BellowsTrain Whistle

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The whistles are loud and very realistic sounding. The bellows provides the air to blow the whistles. All the parts are easy to find. The project does not require any special skills.
The whistles are made from standard 3/4" I.D. PVC. The whistles are tuned to Bb, D, F, and G. The whistles are approximately 7" (Bb), 8" (D), 9" (F) and 10" (G) without the end caps and 90 degree elbows.
If you would like to have more detailed instructions on how to build this train whistle, go to Amazon. com, kindle book section, and search for "BELLOWS TRAIN WHISTLE". The construction manual contains over 70 photos and diagrams along with step by step detailed instructions.
The bellows cloth is imitation leather (Naugahyde) found at most fabric stores.

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@madmanmapper 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for giving us all the pertinent information and wasting zero time.

@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS 9 лет назад

Ken seems like a nice guy.

@RickMcQuay 10 лет назад

I've made pvc whistles but this kicks it up a notch.

@mistered1397 3 месяца назад

Great video. thank you for sharing your project.

@bsteleven 2 года назад

Their needs to be a youtube channel dedicated to projects created by us retired guys. toot toot

@markmadachik6351 2 года назад

Thanks I need to do this for my grandson who lives and breaths trains

@ginonigro9730 6 лет назад

This is awesome, I need one for a country music gig I'm doing in two weeks and couldn't find a wooden whistle that sounds like yours. So glad I found this. You're the MAN, thanks for sharing.

@chusaviet2874 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing, Mr. Ken. This will help me build a multi-tone whistle for my train projects.

@bigsuperpower 7 лет назад

Nice project, I am sure that you will have to be one of the coolest grandpa to have, or even the coolest guy on the block looking at the lathe behind too. thanks for sharing this

@mythmy1769 4 года назад

Thank you so much for the video, i am going to build one for my snow blower. My little boy would love to see it when he a bit older.

@CliffStClair-qf7ct 6 лет назад

I'm a HS band director, making this for my MS colleague. The pitches make a G minor 7th chord, or (lowest to highest) G, Bb, D, F. In experimenting with the lengths during construction, this was the most logical configuration. So G = 10 in. pipe, Bb = 9 in. pipe, D = 8 in. pipe, F = 7 in. pipe. I'll be fine tuning it so the lengths will be more precise, but these are the approximate lengths for each pitch.

@dougattridge4877 5 лет назад

I was actualy just trying to determin the lengths had the first on (7" ) then I saw this Knew my first one was right when I saw this Ill take your word on the rest:) Thanks for doing that work

@Communitis 3 года назад

Actually, the notes are G, Bb, Db and Eb, which means it's an Eb7 chord. www.scales-chords.com/findnotes_en.php?n1=G&n2=&n3=&n4=Bb&n5=Db&n6=Eb

@adamdrummer1991 2 года назад

@@Communitis I think it’s a C instead of Db. Just checked on keyboard.

@Communitis 2 года назад

@@adamdrummer1991 Yeah, it seems you're right. Couldn't hear it well, but I guess to my ears the minor chord sounded more train like, and the bellows driven whistles makes that hard to tell what's sounding in the right pitch. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@adamdrummer1991 2 года назад

@@Communitis Eb6 first inversion there! It does sound nice actually

@TawdryTempest 3 года назад

Beyond impressed. Sounds amazing!

@MinutemanOutdoors 6 лет назад

Your explanation of the whistle its self and the size will help my make a set for my van

@sharonhesse8867 5 лет назад

LOVE THIS! Great description and lovely sound.

@steveburton2410 2 года назад

Thanks, Ken! I do believe you covered everything I would need to know!

@renatomartinez5708 2 года назад

Ken you are a very imaginative person. Every one of your projects are awesome, wonderful. Thanks for uploading. Greetings from the end of the world.. Chile.

@acerjuglans383 2 года назад

Extremely well made, and well explained.

@dougferguson5438 3 года назад

Thank you Ken for sharing your project with us! I'm going to attempt one with six tones similar to the Rizzoli six chime that's on the 504 at Silver Dollar City. I love hearing that whistle echo through the Ozarks around that area!

@keithhoward4059 5 лет назад

Thank You . Glad to see somebody share knowledge

@MickeyP1230 3 года назад

You're like the Mr. Rogers of whistles. 👍

@billjarv 6 лет назад

Thanks Ken for the design. I have built mine from your plans though I have to say the sizes are a little out. Those pipes aren't available her in the UK so I had to buy them in Home Depot on a recent visit to the USA. My wife wasn't too happy about being taken to a hardware store on our first day of the vacation. We had actually gone to Nashville to see the total eclipse, and its amazing how often we heard the trains passing through sounding their horns. The guys in Home Depot were bemused when I told them what I wanted the fittings for but they were keen to cut them to sizes I could fit in the suitcase. All in all it was a great project and a great trip.

@kenschweim6159 6 лет назад

Thanks Bill. I'm glad the project worked out for you. Sorry to hear you had to go so far to get the PVC. Glad you had a good trip.

@lordpeekaboo 10 лет назад

Great! Thanks for sharing. My son is going to be very happy to build this.

@jefflevoir6127 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic video. What a great idea. Absolutely going to make one for the kids. Thanks. 👍👍

@desotof1 4 года назад

Great video. Very informative and fun. Thank you!

@joshualeboeuf2926 5 лет назад

I've seen this in a bluegrass concert in Tennessee at a station before. Really good for a musical performance.

@g3yye 9 лет назад

Super project. Great instructions on Kindle - handy too.

@djlubinski3988 2 года назад

Incredible Ken, thanks so much!!

@markeverson5849 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing all that information that was very kind of you and appreciate it

@williewonka8172 Год назад

😎👍Hey this is what I've been looking for my project. I appreciate your skills and attention to detail

@cloudsuck Год назад

I enjoyed this!!!

@MrThisIsMeToo 9 лет назад

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

@veritasestveritas8646 5 лет назад

Fantastic, Ken! You come off as an all around great guy. Hats off from one creative old fart to another. I'll be taking your project and building one for my man cave/workshop to be used with compressed air. I can't wait to see my grandson's faces when they get to blow it!

@charlesjohnson9116 5 лет назад

Great video, I made the train whistle, now I will make this one. Thank you!

@antofabassta4062 6 лет назад

Thank you..From Chile (Antofagasta)

@shantk7378 3 года назад

Greatest video on RU-vid!

@danmays1935 Год назад

Excellent presentation! Clear, concise, and complete. It is refreshing to actually hear someone speaking and giving explanations in an instructional video. Far too many of them are vocally silent productions showing only a confusing series of the presenter's "wizardry" . At the conclusion, we are supposed to be impressed -- NOT! Great job in so many ways.

@calliopeguy Год назад

Wow, thank you!

@stealhty1 9 лет назад

Very Clever SR,thanks for posting

@alexloro1826 10 лет назад

amazing work kevin

@qstix9733 7 лет назад

wow! that sounds pretty good!

@billallmon4094 5 лет назад

Very well done sir

@B4IRUTUARU16 8 лет назад

Incredible job thanks for sharing :)

@DFWGatoCat 10 лет назад

Nice! My grandpa used to make us whistles the same way out of bamboo that grew in a corner of his yard. I can imagine this with a foot pedal attachment.

@fuyou1999 3 года назад

Love your video ty for showing us how to make it!

@renerobertoavendanomarin9625 3 года назад

Magnífico!

@Antilleotheclown 8 месяцев назад

This is fantastic I wish I had the skills to build it. I would just pay someone like you to make it for me. Thank you so much for the video.

@Junkboy888 6 лет назад

Nice project .

@rickbown6871 3 года назад

This is really neat

@choorela 7 лет назад

Thank you for sharing sir.

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 6 лет назад

That's awesome! I'll have to make one of these at some point.

@nameless268 9 лет назад

So cool !!!! Makes me wanna try it out to

@GeeksWoodShop 6 лет назад

Ken, this is just way too fun. Thanks for sharing.

@PM-oj5si 3 года назад

Very cool!

@alanm3438 2 года назад

That is so cool. Looks like a log of work but you did a real nice job.😮😮😮😀😀😀😎

@tattoosfromgrease Год назад

Thanks for the GREAT videos. I have the book in front of me!

@calliopeguy Год назад

Wonderful!

@thomasnewell9323 4 года назад

Class job i hope to make one with my two boys

@trading56 Год назад

Cool good job

@jameskappes9893 2 года назад

I like your project, very nice

@calliopeguy Год назад

Glad you like it!

@thomasnewell9323 4 года назад

Nice job

@Galaxy2517 7 лет назад

Sounds really good....Love it!I want to make one with just the PVC and not the bellows so I can sound it with the air system on my truck.

@jffqnn Год назад

Really fascinating and something to do with the kids!! Definitely a Great Project!! Thanks for sharing and explaining each part!! Sincerely J Q

@calliopeguy Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@johnthomas1839 8 лет назад

thanks. great video. :)

@robertcornelius3514 6 месяцев назад

Impressive.

@joebarnes6965 3 года назад

Love it I’ve always had a heart felt feeling for train horns and bellows whistles there’s a melody for every single one and my heart says a song to be heard sad or merry let the whistle be sound from old paddle ships to train my family came and let the whistle sing many a family new what a whistle meant for them let it sing again thanx for the memories and the tutorial I’m going to complete my barn with old style whistles and horns and to $&@l with the neighbors. Life’s only as good as the memories and what you make of them

@andrespaulino9459 6 лет назад

Me gustó mucho este vídeo

@jodyreeder4820 6 лет назад

That looks like it'd make a great adordian.

@DEADDROP100 9 лет назад

THANK YOU THAT WAS FUN.

@Yogi......... 5 лет назад

Thank you "Dadaji" (grand pa) for making this lovely toy..😍🙏

@wellylhakim3619 7 лет назад

really smart

@CaptainTransit 5 лет назад

Now I know how to piss off my neighbors. BRB, gonna build one

@mudardevideo Месяц назад

Obrigado!!!

@Migueldeservantes 4 года назад

Impressive

@marcelf21953 7 лет назад

am confused about pipe lengths which are different between your video and your book. On the video you state that Bb is the short pipe then D then F then G. In your book you state that Bb is short pipe then G Then F then D. I am no music specialist and would like the correct info quickly as I have a deadline of March 6 to have this complete

@Creeperboy099 6 лет назад

I wonder if some small railroad vehicles actually used whistle systems like that

@alansklenar4920 10 лет назад

If you accidentally sand the wooden plug too much a thin layer of silicone caulk on the plug will not only hold it in place, but make it air tight

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome 7 лет назад

Ken reminds me of the guy in South Park "Dat road leads to Conifer. You want ta go to South Park you gotta go down dat road. Course I ain't never seen anyone go up that road. Six years ago a group of campers went out dere and got lost, had to eat each other to stay alive"

@joaoalvesdesouza2812 3 года назад

ESTOU AMANDO ESTES TRABALHO . MUITO CRIATIVO.PARABÉNS. PELA QUE NÃO INTENDO A LÍNGUA DELE.

@johnmilner6463 8 лет назад

Very cool! .. You have a Paul Harvey sounding radio voice.. Haha

@kyleramos2425 8 лет назад

how do make the bellows train whistle sound like that

@gauravsinha6060 6 лет назад

That's flute but bellow driven. Good idea.

@brandon8968ford 3 года назад

So I'm curious the larger the pipe and shorter the tube the deeper the tone? Small the pipe longer the tube higher the tone? How dose pressure effect the whistle effect? I ask because I have a compressor at work we dump daily... might be fun to make some whistles to mount to it's dump valve haha.

@whistle3man 6 лет назад

Loved the video and whistles . It's nice to see a mature craftsman describing a nice project in a methodical detailed way. I saw whistles like this at an old amusement park and I always wanted to build a set. Maybe now I will thanks to your video. I built a set of large air driven train whistle. The video is here an you tube. You could click on my profile if you want to see it. Keep up the good work.

@kenschweim6159 6 лет назад

I did take a look at your train whistle ...very impressive. I did make a 44-whistle air calliope a while back, worked really well, took it apart to improve on it and.....didn't make the cut when I moved and downsized

@whistle3man 5 лет назад

@@kenschweim6159 I did make a set of whistles with your video as a guide. 1 for me and 1 for a gift to a model railroad buff I know. Thanks again

@dario6zp1 9 лет назад

Sound nice ! Their chord name is Gm7. Will you look bright if you change Bb to B .

@johnarmstrong5953 6 лет назад

It would be nice to see more about how those springs are held in place on the inside.

@kenschweim6159 6 лет назад

There are stubs made from wood dowel on the top and the bottom. The stubs are inserted into each end of the spring

@CliffStClair 6 лет назад

Included in the Kindle plans, 1/2 in. dowels hold them in place.

@jeffwooten9292 2 года назад

I would love to see how you made the inside of whistle.

@calliopeguy Год назад

The book with construction details is available on Amazon

@billallmon4094 5 лет назад

Note to young kids notice how he told how to make it w/o using the f word

@umbrr_r 4 года назад

Ok boomer

@brodster7042 4 года назад

Frame?

@switchtrackrailphotos5702 5 лет назад

do you sell these i would like to buy one cause i don't know where to find some of the stuff and you can probably make good money off these

@proffessasvids 6 лет назад

awesome project! i'm going to embark on a lower toned ship version - air driven for my car. are the tubes tuned by volume or length and volume sir? xx

@raymondo162 3 года назад

@Nostrildomus 7 лет назад

Them guy's at duck dynasty are mad . But we knew that already ; -)

@wooderdsaunders6801 3 года назад

Great video. Love these kind of projects. Do you sell them?

@calliopeguy Год назад

No. Anything that has moving parts would probably require a warranty.

@jsaurman 6 лет назад

Dagnabbit!!

@jodyreeder4820 3 года назад

Thinking of campground races.

@TBoy205 3 года назад

How did you arrive at 3/4 “ for the pipe diameter?

@calliopeguy Год назад

I happened to have some on hand

@alansklenar4920 10 лет назад

What lengths did you cut the pipes?

@calliopeguy 10 лет назад

Please read the written narrative attached to the you tube

@badw01f23 4 года назад

Lol he gave me a little chuckle when he started sucking on that board

@phooesnax 8 лет назад

Great job. One suggestion is to add stiffening boards inside the bellows.

@markeverson5849 2 года назад

Where in the world would you get Bellows cloth in the year 2022 I thought that went out a date in 1922

@calliopeguy Год назад

I used common drapery blackout material

@sislertx 10 лет назад

Bellows cloth? Where on earth did you find that. It looks just like a tight weave csnvas. I suppose leather is ehat they used long ago...or a was impregnated canvas? Oil impregnatrd canvas? Interesting....thanks for sharing. I wont be making one but I love to know how they were made. I once wanted to know how they made the tweets in old time toys and never could find out. One part was a bellows..from paper as far as I could tell.....but the tweet remains a mystery to me. This however explains a lot of it. Again thanks.

@phooesnax 9 лет назад

Player Piano supply. There used to be one in Witchita KS.

@calliopeguy 9 лет назад

Look in the written narrative supplied with the youtube for details on most of the parts. The cloth is simply vinyl covered cloth found in most common fabric stores.

@phooesnax 9 лет назад

Understood but the bellows cloth from a player piano or wind organ would be light years better.