Near my home there are some nice bluffs that I have stopped off at to play whistle a couple of times. This particular evening it was a bit windy. I felt that my whistles were clogging up a bit more then usuall, and the bell tone seamed harder to hit. Has anyone else had problems whistling in the wind or is it just me??
Staying inside till then-Jack
This is a common problem in windy conditions. What happens is the wind from the outside overpowers the small wind from the inside of the whistle. You’ll be lucky to get any tones at all if it’s blowing strong enough outside.
Try standing with your back to the wind. Sometimes, that can help…a little anyway.
Bri~
Somebody talked about this in the same situation. He wound up turning the windway around so it was underneath…of course if you have a non-tunable whistle…won’t work.
The wind causes problems in two ways. One, of course, is to fight the airstream you’re producing, and this you can solve by finding or creating a windbreak. The other is that it cools the whistle as you play. Not too bad on a PVC whistle, nor does it seem (I don’t know for sure) that it would affect wood much. Metal whistles can do funny (squeaky) things, though.
Hey Jack,
I’ve previously done what GM suggested and it works! Just turn the mouthpiece around so the window faces you. Dale has posted directions on how to loosen the mouthpiece on plastic fipple/metal tube whistles. You should be able to do it with any tunable whistle though.
Vinny
[ This Message was edited by: Vinny on 2001-09-13 14:08 ]
This problem was really bugging me until I figured out it was the wind doing it. My solution is to play with the wind to your back, or stand in the lee of the bozouki player.
On 2001-09-13 16:40, Bobj wrote:
This problem was really bugging me until I figured out it was the wind doing it. My solution is to play with the wind to your back, or stand in the lee of the bozouki player.
Leaward of a Bouzuki player sounds like a nightmare!
Hi, thanks for all the replies. Unfortunatly all my whistles are nontunable overtons. So I think I’ll just bring my tent next time and play in that 
Seriously though, my only tunable whistle is a Generation that sits in my desk, I use it to swat flies when need be. I guess I’ll have to turn my back to the wind, or find a bazouki player. Thanks again-Jack
This topic put into my mind the nightmare Celtic band of all time - a bouzouki, a bodhran, a banjo and the world’s longest-suffering whistle player.
I wouldn’t have thought a banjo counted as Celtic.
What’s a Bouzouki?
I would throw in a trio of kazoo player just for good luck…not that a celtic band needs any luck:) BTW give me a few more years and I just might be that whistle player. (Kidding of course)