Sorting out musical instrument, I blow the whistle (10)
I believe the answer is:
organising
'sorting out' is the definition.
'musical instrument i blow the whistle' is the wordplay.
'musical instrument' becomes 'organ' (organ is a kind of musical instrument).
'blow the whistle' becomes 'sing' (I've seen this before).
'organ'+'i'+'sing'='ORGANISING'
(Other definitions for organising that I've seen before include "arrangement" , "Systematically arranging" .)