Well done Jennifer - congrats! I hope your students are all hopeful, helpful and hip to the jive, etc... I shall be in sunny Telford for the next three weeks -...
Two weeks of band camp coming up! If i'm really lucky... I'll be judging flute tryouts...Guess who's the lucky person that gets to pull her hair out over the...
Jen, you sound as if you are about to have more fun than should be legal! Actually, as a flute instructor, I have done what you have described many times....
Hi, I've been playing flute for about 8 months now, and have an older Bundy Selmer that needs some work on the joint between body and foot joint. My question...
... Have you talked with a repair shop about how much it would cost to repair the flute? I sugest that if it is over $100 or $200 dollars for repairs to just...
Elizabeth, thanks for the advice. I took the flute to the "hospital" today, and it will cost no more than $70 to repair all that is ailing it. And after I sang...
Hello Janey - welcome to our wee corner of the WWW! If the joint just needs some work on the tenon, then it wont be too expensive to fix and will keep you...
I've been playing on a Haynes for about a year and a half now and I love it. I have an Emerson as my second, and my model has served me well over the past 10...
Thanks, Jennifer! I have right now got a rented Yamaha I am trying, my Selmer Bundy is at the flute hospital, and my teacher is still in Alaska. I may have the...
My quintet was able to pull off the third movement of the Malcom Arnold Shanties last night - we nearly fell apart after coming out of the 5/8 into the 3/8,...
I will add my standing ovation to theirs! Congratulations, and enjoy the glow that comes with having so much fun and such a satisfying performance. Janey ...
Thank you! Would y'all believe I'm moving a week from today so I can start my new job?!? This will be my first full year teaching band - I'm soooo excited, but...
I am looking for an open holed professional flute with a B foot, in line G. Would you please make recommendations on this purchase about the best brand to...
I have a Miyazawa handmade, in line and B foot. - love it to pieces - had it for a wee while now - looking at the possibility of a different mouthpiece for it...
Ah yes, can't resist that one! Well, I played a Muramatsu online c foot for ages, and although I'm a wooden flute Hofinger player now, I still have the...
I wonder if I'm unique in this problem. After playing my flute for a while I get a very sore rash on my chin, i presume its a reaction from sweat on metal but...
Hi guys!I've just bought my first flute: STAGG F-71.Jesus Christ!!! Theres is no way a can make a low C or anything above the second half octave.I'm a keyboard...
I don't think either your flute or you are nasty. But it may be a problem of your air economy. Keep at it. If you can blow both open and closed on the head...
Try putting one of those paper labels, the re-usable kind, on the mouthpiece. That will stop the sweat reaction, and maybe even the sweating. And you can peel...
OK, but get an experienced player to test your flute as well, otherwise you might be fighting a loosing battle against leaky pads or a bad mechanism without...
Hi people!Thank you very much for all the tips.I can play high pitch notes already.Regarding my low C I wasn't to blame.It needs some adjustment in the pads ...
I'm glad it wasn't you and that you got your flute fixed! I use the tape on my flute - I bought a roll of 1 inch tape at an office supply store and have used a...
Just a quick warning to all those who want to buy a flute.If you cannot afford to buy an expensive one at the moment and you're going for the cheap ones,the...
You are right, Dominy. A good player can tell you right away if you have leaking pads, leaking tenons, or bent spots in the mechanism. All of the above were...
... mouthpiece. That will stop the sweat reaction, and maybe even the sweating. And you can peel it right off and put on a new one. ... Thanx very much I will...
Does anyone here know what qualifications I would need to teach the flute privately in my own home to kids and adults in the UK? I've heard that I need 2...
Hey, the paste-on/peel-off label idea wasn't mine, but came from someone who plays professionally, and who finds it awfully hot under the lights sometimes. She...
I can't speak for the UK, but here in the US, anyone can hang out a shingle (figuratively or literally), and teach just about anything to just about anyone,...
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