Historic Nose Flutes - Couchois' Whistle: Building

Some historic nose flutes have totally disappear or haven't even been produced or commercialized. Our goal, here, is to reconstruct them, as close as possible to the original, with the help of the patent drawings and descriptions.

[Sequel of the post Couchois' Whistle: drawing a template]

Again, I used repositionable glue to fix the template on a sheet of 0.5 mm tin plate, then cut the pieces and drilled the holes. However, I kept one of the airway side uncompletely cut, in order to have it staying stable (not deformed) for the soldering.



Then, I began the soldering. First the airway.

Next, folding the nose shield around a 11 mm diameter tube (a pen) in order to form approximately a 90° angle. Then, soldering it to the airway.



Now, making the 23 mm diameter tube. I could have looked for metal tube of the right diameter, like a broom handle for instance. But it would have been made in another type of metal, and certainly would not have had the same thinness that my plate. So I made it by myself, rounding the rectangle around the cap of a plastic cap, and finishing the circle with small flat pliers. Finally I soldered it.

I filed the labium...



.. and soldered the disk to the mouth tube:



Last but not least, I made the most difficult soldering to comple the flute:




The Couchois' replica is not completed yet: I want to electroplate it!


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On the same topic :

- Historic Nose Flutes - The Nasalette: Template
- Historic Nose Flutes - The Nasalette: Building
- Historic Nose Flutes - The Nasalette: Review
- Historic Nose Flutes - Couchois' Whistle: Template
- Historic Nose Flutes - Couchois' Whistle: Building
- Historic Nose Flutes - Couchois' Whistle: Review
- Historic Nose Flutes - Grierson's Whistle: Template
- Historic Nose Flutes - Grierson's Whistle: Building
- Historic Nose Flutes - Grierson's Whistle: Review

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