Source for Whistle Tubing?

EricW · Post by **EricW** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:26 am

I made my first home-made whistle this past weekend using the Fulton-Bennett instructions. Like the potato chips, I don't think I will be able to stop at just one. Can anyone recommend an on-line source for brass and aluminum tubing suitable for whistles?

Eric

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:56 am

I would recommend you check the Thomas Register: http://www.thomasregister.com. They're not a source, but a list of sources.

Charlie

jmssmh · Post by **jmssmh** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 12:14 pm

I have used brass tubing from K&S Engineering. You can find their tubing in model/hobby stores. The standard lengths are only long enough to make a B whistle (which I did using a mouthpiece from a C whistle).

Joe

brbpab94 · Post by **brbpab94** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 12:24 pm

You might try a plumbing supply outlet for contracters and an electical supply outlet they both have different types of tubing.you also might try your local machine shops some of them use tubing for different orders.
Have fun
Brian

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 2:21 pm

Here is a wonderful source for small qty's of material. Good service.

http://www.onlinemetals.com/

Erik

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 3:13 pm

Here's another place:

http://www.smallparts.com

I haven't ordered anything from them yet, but their catalog is a lot of fun to browse thru.

-brett

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 4:44 pm

Seeing the post about Small Parts (I didn't know they sold tubing) made me think of McMaster-Carr, http://www.mcmaster.com. Great service, good price, no minimum order, and it seems that they ship before you place the order!

Charlie

StevePower · Post by **StevePower** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 5:07 pm

On 2002-01-14 17:44, chas wrote:
...and it seems that they ship before you place the order!

Whistle-making meets mind-reading - whatever next!

(sorry, couldn't resist it)

Steve

joeln · Post by **joeln** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:23 pm

I've got some aluminum tubing I'll give to anybody that wants to pay shipping. It's 5/8 inch OD by .049 inch wall thickness. I have two pieces; a 6 footer and a 31 incher. I would actually prefer cutting it to short lengths as it will be much easier to ship that way.
If you use this, will probably want to make your fipple out of some other material becase its heat treated 6061-T6 so its kind of brittle ie it can't be bent back and forth much before it breaks. - Joel

jackorion · Post by **jackorion** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:45 pm

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking the Overton type tubbing is the same as what you'll find in some wind chimes.

I was over at a friends house showing off my F Overton and then noticed his wind chimes. The same tubbing I tell you!!

I've seen those chimes get real big also. Plus people keep them outside where you can just go and....uh scratch that last part

Jack "you'll be seeing on the 10:00 news" Orion

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 8:48 pm

What are the Fulton-Bennet instructions?
And Where?

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Wed Jan 16, 2002 8:42 pm

You can get 7/8" OD Brass Tubing from <a href="http://www.copperandbrass.com/indexc.htm">Copper and Brass Sales, inc</a>

EricW · Post by **EricW** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:32 am

Hey folks, thanks for all the help. The McMaster-Carr link looks particularly good. Lots of sizes in brass and aluminum at reasonable prices. Plus, it's nice to know I have a source of tantalum tubing in case I want to make a whistle that can be played in boiling sulfuric acid.

--Eric

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:41 am

On 2002-01-17 10:32, EricW wrote:
Plus, it's nice to know I have a source of tantalum tubing in case I want to make a whistle that can be played in boiling sulfuric acid.

--Eric

Not every session is quite as bad as that...

Thomas-Hastay · Post by **Thomas-Hastay** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 7:05 pm

Walt and group

You can find Kim Fulton-Bennett's pennywhistle site here(along with some other good sites)...

<a href="http://www.mimf.com/link.htm#flutes">Whistles,Recorders and Flutes</a>

If you want a "go" at conical construction,<b>Britania</b> or "lead-less pewter" comes in small sheet form that can be rolled on a wooden "manderel" and easily soldered.Half-hard Brass(Alpha Brass)comes in sheet form too.

These metals can be "tempered" by the usual heat/quench technique and have been used on organ pipes for several hundred years. It works quite well for cylindrical tubes if you can't find your "perfect" diameter with plumbing supplies.

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