I have been until recently very successful tweaking Oak whistles, but now it is getting rough removing the mouth piece. Anyone else ever experienced this problem?
I wonder if they are using a different type of cement?
Oak Whistles & Removing Mouth Piece
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Oak Whistles & Removing Mouth Piece
Keith
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Here's what I did last time.
Before heating up in very hot water, I took about a half dozen rubber bands and put them on the barrel, making them tight by tripling or quadrulpling them and lining them up to make a good grip. then I took one of those rubber jar opener thingys from the kitchen for the mouthpiece end and I was able to get a really good grip and twist. I found the jar opener thingy wouldn't grip the barrel.
Hope this helps.
Before heating up in very hot water, I took about a half dozen rubber bands and put them on the barrel, making them tight by tripling or quadrulpling them and lining them up to make a good grip. then I took one of those rubber jar opener thingys from the kitchen for the mouthpiece end and I was able to get a really good grip and twist. I found the jar opener thingy wouldn't grip the barrel.
Hope this helps.
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Keith,
they are harder to remove these days, but I don't think they currently, or ever, have been glued down (one of their claims on their box is the head is tunable). I think they're just fitting the head tighter these days. I simply use hot tap water on the head right where it meets the tube, and I can with a little force get the head off. Then, I grease the tube and put the head on, usually find it stuck again, and use the hot water tick again...I do this about 4 times and things seem OK after that.
Eric
they are harder to remove these days, but I don't think they currently, or ever, have been glued down (one of their claims on their box is the head is tunable). I think they're just fitting the head tighter these days. I simply use hot tap water on the head right where it meets the tube, and I can with a little force get the head off. Then, I grease the tube and put the head on, usually find it stuck again, and use the hot water tick again...I do this about 4 times and things seem OK after that.
Eric
