{"items": [{"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/648410557922?comment_id=648414190642", "anchor": "fb-648414190642", "service": "fb", "text": "How are you making the windway on those, Jeff? I'm guessing the lip isn't sharp enough or is a bit misplaced, so it's not getting resonance on the lower notes.", "timestamp": "1392176564"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/648410557922?comment_id=648434929082", "anchor": "fb-648434929082", "service": "fb", "text": "@Hollis: The design is this one: http://www.ggwhistles.com/howto/
The volume range between the quietest and loudest notes is only a little wider on the quiet whistle than on a regular one; making a quiet whistle that was still audible at the low end would be challenging.", "timestamp": "1392208434"}, {"author": "Brad", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/116032343632043704302", "anchor": "gp-1392222198733", "service": "gp", "text": "You could also experiment with partially plugging up the windway of a standard Generation whistle to mute it. When I really need my whistle to be quiet, I play \"air whistle\" by positioning the fipple just under my mouth and blowing over it. You only get one octave and a breathy one at that, but it's good for practicing tunes late at night.\n
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\nSpeaking of whistle tricks, here are two more:\n
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\n1. \"Choke up\" on the whistle by moving all your fingers up one hole, which means your left index finger (if you play right-handed) will not cover a hole but just rest on the barrel. Now play the jig \"Out on the Ocean,\" which is normally in G I think, but it will come out in A.\u00a0\n
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\n2. Fill a wine bottle or other equally long bottle with water and insert the barrel end of your whistle in it while blowing, then move the barrel down into the bottle so the fipple approaches the mouth of the bottle. Instant slide whistle, a fun party trick. Also works while swimming in lakes, pools, etc.", "timestamp": 1392222198}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/648410557922?comment_id=648455123612", "anchor": "fb-648455123612", "service": "fb", "text": "I've been meaning to build some like that. Any comments on the construction process?", "timestamp": "1392225547"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1392226848114", "service": "gp", "text": "@Brad\n\u00a0\"moving all your fingers up one hole, which means your left index finger (if you play right-handed) will not cover a hole but just rest on the barrel\"\n
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\nThat's actually how I usually play. \u00a0It works fine for a typical D, not well for low whistles, and very well for the high G whistle.", "timestamp": 1392226848}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/648410557922?comment_id=648460657522", "anchor": "fb-648460657522", "service": "fb", "text": "@Hollis: \"Any comments on the construction process?\"
It's good PVC is cheap because I went through a lot of drafts!
You can easily make it sharper, you can't make them flatter. So get it about right, then slowly bring it up to the pitch you want.
Making a good fipple is the hardest part, but you don't need to make a whole whistle to figure out how your fipple will act. So get a length of pipe, make a fipple, cut it off, make another fipple, cut it off, make another fipple, learn how to make them. The bit you're practicing here is making the width, depth, and lip work exactly the way you want. When you get one you really like, don't cut it off and instead turn the pipe you have left into a whistle.", "timestamp": "1392229704"}]}