I had a sad experience today. We were out on the front lawn waiting for the 4th of July parade to come by the house. The wife and I and a couple of the kids had our fiddles out and were jamming along prety well when I suddenly got the urge to add a little whistling to Swallowtail jig.
I whipped out my trusty whistle and started to blow. To my horror I found that one cannot whistle in the wind. Apparently a strong cross wind across the holes keeps the air from leaving the instrument and sounding. I tried several whistlesā¦all the same.
It occurred to me to try playing with a 5-gallon bucket on my head (an idea my wife endorsed heartily!). I thnk the acoustics would probably be haunting and wonderful but I fear volume would suffer.
I wonder what outdoor performers do about this.
Oh well the whistle is still far superior to the fiddle in the bathtub so all is not lost.
Hi,
We TRY to keep the wind at our backs. I can do this ONLY RARELY tho.
Oh, we buy the guyās āFipple Shieldā who-ever
that was, ha ha
I use a head-set mic so I can turn away from the wind a little, but when I had to stand still and only use the mic on the stand, it was horrible. Just playing alone, and then nothing. Iām sure the audience had no
idea why I was skipping every other note, ha ha.
Lolly
If you play a tunable whistle , turn the mouthpiece 180 degrees. the fipple window should be facing you. The sound wonāt project as much but I think this will neutralize some of the wind effect. Works for me.
Iāve also enjoyed some success whistling directly into the wind, in those situations where it wasnāt polite to have my back to an audience. But, generally speaking, when playing outdoors, iām constantly shifting position, due to wind changes, and it looks like I have ants in my pants.
As president of DAZED INDUSTRIES, Iāve had a long talk with my marketing guys who seem to be asleep at the wheel, cause it seems there are people out there who have not heard about the Amazing FippleShield, which protects whistles from the annoying affects of windage.
Apparently a strong cross wind across the holes keeps the air from leaving the instrument and sounding. I tried several whistlesā¦all the same. 
Gm