Hi all,
Been playing tin whistle for about 2 months now; my first was a Clarke Original in C, followed by Clarke Meg (D) and Generation (D). (The Generation is on the “epic let-down” end of the quality spectrum).
Last week I bought a Clarke D, and was similarly disappointed. Having had excellent experiences with the C, I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t control pitch and tone, sometimes ending up with harsh whistling halfway through play, or if the fipple got a tiny bit mungy from saliva.
So I decided to fix it myself.
I dipped the left, right, and bottom edges of the mouthpiece in melted wax, and rubbed-down the wax with a cloth, removing the excess wax. Repeated this 2-3 times, until I was sure that the gaps between the wood and tin were sealed.
The whistle sounds fantastic now, and exactly how I’d expected it to sound!
I encourage anyone with a poorly performing Clarke and a candle to give it a go.
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