underwater whistling.

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:01 pm

Just curious, has anybody tried it? would all the bubbles come out of the fipple or would some come out of the finger-holes or the end?

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:10 pm

I think you need a blow hole to do it properly.

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:20 pm

well... seeing how my bellows powered whistle went over like a lead balloon, may as well try to mount a whistle with a snorkel. (I smell photoshop opportunities...)

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:26 pm

i've spent some time whistling in my pool but never tried to whistle completely underwater. i'll let you know in about a month or so. when whistling partially underwater, you have to keep the holes dry, if they get a water film, it's the same as the hole being covered. i've played my flute with the open end underwater, i can make some half decent whale sounds by changing the depth of the flute. an expert could probably play a song that way but not me.

gosh, i love summer.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:12 am

Years ago in one of the Chiff newsletters there was a great photo of someone scuba diving in a Chiff and Fipple t-shirt, holding a whistle. I have no idea who it was, though...

eskin · Post by **eskin** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:51 am

I'd like to see what happens if you play the whistle in lower or higher pressure environments (i.e. International Space Station), also in helium/oxygen mixes...

Brian Boru · Post by **Brian Boru** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:23 am

eskin wrote:I'd like to see what happens if you play the whistle in lower or higher pressure environments (i.e. International Space Station), also in helium/oxygen mixes...

With a high G whistle on helium you might be able to echo-locate...

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:42 pm

eskin wrote:I'd like to see what happens if you play the whistle in lower or higher pressure environments (i.e. International Space Station), also in helium/oxygen mixes...

That would be interesting...

I have heard that you can't whistle with your lips in a hyperberic chamber but would love to try. With a regular whistle as well.

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:40 pm

eskin wrote:I'd like to see what happens if you play the whistle in lower or higher pressure environments (i.e. International Space Station)

Oooooh, that would be a waaaaay cool entry to Clips and Snips. If anyone can get a whistle into space, "The Undisputed" should be able to swing it. How about it, Dale?

Edited to add: a quick google turned a number of hits on musical instruments in space. Here is a link to an official NASA site:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/04sep_music.htm

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:13 am

I think a whistle in space would only be manageable if all of the astronauts liked the sound...there'd be noplace to escape the high notes!

Carey · Post by **Carey** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:44 am

flanum wrote:Just curious, has anybody tried it? would all the bubbles come out of the fipple or would some come out of the finger-holes or the end?

Someone has now tried it and made a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jko-v4t__JU

The bubbles come out whichever part us up-hill. If you point the whistle down all the bubbles come out the window. There is a slight shreeking or whistling sound that accompanies the bubble sound, but it's mostly bubble sound. The camera didn't record the whistle as well as I heard it. The cameraman also reported hearing some warbling in addition to bubbles.

I had to blow wicked hard to make that little sound and a lung of air didn't last long at all.

No, the sound isn't trapped in the bubbles to escape when they burst on the surface.

By the way, water drops in the whistle make for really odd sounds in the air too, until you shake them out. I think it was water stuck to the fipple that did the most.

Dex · Post by **Dex** » Wed May 30, 2007 2:53 pm

Hmm, I think it might work better if an SI model tried it. Dale, can you make that happen?

Carey · Post by **Carey** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:01 pm

I've got the pool and some whistles, just send the model over!

Jetboy · Post by **Jetboy** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:26 pm

flanum wrote:Just curious, has anybody tried it? would all the bubbles come out of the fipple or would some come out of the finger-holes or the end?

ummmm.... Why?

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:05 pm

hmmmm ...

Has anyone tried playing a whistle in free-fall after jumping out of an aeroplane?

Would the wind blow the notes-out or would you be able to shield the whistle with your body?

And if you just held the whistle pointing down, would it play from the air rushing in?

At what altitude would people on the ground be able to hear the whistle being played?

Would the notes become progressively flatter as the altitude decreased?

Would the goat try to eat the parachute?

Should we start a book about whistle world records? ... Hmmm, Guiness ... now there's an idea

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