Whittlin' Whistles: How to Make Music with your Pocket Knife by Wiebe Rick

Author:Wiebe, Rick [Wiebe, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Published: 2012-03-31T21:00:00+00:00

15. Take very little off the mouthpiece.

16. This is what it should look like when the little flat has been formed.

Use very careful, controlled cuts doing this. A slip will likely ruin it.

Whittle out the sound chamber using careful thumb push cuts. Notice how my left thumb is providing the power for the cutting. No power is coming from my right hand at all. Keep deepening the original vertical cut you made when you first cut right through the bark, and do not shorten the distance between it and the end of the mouthpiece.

This is what it should look like when you have finished whittling out the sound chamber (Photo 13). The larger that chamber is, the lower will be the tone of the whistle. Many beginners make this far too small. The whistle may be working, but only dogs can hear it and they will not tell.

Using carefully controlled cutting (see how the knife is being pushed by the thumb only), take a little bit off the top of the mouthpiece, so that air can enter the whistle when you blow. The major mistake that beginners make is to take too much off at this point, so be careful. You can always take some more off if you don’t get enough the first time, but you can’t put any back if you take too much off.

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