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Spit
What's the easiest way of getting rid of spit from a Tin Whistle? Other than just to keep playing til it comes out of the end onto the floor or your lap. I know there is a standard way, but I don't know what it is. Can someone help me?
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Re: Spit
Here's the definitive work on the subject:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/moist.htm
Some players also swear by a product called Duponol
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/moist.htm
Some players also swear by a product called Duponol
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I prefer Duponol to Jet Dry and soap (both have been recommended here in the past). After it dries, Duponol has no taste, and doesn't make your tongue numb.fearfaoin wrote:Here's the definitive work on the subject:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/moist.htm
Some players also swear by a product called Duponol
That helps condensation from gathering in the windway. Or, you could just lightly cover the ramp with your finger, and forcefully blow.
A guy in Houston, when he got a little soused, used to hold his whistle by the base and flick moisture on whoever was sitting next to him. blech!
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That is a GREAT idea.ErikT wrote:Here's another one that I like. Take a thin dryer sheet, wrap it around a flat wooden coffee stirrer and swab the windway (I do not wet it, but if I've been playing for a while, it often comes out wet). Dryer sheets are just fabric with soap. Mack Hoover gave me this idea a few years back.
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Hmmmm - I wonder if that stuff would work on paintball masks . . .Wanderer wrote:I prefer Duponol to Jet Dry and soap (both have been recommended here in the past). After it dries, Duponol has no taste, and doesn't make your tongue numb.fearfaoin wrote:Here's the definitive work on the subject:
. . . Some players also swear by a product called Duponol
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I always seem to leak a little bit of moisture out the side of the beak on my Burkes. Probably has to do with the interaction of the shape of the beak and my pucker.michael_coleman wrote:I do.Adrian wrote:Play Burkes! I almost never have a condensation problem with them.
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I've got the brass Burke Session Pro in D, but was made before the black tip. It has quite the finger patina...I really need to clean it out. I used to be really good about dipping the heads in rubbing alcohol every few months or so, not so anymore.
I think I have been trained to produce saliva as I was once a saxophone player and it helped to have a slightly moist reed.
I think I have been trained to produce saliva as I was once a saxophone player and it helped to have a slightly moist reed.
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Sounded like a good idea but the only dryer sheet in the house stunk with some added fragrance so I took an unused paper coffee filter, soaked it in soapy water, let it dry and cut it into strips, half an inch wide and about three inches long. I then folded the strip lengthwise, inserted it into the windway and pulled it through. The filter paper soaked up the moisture and left a soapy film behind to repel moisture. Worked great.ErikT wrote:Here's another one that I like. Take a thin dryer sheet, wrap it around a flat wooden coffee stirrer and swab the windway (I do not wet it, but if I've been playing for a while, it often comes out wet). Dryer sheets are just fabric with soap. Mack Hoover gave me this idea a few years back.
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This is one of our favorite topics. Here's the other thread about spit going on right now:
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http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... highlight=
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Re: Spit
I've bored more recording engineers to death than I've had hot dinners by simply blowing down the thing until it is so warm that no condensation can possibly form. A useful side-effect is that the pitch does not then fluctuate at all. There is, of course, the valuable standby of putting it/them under your armpits, up your jumper, down your trousers etc. The latter practice has caused much mirth in well-known recording studios over the years (particularly, it seems, amongst lady violinists - ?!?).HunsWhistler wrote:What's the easiest way of getting rid of spit from a Tin Whistle? Other than just to keep playing til it comes out of the end onto the floor or your lap. I know there is a standard way, but I don't know what it is. Can someone help me?
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