mk Whistles 
We needed extra security to get the Purple low whistles back from the anodisers without loosing a few to anyone with sticky fingers. Everyone who saw them had something to say. It’s probably true purple isn’t everyone’s cup to tea … but whichever way, it seems you’ll still stand back and marvel at these. When […]
How to fix a seized whistle tuning slide (please note this applies to metal tin whistles and low whistles -not wooden ones). A seized tuning slide has long been a problem on many woodwind instruments. I thought I’d take the time to talk through the ins and outs of seized tuning slides – an age […]
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 […]
Sometimes it can seem like the most frustrating thing: 12 years after starting out and only the D and the F have made it into the hands of musicians. As a musician it often seemed that an idea cooked up that day, or even on the spot, could make it out into the world and […]
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 […]
One of the most challenging parts in making whistles (and I suspect lots of other instruments) is keeping the corners and edges sharp. The fipple – the edge the airstream is directed onto – for example, is one of the most important parts in the formation of a good tone. Also, the edges of the […]