Hi
I am a new member to this discussion board and to pennywhistling. I need some advice on how to deal with all the juice that accumulates in my whistle…???
just give it a good sling, make sure you’ve got a good grip on it though, or the whistle will go flying across the room as well as the “juice”… 
Eewwwwwwwww Sam, If you do that then you have to wipe it off the wall. :roll:
I place my finger lightly over the window and blow it out. 
You can suck it out too but that thought just gross’s me out. 
Cheers,
Kathy 
Welcome, Pat! There are really two issues: the ‘juice’ that drips from the end of a whistle after some period of play, and the ‘juice’ that clogs your windway.
If clogging is a problem, during play you can give a real quick suck and retrieve some of it; or wait until the tune is over, or cover the window so you don’t freak the natives and give a sharp blast. In the long run, on some whistles I’ve done the Bronner’s Peppermint Soap trick, other people use Jet-Dri, or various other formulas to prevent clogging. I’m not sure what it does to wooden fipples…haven’t dared try it…but it works wonders on plastic, delrin etc.
As for the dripping sort of ‘juice’, drape a napkin over your leg, or just let it drip, then give it a shake, like Sam suggested.
I believe some official research was done to determine exactly what the material was. You may look it up under ‘Unexplained Mysteries’ on the main page, or do a search on ‘saliva condensation research’ and find something.
Never mind the search…here is the link: http://www.chiffandfipple.com/weirdscience1.htm
Here are some nice euphemisms I came up with for the quick suck to clear my whistle’s airway (I do it all the time):
“Droplet-Clearing Inhalation”
“Breath Reversal Technique”
“Un-Blowing Gambit”
“De-Moisturizing Intake Method”
Cara
Quite funny that Kathy mentioned that sucking in is disgusting to her because I remember a big debate between saxophonists is whether you suck in to remove the excess condensation or blow out, I have laways been one to suck in and I guess that transferred over to the whistle. Please don’t label me as some weird freak, ok you can, I just never wanted to blow into my saxophone because that would create sound I didn’t want, hence the sucking in. I actually had a friend playing in a concert and he did the blowout method and a lovely c# was played to a tune in cnatural, the conductor looked at him with the burning hatred of ten thousand suns.