apparently i have a wet mouth (???) and my Syn D doesnt like that. i have made a real soapy mixture and soaked a piece of business card in it and slid it down the opening of the whistle like all of those posts said to do. this helped with the clogging, but not for too long. i got three or four sittings of about an hour to an hour and a half each before it started to clog again. is this normally the case? do you usually have to keep re-soaping.
PS - i just made another soapy mixture, and dunked the top of the whistle in it... up until where the sound comes out, then wiped off the excess. is this OK ? i guess i will find out in a few days lol
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You need to re-do the soap solution. If you got an hour's sitting, or more I guess, from the soap solution, then it is working very well for you. I think your saliva washes the soap away. I drip the solution through my mouthpiece at the end of every practice, blow it out and let it dry. That was what my maker's instructions said to do.justajoe wrote:apparently i have a wet mouth (???) and my Syn D doesnt like that. i have made a real soapy mixture and soaked a piece of business card in it and slid it down the opening of the whistle like all of those posts said to do. this helped with the clogging, but not for too long. i got three or four sittings of about an hour to an hour and a half each before it started to clog again. is this normally the case? do you usually have to keep re-soaping.
PS - i just made another soapy mixture, and dunked the top of the whistle in it... up until where the sound comes out, then wiped off the excess. is this OK ? i guess i will find out in a few days lol
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I'm playing a new Syn also, and have noticed moderate (not bad) clogging, compared to other whistles I've played. I didn't try the soap treatment. I'd be interested to know how the dipping worked out, as I may want to give that a shot.
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I have my solution in a little eye drop bottle, and it just takes a few drops to rinse down the inside. Then I wipe off the outside. I think this has also helped the inside of my mouthpiece stay clean. I can't take it apart to clean it, so I'm wanting for it never to get gunked up. So far, so good.
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Has anyone tried Rain-X? That's a windshield treatment that I used when I couldn't find replacement wipers for my vehicle. It seemed to work well for that in the 70s, but I haven't heard of anyone trying that.
If you can get inside of the fipple, you might try waxing it and the windway with some sort of paste wax.
At least, I have heard waxing recommended for some bagpipes and wooden flutes
Has anyone tried Rain-X? That's a windshield treatment that I used when I couldn't find replacement wipers for my vehicle. It seemed to work well for that in the 70s, but I haven't heard of anyone trying that.
If you can get inside of the fipple, you might try waxing it and the windway with some sort of paste wax.
At least, I have heard waxing recommended for some bagpipes and wooden flutes
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Very interesting suggestions.fancypiper wrote:Aha! Music Juice!
Has anyone tried Rain-X? That's a windshield treatment that I used when I couldn't find replacement wipers for my vehicle. It seemed to work well for that in the 70s, but I haven't heard of anyone trying that.
If you can get inside of the fipple, you might try waxing it and the windway with some sort of paste wax.
At least, I have heard waxing recommended for some bagpipes and wooden flutes
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