Willow Whistle

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What is a Willow Whistle?
Making of a Willow Whistle

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What is a Willow Whistle? ~~Willow Flute~~

You can make a whistle from a fresh cut stick in spring time, when the bark is juicy. If you strongly blow into the whistle, you produce a loud sound, the height of which you can change a little bit.

The whistle has the mouth piece, the hollow body from bark and the stick as holder and the lower lock.

Making of a Willow Whistle top
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Look for a willow stick where the space between two branches (buds) is as long as possible and with a constant diameter (1cm=0.4 inches or more).

Cut the willow branch perpendicularly to the direction of the stick with a sharp knife (Cuts are always in red). Cut the stick on the left later, when the whistle is finished.

Cut the end on the right obliquely.

Remove the bark, so a ring is formed. Cut a flat notch on the top, but not too much on the right. Otherwise there is no place for the mouth piece.

Removing the bark is the most difficult part. Hold your right hand around the bark and firmly grasp the stick with your left hand. Turn the bark carefully.- If the bark doesn't move, lay the stick on your knees and tap at every spot with the handle of the knife. Then you can usually skin the stick and remove it to the right.