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lula wrote:I have never heard of a Muramatsu flute before so I have no idea how these look or sound so your flute might be better than mine.

the important thing is that your flute speaks well for YOU.

Ethnic flutes:
Quena
Native American
Anasazi

Concert flute:
relegated to my Gemmy for the time being

Saxophone:
Soprano... Belcrest
C-Melody... Coutier
Tenor... Kauf stencil line
Bari... Buescher 400. ( my main axe and little friend )

I've got a nameless, soft metal flute that I picked up for little to nothing on the infamous Ebay. :shock: It is very well voiced, but has to be cared for gently so that I don't have to keep taking it to the bench to straighten something out. You can get a decent cheap flute, they just have their ow...

I'm quite pleased with my son's Pearl 661. I suspect it will get him
through his first couple of years in college as well.

mark

Should be an interesting read... thanks.

I play both.
..and welcome to the forum.

the Forte headjoint will fit? hmmm...

I'll have to give that some thought too.

just on a guess, I'd say the wars shifted things.

King made some fair saxophones, I'm not sure about their flutes though.

ah... you tried them today... or rather yesterday now..
how did they sound?


mark

sounds like you already made your decision then. :) my two cents, however, are definitely thrown at keeping violin in the mix as well. You do not have to play it at school to continue playing and enjoying the instrument. Adding piano will likely help you in all your music, btw, so good choice there....

so keep it and enjoy it.
There, that was easy.

seriously, play it in a duet with a friend and see how it sounds,
play it with a tuner yourself and see how the tone handles being played
a bit sharp..

excellent.!

hmm..

or at least partially correct.

in any case, I'll blow this thread now.

seeya

etgohomeok wrote:
Band directors aren't professional musicians.

Some of them certainly are.

hmm... Dad plays most everything, and supported us that way for years.. I guess that makes him a pro.... He told me one day that his musical regret was not learning piano sooner. I've seen Woody play oboe, sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, and know he plays others.. he's been a pro for as many years as ...