Subject: wooden whistles

From: "Fischer" <[email-masked]>
Date: 9 Feb 1997 18:15:45 GMT

We are looking for some guidance in making wooden whistles using reeds,
rather than the old policeman "ball" kind of whistles.  Any guidance on
where to go, what to read, or who to talk to would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Chris Fischer
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From: [email-masked] (Ed Rich)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:57:57 GMT

>where to go, what to read, or who to talk to would be greatly appreciated!
You are in luck because this is the time of year when the sap starts
to flow in the willow trees. Go cut a piece of limb about 3/4 inch in
diameter and four or five inches long.  Rap on the bark in several
places and the bark will slip off the wood. Cut an air passage on top
of the wood in one end, notch out a vee shaped section in the wood
about an inch from the end-replace the bark sleeve and you will have a
whistle with which you can drive the neighborhood crazy.

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From: Aaron Ionta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:26:27 -0600

> whistle with which you can drive the neighborhood crazy.

My father used to make those when I was a kid in Vermont.

the wood we used was what we called Dogwood? (I don't think dogwod
grows that far north) it has very green bark and never got very big.

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Is that about right?

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