Older than you think they are called Wablers and were made all over Europe and parts of Russia. Can still find videos on making them, but most are not in English and hard to find anymore. Well done and nice to see this video.
It took me 4 tryes to make these types of water whistles just from seeing one in Peru. Now I can really offer this option to my students. My problem was with the blow tube and sound hole; needed they little pice of rice to push the air up and out under the sound hole. And using the wire is to cut the angle is better then a razor blade. Thanks!
I liked and subscribed today. Looking forward to new videos. In the meantime, I’ll be enjoying your previous ones. This one makes me wish I had a kiln, esp after I checked your home channel list. If the rest are anything like this one, I’ll be improving my pottery skills. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to create such wonderful content.
@@harishshah2510 Sorry for the confusion! They both work but will give different results. With the tip of the whistle under the water like the drawing, you will get a bird like warbling sound. Tip above the water and moving the whistle around will give you a slide whistle sound. When I make them I will three or four at a time so it is fun to have a variety of characters and sounds. Good luck!
I'd like some more instruction or specification on the mouthpiece. Mine aren't working. Does the thickness of the "grain of rice" matter? How much clay do you cut off of it to make it flat? How big is the hole after you cut the 45° angle? I've made several, & I just hear air.
Sorry for the late reply I have been trying to think about the best way to respond. To answer your grain of rice question, it is tricky because I talk about rice two times in the video. Please go to 8:17 in the video. What I call the window is the opening/hole cut in the the tube, that opening should be about the width of cooked basmati rice (long grain) this is the first time I mention rice. The second time is when I am talking about the grain of rice sized piece of clay that is used to plug/close the whistle. That rice grain just needs to close off the tube before the drop. You can see the size of the piece I use at 9:00. Your question "how much clay do you cut off to make it flat?" I do not understand to make what flat? How big is the hole it is about the size of a rice grain but it depends a bit on the diameter of the dowel you used, bigger dowel means larger resonant chamber means larger window. Hope that helps! Good luck they are tricky!
The clay is a cone ten stoneware called bravo buff from clay planet in Santa Clara California. Any clay with good plasticity should be able to roll into a thin tube. Good luck.
