On 2019-02-10 12:13:17 +0000, Jeßus said:

> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 15:31:43 -0700, Worker >
> wrote:
>
>> I have a vintage Revereware kettle inherited from a relative and I use
>> it because we had one like it when I was a kid.
>>
>> However, it sounds like a banshee when it whistles and it's getting on
>> my nerves.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend one that actually sounds pleasant (or at least not
>> awful)? Obviously, it's hard to tell what a kettle sounds like from a
>> listing on the Internet or in a box on a shelf in a store. So, you
>> know, people instead of ads.
>
> Why not just modify the whistle in the kettle you already have?

1) Don't want to screw with a nice vintage kettle and
2) I can only enlarge the hole, which would merely reduce the pitch and
might not solve the problem. Once done, it could not be undone.

But thanks for asking a reasonable question. I am in the prcess of
giving it a good cleaning. We have very hard water and it might be that
mineral buildup on the whistle has altered it somewhat. I've got warm
vinegar water in the kettle now. I wonder whether some small, clean
pebbles might not help the process along.