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Interesting kev.
I tried one a while back which worked fine then have had mixed success, one thing i have never been quite sure on is how far the dowel (with a flattened side) should go into the whistle, or how much to take off for the flat site.
I see from this that the dowel goes level with the vertcal - sounds a good tip.
Any ideas on the amount to remove from the flattened dowel.
This sounds like its one of those 'just have a go' questions that should be able to be worked out mathamatically and come up with a furmula.
Not me of course but .. someone....?
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This is my "tutorial " for a willow whistle. It could of course be made of Rowan as well. Any tree which you could twist the bark of really.
This is just a wistle with only one tone, not a flute.
I made several of them to some children in a kindergarden last week.
Tutorial should be about mid page:
http://torbygjordet.com/use_small_kife.html
Tor
you can use that method to make a slide whistle just take the hollow bark tube of longer and use the bit that goes back in full length you adjust the note by sliding the bottom bit in and out to make the chamber change size
ATB
Duncan