I’ve been following the threads on playing “quietly” and saw references to blowing into the windway. Could someone please explain how to do this. Remember, I don’t play flute and can’t even get a sound out of a soda bottle (unless I drop it).
Play ultra quiet ‘air whistle’ by placing tip of the whistle’s windway on the lower lip rather than in the mouth and blow a focused stream of air over the window.
I was confused on that too, only I do play flute..are you supposed to get any sound or is just air coming though? 
because thats all I got when I tried
Well, you get a really airy sound, but when you finger notes, you can
discern differences in the airy sound that have the same intervals as
the notes when you’re actually playing. In this way, you can hear the
tune you are fingering in the quiet windy sound, and thuswise practice
quietly. It takes a lot of air, actually…
Okay..after numerous attempts I have concluded that this works much better on my Clarke original than on my Meg. But maybe I’m predjudice because I happen to like my Orginal much better than my Meg (which I still like, just not nearly as much..thus it lives in my car while the Original lives with the recorders)
This technique will be great for me to use in the mornings. My husband leaves for work at 5:00AM, I don’t have to leave until 6:15. But, since our daughter goes to college days and works evenings she doesn’t have to get up until 8:00 and I don’t want to wake her early by playing. Now I can play and not worry.
Wow, you’re right, it’s much easier to hear on the Clarke orig.
Though, the metal against my bottom lip is a bit more
uncomfortable than a plastic mouthpiece…
I hold it sideways like a flute. I’ve never been able to get a sound out of a flute, but I can get this to work. Apparently, a whistle held sideways is much less picky about how you hold your mouth than a flute is. But then, you’re not trying to get a real tone.
I think this way takes less air because you can get your mouth closer to the window.