A GREAT TIP!... from my wife Nadiene

While putting together parts for some whistles the other week, I managed to get a body completely stuck in a tuning slide. I tried as hard as I could to twist the two pieces apart, but could not budge them at all. After contemplating the problem, I was about to put the pieces in the vise when my wife, Nadiene walked through the door and wanted to know what all the fuss was about. I showed her the stuck parts and vowed there was no way they were going to come apart. "Wait just a minute and I'll be right back" she said and promptly left.

In a minute she was back and passed me a rubber disc jar opener. "You should know this works on about everything in the kitchen, even stuck canning jar covers."

Well, behind every good Whistlesmith is a good woman!

A rubber disc jar opener is the best thing in the entire world to take a stuck whistle apart with. I am now sporting three in various colors so they are easy to find in the shop. A whistle is just plain hard to grab and a vise will ruin the barrel on your whistle in an instant. These jar openers are really a sweet deal to have in your whistle bag and you won't hurt your hands when you use one.

Got an old whistle and want to take the head off the tone body? A rubber jar opener after a good soak in boiling water will definitely do the job. Posted by The WhistleSmith at September 1, 2005 9:05 PM | TrackBack