Here are a couple of pictures showing some of the many steps in the process of making a wooden whistle~
Rough turning, aka “making sticks”
Boring pilot hole for gun drill
Gun drill setup
Undercutting for the metal fittings
Enlarging the bore to accept the tuning slide
Drilling finger holes using custom drilling jig
Cutting the windway
Hand filing and shaping the ramp
Assembly of head section
Cutting excess material to shape the beak
Shaping the beak