hobby #122
Slide Whistle Tuning
Calibrating slide whistles for precise pitch by filing edge geometry, drilling tuning holes, and measuring resonance frequency with spectrum analysis. The intersection of woodwind acoustics, metalworking precision, and signal analysis — turning a novelty instrument into a calibrated musical tool.
Twelve Whistles and a Harmonic That Shouldn't Exist
Slide Whistle TuningTwelve whistles for fourteen dollars. I've spent two hours filing the fipple edge on one of them.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
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