I do silversmithing as a hobby. i would like to make a whistle tube
type, for carring on my neck. the whistle should be about 2 inches
long and be easly blown creating a loud noise. i am looking for
instructions on designing a whistle of this type. i have a occacully
breathing problems and i would use this if needed. thank you cary williams
Look at the following web site. I have used this to make several
penny whistles. You will need to experiment to reduce the size to fit
your needs. Start out with all dimensions reduced and keep enlarging
if necessary until you get the fipple to suit you. Good luck
There are instructions on making a police type whistle in Indian
Jewelry Making, vol. 2 by Oscar T. Branson. I did make one once but
it’s not the tube type you want. Try asking on the art metal forum.
http://www.artmetal.com/w-agora/index.php3?bn=techtalk_fabrication
Marilyn
Hi Carry…
I taught myself to make whistles in art school… mostly by cutting
apart cheap whistles I knew worked. Plastic, tin, wooden ones…
whatever I could get my hands on. There are a couple of simple
variations that work, from police type whistles to actual flutes.
Building them in metal often changes the quality of the sound, and
there are some subtleties in tuning, but the physics are the same.
The whistles I build are generally a straight tube, 1/2 inch
sterling tubing, About 4 inches long, with a closed end and a
single “note-hole” from which the air escapes when you blow into it.
I cut a curved section out of the mouth of the tube (a “J” shape) and
solder in a curve to rest on the lower lip. This leaves a half-moon
shaped opening in the end to blow into. There is another flat piece
soldered on the interior that directs the air across the note-hole.
The hole is cut just below where the flat piece ends. They play a
single note (and the harmonic, but that takes some practice). If you
are interested I could draw you a picture and drop it in the mail…
but I don’t really have anything online as far as schematics go…
sorry
A good book on the subject is “The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker”
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870233122/ganoksincom-20
It applies to flute-like wooden instruments mostly, and is a little
more advanced, but it is one of the few books on the topic and is
well illustrated.
Hope this helps
=jeff=
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