Print it yourself 

On this page you find printable models to make at home.

For these designs I have been using a well established brand of 3D printers :-) with a build volume of 256x256x256 mm. Designs may be broken up to fit within this space. 

Drone flutes

Bagpipes are but one of many types of drone instruments. The flutes below are based on the Bulgarian Dvoyanka.

Single bore flute (fix)

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This flute can be played like an Irish tin whistle.

The wind way is narrow compared to most whistles giving it a crisp sound.

See printing advise below to get some troubleshooting tips.

*the stl had an error in the mouth piece, this is now fixed.

Dvoyanka Single Whistle Fixed Zip

12 downloads

Brenda Stubbert's, just an example of how these flutes sound (printed in PLA)

Double bore drone flute (minor)

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This flute is true to the dvoyanka including the upside down fipples!

The melody pipe is tuned approximately to D. The drone sounds an E like the authentic instrument. 

Dvoyanka Minor Zip

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Double bore drone flute (major)

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The traditional dvoyanka plays a minor scale because of the drone note. 

This model simply omits the bottom hole in the drone to produce a major scale. This style may appeal more to bagpipe players.

Dvoyanka Major Zip

11 downloads

Printing advise

  • Use food-safe filament if you mean to really play these instruments. General purpose filaments may contain harmful substances (check safety data sheets on your supplier's website);

  • Supports in the bore are not necessary if you print these flutes sidewise (text up);

  • You may want to support the fipple (picture below) but I have good results without;

  • You may need to do a little work on the knife edge if the whistle:
    • does not sound at all
    • sounds breathy with low volume
    • requires a lot of pressure to get going
    • has problems with the lower notes

1)  Remove any stringy filament and support material from the fipple opening using a sharp blade and or sand paper

2)  Check the inner bore for stringy material, remove if possible

3)  Use a flat screwdriver to lift the knife edge a little bit (photo will follow)

Irish whistles

Coming soon...

Models for Irish tin whistles to produce whistles with any material and colour you like.

Low whistle

Coming soon...

Low whistles can be expensive things, so making them inexpensive should allow you to bring them anywhere!

 

Also... this whistle mouthpiece is not the only way to produce sound...

Other pieces will be added later to create a top blown Bulgarian kaval, a top blow Turkish ney, a sideways blown traverse...

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