knickers all in a twist?
The thing with Sindt whistles and particularly the D is that they are tuned very rigorously to an equal tempered scale. That doesn't suit everybody's ear and, again in the case of the D, the voicing of the F hole that follows from the scale has a strong effect on the fingering of the C natural. Again something that doesn't suit everybody (and let's face it, it's a pretty idiosyncratic set up. Anyone who is a bit of a whistleplayer can work around it handy enough but while some whistles manage a perfectly in tune and clear toned C natural when played cross fingered. The Sindt D is not one of them). So what to do? Yes, use a tube designed to give the result you're looking for. Why fault that?
And Bloomie's linked article (below the pic) is still available on his site.
If I wanted a MUTT I'd go to the dog pound!
Ah yes, take a masterpiece apart. What does that say to one's consideration for the master craftsman John Sindt? Often imitated, never duplicated. If you could, ya would.
To do this speaks volumes about one's own sense of craftsmanship and respect for the whistlemakers.
No thanks, I'll wait for the real thing.
Umm, this is marginally ridiculous. And I can tell you you're taking a great deal more umbrage about this than John would. Plus, many people have been know to put Sindt heads on other whistle bodies- like John himself for starters...
