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Just from curiosity, has anyone ever used metal spinning to form a whistle body? Seems like they would need a tapered form to spin on...

This may be a crazy idea, but you might try the adhesive corn pads with the hole in the middle of the pad, found at local drug/grocery stores... Around the tone holes, I mean...

Hmmm... This would make an interesting topic for a documentary! Any budding cinematographers out there? You could even go on location to a zoo and check the response of REALLY big cats...

I realize this is probably heresy, but a slidewhistle can be lots of fun for a kid, teach a lot about music, tunes, tuning, & breath control, and only requires one finger! The Whistleshop sells them: http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/w ... erican.htm

Take Heart! 10,000 years from now an archeologist will discover the whistle right next to the bones of an alligator (dead from brain worms), conclusively proving that those extinct reptiles played musical instruments. Later, a PhD dissertation will assert that the alligators green color is a direct ...

If you read carefully, Slowdowner says "-50%" to 400% slower. That is a backwards way of saying it can SPEED UP tunes by 50% (!!!) as well as slow them down. My wife had a realllllly sloooow version of "Climb Every Mountain" and we used Slowdowner to increase the tempo 20%. Nice ...

For crying out loud, can we all please get off Phil's back? Now we're raggin' him for lauding a player & a whistle he doesn't even sell? And where else but HIS WEBSITE can he conveniently post & share music? I know Phil's no saint, but I haven't seen too many of those posting on this board, ...

Silicone grease can also be found in tubes at swimming pool supply stores, where it lubes vacuum system o-rings & other parts. keep some paper towels handy though... it wipes off easily, but washing it off your hands doesn't work (it's waterproof), and it feels icky!

OK Stewy, (who has been revealed to be a guy with a more bodacious avater than stacey of fipple fame), can you PLEASE show us the rest of the picture??? Am I the only one who wants to know what the whole girl looks like???

Hey Stacey, I don't have an Alba or that, er, other Alba, but I think I see the problem. You have a mutant sense of humor :o which requires a mutant cerebellum to perceive properly. I found your post extremely funny (I usually do!), :D but I fear others may misinterpret & see your wit & sarc...

Thank you all, I appreciate your words of wisdom! It's a whole new world...

My 11 year old son (who has shown no interest in whistles, alas!) wants to try his hand at flute in band next fall. He likes the sound. I have no expertise or knowledge of flutes, but I suspect the local music stores are overpriced with mediocre quality instruments, and I don't want to spend a lot f...

True Story: My wife's best friend and her husband recently returned from a 25th aniversary trip to Spain. They had a marvelous time, and told us about the quaint small towns with their narrow streets, the magnificent meals accompanied with dishes full of ripe olives, and the friendly people. They on...

I am a Texan. I am also a white conservative...and a (sigh) mediocre whistle player. Reading the comments so far, I guess that makes me blood-thirsty, red-necked, bigoted, ignorant, fanatically religious, or fill in the blank with your favorite "Texan" sterotype... Rather than address all ...

If you want to try adding a homemade body to an existing fipple, the whistle shop sells fipples only, including both Dixon & Howard Low (D) fipples: http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/whistles/heads/mouthpieces.html ... My old Howard fipple fits a 1" aluminum shower rod quite nicely, by ...