What is the best (or any) method of removing glue residue from the inside of a whistle? It seems to go in farther than I can reach with an xacto blade, although the amount I was able to scrape off has already lessened the buzzy/reedy tone I was getting on the low notes. Or maybe my brain is trying to trick my ear into thinking the effort is not in vain.
Please give us more details.
- Who made your whistle and what model?
- Where in the whistle you are suspecting the residue is?
- Why do you think it is glue?
The whistle is a brand new feadog D. The residue goes about an inch into the tube on the mouthpiece side and I’m assuming it’s dried glue only because I’m not sure what else it could be. It looks a bit like mineral or salt deposits.
It may be a piece of dried lacquer which is used to coat a surface of brass tube.
I usually put a mouthpiece part of whistle into a cup of hot water for a few minutes and pull it out from the brass tube.
Then push a paper towel into the tube and push it out from the other side using a small stick.
After repeating this several times, you may look into the tube and can confirm that inside of the tube is now clean and shiny.
Dried lacquer makes more sense and would explain why it didn’t soften up when I used hot water to remove the mouthpiece. Thanks!