| Clay Water Whistle
This page is an appendix to Chris Henley's article on How
to Make a Clay Whistle.
The images below are of a clay water whistle from Hungary, purchased
about 20 years ago. It is fairly crudely press molded in earthenware
clay and then painted, not glazed. My guess is that these whistles
were/are made for children, and they wouldn't worry too much about
a minor detail like that.
To make it work, some water is filled into the bird and when air
passes above it, a quite realistic chirping sound is made. Chris
Henley's cockatiels seem to go crazy over the sound! To hear it,
click on the mp3 link - it's only 63kb.
Click for enlargement
Short sound
file (mp3) of Hungarian water whistle
(May work better if you save to harddrive
first)
This one was submitted by Steph Culling (no enlargement):
Bought about 16 years ago in Australia.
Dimensions 4 cm across, 6.5 cm high
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