AuLoS303 wrote:
Dan A. wrote:
Make the water a wee bit hotter, and give it another go. The nickel Generations, so I'm told, are more stubborn than the brass ones. A little persistence should pay off.
Any hotter and the plastic will surely melt!
I think you have to do this many times, more attempts. Then it will suddenly give after for sure. The think here is to be pation. Don't know if you can buy something that loosen up glue? If it's a thin fluid, you could try to let it go down along the tube around the head, little by little. I'm sure you will make it. And you know what they say, after much problems and work, the reward is so much better. This whistle Wil be one you never forget, and especially if you get it tuned and tweaked well. As you know, the first to do is to fill the back og the head. Then the more difficult parts comes. You might have to adjust the finger holes. Then, even more delicate, adjusting the whistle head. File down the fipple a little, maybe make it a bit longer, adding, I really don't know, ut search and ask for help. I've seen the hole fipple covered with a thin brass plate. But it depends if you want a silent whistle or normal to louder sounding. You can also file into the mouthpiece opening for adjusting it, maybe more open/wider in front. This is just tips, but to do all this, that's the art and work. Therfore you don't see many professional tweakers. But if you desire to learn, you must read and ask, search trough Google and whistle forums. If you are serious about this, it will cost you some, cause you will never do it right the first times. And you need to find a whistle you really like, or a cheap one. Waltons are great whistles if you ask me. And when you get the hang of it, understanding more and more, seeing the "philosophy" behind it, you will be able to tweak most of the whistles on the marked. Maybe even making your own, that would be cool. So, good luck and enjoy your whistles, both playing and working with them.
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