Testing the Widened Second Notch

After getting slightly less-than-optimal reaults from the new notch, I decided to try widening it. At this point I've gotten pretty bold about modifying the notch, because I decided I could always just chop off the notched end, carve a stone bowl, and make this awesome branch into a sweet pipe - it's a win-win at this juncture If the notch works and tuning fails, I'll be back in disappointment country, since I'd have to make some potentially unattractive repairs to turn it back into a solid pipe...so the next steps will be taken with some timidity, although in the end there is no way to face the unknown but to plunge in.