William Jacob on thu 15 apr 04
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:54:48 EDT, Sue Drake wrote:
. . . can`t make whistles (that whistle)
Any suggestions?
Is there some trick to the outlet hole angle?
Yes. And other angles as well.
There are several books out on whistle making. Also, if you can get any
old Ceramics Monthly magazines, the November 1993 issue has a good article
that I've used in my class. There is another mentioned from the March 1977
issue, but I've never seen it. I've done several other styles of whistles
as well, and can fill you in on anything you need to know to make your
lumps of clay with holes in them turn into whistles. Email me if you want
any info.
joe
Dawn Christensen on fri 16 apr 04
Hi Joe
I am not the one who originally asked this question but if you wouldn't
mind making a copy of that info for me I would appreciate it and be happy to
pay postage or any other costs involved. I am a middle school art teacher and
this would be a great project. Let me know and I will give you my snail mail
address. Thanks, Dawn (Menomonee Falls-there are two of us)
BobWicks@AOL.COM on fri 16 apr 04
In a message dated 4/15/2004 11:40:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
joebugs1@EXCITE.COM writes:
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:54:48 EDT, Sue Drake wrote:
. . . can`t make whistles (that whistle)
Any suggestions?
Is there some trick to the outlet hole angle?
Yes. And other angles as well.
There are several books out on whistle making. Also, if you can get any
old Ceramics Monthly magazines, the November 1993 issue has a good article
that I've used in my class. There is another mentioned from the March 1977
issue, but I've never seen it. I've done several other styles of whistles
as well, and can fill you in on anything you need to know to make your
lumps of clay with holes in them turn into whistles. Email me if you want
any info.
joe
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Joe:
Although making a whistle is very tricky, this is the way I do it. I always
use a stick (the kind you stir your coffee with) to make the air channel.
With this in place I cut the sound hole so it comes at the end of the stick.
Then you must cut the edge that the air is to hit so it is sharp. Push the stick
in until it touches this sharp edge and then pull it out of the clay. I
always put some oil on the stick at this point and insert it again so when the
stick is removed for the last time that it doesn't pull some of the soft clay
back into the air channel. When you look into the hole where you blow, you
should see the very edge that you made sharp. Blow gently to see it works. If it
doesn't it probably has a small particle of clay in the air channel. That not
being the case replace the stick and change angle of the air stream. In all
cases you must still be able to see the sharp edge when you look in the mouth
piece. This is the most critical part of the whistle.
God Luck,
Bob Wicks
Accredited by Ocarina Originators
of London
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