made my own low D whistle (pic posted - look down thread)

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:50 pm

I have been checking out various designs and decided to try this one

http://www.geocities.com/tpe123/folkurb ... espot.html

I decided on a low D, and built a prototype this morning. A couple of hours work, and I have one sweet instrument. Soft and melodic, and a touch of airiness.

I used 3/4 PVC electrical conduit for mine. One mod I made to the design was to extend the little piece that is glued to the outside to form an airway. I left mine on the top btw, and let the extra piece hang over the end, then glued a second shorter piece under the overhang, to form a mouthpiece. I used superglue.

I also found the last hole very hard to reach, so I drilled a second hole next to it but at the 3 o'clock position as you look down the whistle to play it. I plugged the first hole, and I play the new hole by laying my pinky along side the flute body - no stretch.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:59 pm

Got a pic? (the drawings on the design plan were too drawingly.)

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:32 pm

It's only a prototype, so not neat and pretty yet, but I will organise one.

What site do people use to host the pictures they want to post here?

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:00 am

I mostly use http://www.yorkphoto.com/

There is a trick you have to use to link to the pic, but not unbearable.

chattiekathy · Post by **chattiekathy** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:19 pm

I use http://photobucket.com It's free and easy!

Cheers,
Kathy

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:23 pm

http://www.snapfish.com is good too.

Hmmm... yorkphoto looks suspiciously like snapfish... i bet it's the same site.

Photobucket seems to be nice; i'll give it a try. It seems less encumbered than the other sites i've used.

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IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:32 pm

glauber wrote:http://www.snapfish.com is good too.

Hmmm... yorkphoto looks suspiciously like snapfish... i bet it's the same site.

Photobucket seems to be nice; i'll give it a try. It seems less encumbered than the other sites i've used.

g

That could be, they operate exactly the same. If so, Snapfish is buying from York since SF is more expensive for processing than Y is. But just like GC uses the same engine that CF uses it could have just licensed the engine from someone.

Cyfiawnder · Post by **Cyfiawnder** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:48 pm

The Home De(s)pot Flute has a sweet, breathy tone perfect for solo, introspective playing with a modest volume level to keep you from annoying your neighbors. And the more accomplished musician will be able to coax two pentatonic (five note) octaves out of it. And even a bluesy scale in A.

If it has six holes then you should be able to get 7 different notes out of it by sequentualy lifting your fingers, not considering the half setps (in Cmaj) From Open "Bell" End:
All Closed- C XXX XXX
First hole opened-D 0XX XXX
2nd-E 00X XXX
3rd-F 000 XXX
4th-G 000 0XX
5th-A 000 00X
All Open- B 000 000

That is like a half whistle half flute... a Flistle? Or Maybe a Whute... Native American Flutes Are pentetonic, and they have less holes... Six holes would be... Diatonic??? Dianetic... Aerophonic... som'tin like dat

KDMARTINKY · Post by **KDMARTINKY** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:37 pm

Ah, the build your own Low D trick. Yep I have also tried to construct my own signature Low D using multiple designs available on the net. Total cost for the first attempt was $20.00. Second try cost I believe $6.00 (because I had left over items from the first attempt). 3rd attempt was $10.00. (yes I have all the receipts). Total for my failure: $36.00. (not including my missed practice time with my professionally built whistles). Now that I have typed this message up I am pissed....I could have gotten a Bingamon PVC Low D for half my cost. $%&^#^&*^*&, Oh well!

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:48 pm

Cyfiawnder wrote:The Home De(s)pot Flute has a sweet, breathy tone perfect for solo, introspective playing with a modest volume level to keep you from annoying your neighbors. And the more accomplished musician will be able to coax two pentatonic (five note) octaves out of it. And even a bluesy scale in A.

If it has six holes then you should be able to get 7 different notes out of it by sequentualy lifting your fingers, not considering the half setps (in Cmaj) From Open "Bell" End:
All Closed- C XXX XXX
First hole opened-D 0XX XXX
2nd-E 00X XXX
3rd-F 000 XXX
4th-G 000 0XX
5th-A 000 00X
All Open- B 000 000

That is like a half whistle half flute... a Flistle? Or Maybe a Whute... Native American Flutes Are pentetonic, and they have less holes... Six holes would be... Diatonic??? Dianetic... Aerophonic... som'tin like dat

Mine is tuned to D and has 6 holes. I find it plays exactly the same as commercial D whistles, even the high 3rd octave is there - not sure how much of it - I'm really only a beginner on whistles. The low octave is very easy to overblow, you just have to breathe into it to get the notes, but they are very nice sounding. It is, as you say, not too loud, another plus

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:03 pm

well here's a picture taken with my cheap camera

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:06 pm

KDMARTINKY wrote:Ah, the build your own Low D trick. Yep I have also tried to construct my own signature Low D using multiple designs available on the net. Total cost for the first attempt was $20.00. Second try cost I believe $6.00 (because I had left over items from the first attempt). 3rd attempt was $10.00. (yes I have all the receipts). Total for my failure: $36.00. (not including my missed practice time with my professionally built whistles). Now that I have typed this message up I am pissed....I could have gotten a Bingamon PVC Low D for half my cost. $%&^#^&*^*&, Oh well!

Sorry to hear yours didn't work out. Of course, cost and time aren't really the point. It's the fun of creating something yourself, and showing/demoing it to friends !

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:11 pm

Nice fruit!

And congrats on your whistle!

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:16 pm

Bloomfield wrote:Nice fruit!

And congrats on your whistle!

Thanks...

and yeah, the fruit was to give some perspective on size (better than putting something boring - like a CD there

)

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:58 pm

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Oh, there it is! Quite the odd configuration,

but YOU are the one that has to play it.

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