CP: Stonehenge whistle from Mahan Woodwinds -- tour closed

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:01 pm

I've been working on these for a couple of months. I was hoping to be ready for Christmas, but you just can't rush research. So, without further ado, the Stonehenge whistle!

Recording sample:
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/review ... ne_rye.mp3

These are made of DuPont Corian, the same stuff that countertops are made of. Corian comes in a variety of shades, and I currently have this blue, a black color, and a couple of sandstone-like colors which I'll be posting to my website in the next couple of days. I'll be getting a green malachite-like color soon, too.

Corian is waterproof, durable, scratch resistant, dense, and looks really neat. It's is a little more difficult to work than wood in some ways, so the price will be the same as one of my hardwood whistles. The good news is that there's no resting time built into the manufacutre, so currently, the wait time on one of these is a lot shorter than my wooden whistles.

I will be organizing a tour of this whistle in the next couple of weeks, if anyone is interested

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:23 pm

Lovely!

That's a great idea!

--James

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:52 pm

Wanderer wrote:
I will be organizing a tour of this whistle in the next couple of weeks, if anyone is interested

Always ready for another tour here. That is a real innovative sharp looking whistle.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:56 pm

Lovely Greg. Sent you a PM.

Philo

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:10 pm

Very cool looking whistle! Perfect for the whistler who wants to play rock music..

How is Corian for machining? I'm not planning on trying it: just curious.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:07 pm

brewerpaul wrote:Very cool looking whistle! Perfect for the whistler who wants to play rock music..

How is Corian for machining? I'm not planning on trying it: just curious.

Corian doesn't behave like wood..i went through a bit of it before I discovered the magic numbers on how fast and how deep I could make cuts. Drilling is a bear.

As for the tour: I will be starting the tour next friday (1-12-07), and will take the first 10 people who pm me their addresses. Each person will get to keep the whistle for 2 weeks. That'll keep things short and sweet, if you can call a 6 month tour short

Screeeech!!! · Post by **Screeeech!!!** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:19 pm

Last time i went to Stonehenge i got jumped on by two fat security gaurds.

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:26 pm

Rock n' Rollin' in the Rye Grass! pm sent

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:31 pm

Nice look! Should be temperature neutral too.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:32 pm

Wow, a lot of interest right away...only 2 more slots on the tour.

The list currently stands at (in no particular order)
livethe question
dyersituations
King Friday
Aanvil
BoneQuint
anniemcu
Tommy
PhilO

I ask that anyone on the tour be willing to ship the whistle to the next person via priority mail with tracking and insure the whistle for $100. That means the cost to you is about $6.85 to try the whistle out for a couple of weeks and send it on. I'd like it insured, because it's going to spend a lot of time in the mail and if the post office breaks it, they should pay for it

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:09 am

Screeeech!!! wrote:Last time i went to Stonehenge i got jumped on by two fat security gaurds.

That was due to the fact that you were trying to climb the thing with no clothes except your green druid cape,
it had nothing to do with whistles

/MarcusR

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:24 am

MarcusR wrote:
Screeeech!!! wrote:Last time i went to Stonehenge i got jumped on by two fat security gaurds.
That was due to the fact that you were trying to climb the thing with no clothes except your green druid cape,
it had nothing to do with whistles

/MarcusR

MarcusR, if you don't change that sig quote 1ll sl4p y4 s1lly!

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:37 am

Greg, Yer a total nutbag!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ramin · Post by **Ramin** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:45 am

Greg, That is a good looking whistle.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:57 am

Thanks Ramin!

My biggest concern was getting an invisible seam. Corian doesn't come in 1" thicknesses, or if it does, it's nearly impossible to find. So, I have to marry two pieces, and make the seam invisible, and make the bond strong enough to hold up to the rigors of turning it into a whistle. The recommended "welding" glue DuPont offers is very strong, but not invisible by any stretch.

The picture of the side of the mouthpiece, where you can see the black delrin fipple actually shows the seam. That picture's about 500% bigger than life, and I still had to look really hard to find it, and I knew where it was.

The tour is now closed. Welcome fearfaoin and Flogging Jason to the list

I'll get the whistle out the end of next week.

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