Jubilee Chromatic Low D Chromatic Tin Whistle

A few random notes and a closeup of the Jubilee Music Instrument Co. Bingamon Low-D fully Chromatic (Brass) Tin Whistle.
This is the 2009 Model.

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Music

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• Penny
• Whistle
• Tin
• Low-D
• Chromatic
• Jubilee
• Daniel
• Bingamon

[dbingamon]

I'll have to look into that.  If I can get something close, I can tweak the tonehole positions a little to make it fit.

BTW - I made a spreadsheet for doing the Chromatic mixture of normally open and normally closed toneholes.

[pianoman9876]

I was wondering when someone was going to make a "keyed" whistle. The problem is, who is going to service it. Putting pads on a curved surface doesn't work for long.

[dbingamon]

That's a good fair question. When I was designing it, that question arose. I don't use convention pad material since it is a curved surface. The idea of curve surface for pad goes back as far as the early 1800's.

The best solution was to use something that could be easily replaced. So, I use 1/8" closed cell foam rubber with adhesive backing. This is sold through many rubber material suppliers in most major cities. The pads can be cut out with a standard leather punch.

[pianoman9876]

If the aluminum is thick enough you can also make a pad seat with a flat bottom with a milling machine. I didn't know you were the one that made the whistles. I make my own low's. Similar to Overton in style but not as uniform as I don't have a CNC machine. I'm sitll perfecting them at the moment, but I need to find an aluminum supplier that has 15/16" tubing.

[dbingamon]

I do have a mini mill. But the current Chromatic Whistle is brass tubing and it's only 0.028" Wall Thickness.

Aluminum doesn't have as many sizes available as brass does. I'd like to make an Aluminum Chromatic since it handles temperature better than brass does.

[pianoman9876]

Oh, so you're brazing the the key posts on rather than using a tap and die to screw them on. That must be why they are painted.

[dbingamon]

Yes, the key posts are soldered in place and the keys are assembled and soldered together as well. Using this method keeps the price down in the $200 range for Tin Whistle players. If I used the techniques that the Irish Flutes have, the materials labor would be enormous.

[pianoman9876]

you know...if i had your e-mail address, we could take this conversation off youtube

[pianoman9876]

I have an idea that could bring your key making time down quite a bit. The Fox bassoon company in Indiana, not too far from you, sells pre-made keys. We use them here in Indy in the repair shop.