i love my clarke and i think it sounds better than my other whistles. i play it alot but after a few weeks the wooden mouthpiece starts to shift. can anyone recommend a glue or technique to keep it from sliding around?
c r a m e r
quebec city
Just had this happen to my Clarke C. Really annoying.
I intend to use epoxy to put it back in place. Another possibility is to get a couple little brass nails and a small drill bit and do what Thom Larsen does on his tweaked Clarkes. He acually puts these little brass nails into th ewood block, through the side of the whistle. No way is that block moving without you wanting it to!
Anyway, I will try the epoxy when life settles down a little and I will try to remember to post if it worked or not.
-Patrick
If you can’t stand the taste of epoxy,“Pin it” in place by driving in a small wire brad (nail) of brass or copper at 90 degrees to the voicing(cross-wise). Cut off the excess with a wire cutter and sand smooth with a sharpening stone or dremel tool.
If you are afraid of splitting the block,you can pre-drill the hole at 1/2 the diameter of the brad before driving it in with a tack hammer. 
[ This Message was edited by: Thomas-Hastay on 2001-12-13 20:22 ]
If the block is just loose, but still held in place by those little crimps in the metal, you could try putting a couple of drops of crazy glue where the wood and metal meet on each side of the block. LET THIS DRY FULLY BEFORE YOU TRY TO PLAY IT!! YOu don’t want to have a whistle stuck to your lips. Crazy glue is perfectly safe once it dries.
Cramer
. . . Tease the block out as far as you can with a lolly (popsicle) stick or a long length 1/4" wooden dowel. Try not to use the ‘V’ knife edge (fipple labium) as a lever (you may damage this).
Use Shellac varnish (the original furniture polish) to glue the block back in position. Allow this to dry for a couple of hours.
Cheers . . . Tony P