mk Whistles Information on the deisgn of a chromatic whistle
Developing a chromatic whistle of sorts was probably why I started making whistles in the first place. Trying to play a standard 6-hole whistle chromatically, while doable to some extent, has always been pretty awkward. While not impossible, those who try often report long journeys trying to get low whistles to play chromatically. This is […]
We’re looking to get some pictures of people holding Low Ds. As everyone has different sized hands they tend to hold Low Ds, or any whistle, sightly differently. We’re currently trying to adapt the Toob chromatic whistle to fit as many peoples’ hands as possible. It would be very much appreciated if you could take […]
It has been a revealing experience so far going back over all this previous work on the toob key design. All these ideas have had the first flush of enthusiasm hammered out of them now and it’s good to look back at them in a new light. This week in particular we’ve been seized by […]
Following on from my previous posts on the toob key design (overview, Part 1) and moving further through the “family tree” I’d like to take you through our ideas on a fabric hinge for the toob keys. This idea came out of our pre-occupation with the offset of the fingerpad from the tonehole along the […]
After Brian’s excellent posts last week here’s a small video of an audacious idea. What do you think? Could it work?
Following on from yesterday’s post on the ‘Family Tree’ of design options for the Toob keys, I’d like to talk you through; This concept sees the spring which holds the key shut, not as an additional component, but as being integral to the structure of the key; The sketch above explores the extreme case where […]
Greetings once again from the MK-workshop, despite the relative radio silence on these pages on the subject of the Toob chromatic whistle, things have been ticking over. Now seems like the right time to get the work we’ve done out there and get some feedback on some of the ideas, so I hope you’ll get […]
This is the first of a series of posts where we aim to throw open the doors to what’s going on in the mk workshop to let the community (that’s you) in, to encourage, chastize, criticise and suggest, or whatever you feel.. These sketches are really purely aesthetic, we have a number of functional ideas […]
I thought I’d just follow up on Misha’s post about our search for inspiration for the “toob”. Last Christmas holidays I happened to be heading through Berlin to Italy to visit the in-laws – no direct flights from Scotland to Venice, it seems we Scots are condemned to only visit the south of Spain cheaply… […]
Misha has asked me to write a brief introduction to myself for the “toob” blog, to describe my background and interest in the project,and after him being so nice about me and all, I thought I’d better put out my side of the story.. so here goes…