I am really enjoying this thread .... seriously, quite a few questions I had about issues were answered here and I got a good laugh as well at some of the responses. ;-)

I am a noobie at playing the tin whistle, (about 4 months practicing) and I wondered why the dang lil' thing would sound so odd at times, especially when I would first pick it up and play. As for the moisture problem, I just kinda sling it onto my lap where I keep a cloth handy that catches most of the moisture. I also use a very large pipe cleaner when it acts up really bad. Seems to help, but I don't know if it could be damaging the inside of whistle or not.

I thought about purchasing a Susato Kildare S-Series whistle in high D to see how it sounded. My poor little Celtic Clarke whistle has a very soft sweet tone but I am thinking it is way too soft for sessions playing, which I am very interested in doing in the future if the opportunity arises. I must say I love playing this lil' whistle though, even if it was an inexpensive one. :-)