A few weeks ago, in an unrelated thread that was partially hi-jacked, a recommendation was made to attach a gooseneck to a microphone because I was using the same microphone to sing and amplify whitles and flutes and stuff. One of the folks in the folk group who buys from Musician’s Friend every 5 minutes bought the longest gooseneck. It works. I was pleased the gooseneck didn’t squeak. Thanks.
did / could you get some pics?
Im having trouble visuilisng it.
well.. im having trouble not visuilising a goose. 
Nope, didn’t take pictures at all. I’m using the microphone at a Catholic Church service. We have little itty-bitty songs all through all service. Some songs back to back. Sometimes I play guitar and sing, sometimes I play a wind instrument. This gooseneck permitted me to best position the microphone. Straight at my mouth for singing and above a wind instrument. And at the request of the folk group, no where near the ocarina.
When I didn’t have the gooseneck, I tried to get the wind instrument under the microphone by crouching and leaning forward but this messed with the embouchure and wasn’t all that comfortable.
Are you the one who was trying to figure out how to play transversely into the mic? I’m glad you found a workable solution. One important safety tip: Put a bit of gaffer’s tape on your mic so it doesn’t come loose from the holder when pointed down. All the up and down movements can make them loose and they can fall out in the middle of a tune. Gaffer’s tape is cheap and doesn’t leave all that nasty residue you can get from duct tape or regular electrical tape.
BTW, what are you doing with the ocarina? I have a couple of Hind walnut ones with the fipples on the top (like a whistle) that are easy to mic, but my STL has the fipple on the bottom. How are you handling that?
Chris- The goose neck is a flexible attachment that goes between the top of a mic stand and the microphone clip that holds the mic itself. Unlike a boom, the goose neck can be bent into curves and allows the player a lot of additional possibilities with mic angle and placement. Good ones are silent when moving them. They come in a variety of lengths. Their main downsides are that mics can slip out of them, and they don’t last forever. They wear out in a while and won’t stay put.
Here’s a goose neck:
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Musicians-Friend-Goose-Neck?sku=276001
Actually, playing transversely was one of the
solutions someone gave to my question about
mic placement. I still don’t know how that was
supposed to work. My feeble visualizing skills
are not up to the task.
I’m glad that the gooseneck worked out. I, too,
was surprised how little noise they make when
moved around.
Myself, I ended up just putting the end of the
mic stand at eye level and angling the mic about
45 degrees down when whistling, and about 30
degrees when singing. Seemed to work out. In
fact, at the beginning of the set, the band was
complaining that there was too much whistle in
the monitors, and that’s never happened before!
We readjusted the sound, and the rest of the set
went great!
I was not the person playing the whistle traversely. I still want to see pictures of that myself.
I just have that $19.99 12 hole Zelda from STL Ocarina. Get this. I am playing with a keyboard, 12 string acoustic guitar and electric bass, all amplified. That sucker is so honking loud that even when I am not anywhere near a microphone I am still too loud for THEM! I have to admit that I agree. I have only played the ocarina on a couple of songs.
When I walk the dogs in the neighborhood, I sometimes play a harmonica, whistle, or fife. I got the ocarina for Christmas. People tell me they can hear me playing that thing even when they’re sitting in their houses watching TV. People have mentioned that they thought they heard music when I was playing my Susato whistle. That is how much louder that ocarina is.
No guys, I’M the one that plays transversely. 
I was trying to remember who asked about it. I still don’t have any pics or a better way to describe it. But it sounds like a moot point (bad pun!).
So MP, you seriously don’t have to work the mic position for the ocarina? Wow, I didn’t expect that. My Hinds are much quieter though; more whistle-like that way. I suppose the traditional ocarina design really is very loud, but I didn’t think it was so very loud. Maybe it’s louder to the listener than the player?
I have to step away from the microphone. Then take another step away from the microphone. It’s still on the loud side. I played the ocarina in the stairwell once. It sounded like a UFO was landing. Maybe it’s just that ocarina. It’s the only ocarina I’ve ever played so I have nothing to compare it to.