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F# 4.......... I can barely play D# 4, let alone get up to the F# (I can get whistle tones, but not the note itself).

I wholeheartedly agree with the ebay thing Anyways, if you have the cash, and you plan on going on to college to do some playing (or all-state band), try out straubinger flutes, and drelinger headjoints. I know for a fact that straubinger is a good company, they made my lesson teacher's flute, and h...

if this is a playing test, make sure your director knows that this is college level.... anyways, the fingering is... left hand- 4 right hand 1,2,pinkie (put down the c key as if you are going to play low c) can't remember if you use the thumb key for the left hand..... Anyways, this requires a huge ...

odd, I start on A2

don't get a colored flute (unless you are ungodly rich). From my experience (and I've tested a good number of intermediate/advanced flutes...and tried out a few beginners-speaking of which I still can't narrow down which intermediate/advanced flute is the best...), the flutes that are colored don't ...

oddly enough, it's my low register that's near perfection... (can't say that about my middle and high register's though....now if only I can get my band director to give us a chair test that has all low notes....)

If you're pretty good, you can actually "bend" the B down to a Bb.

http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/flute/fl_alt_4.html

there you go

search for flute fingering charts. I'll post in a few minutes with the site.

how embarrasing (there's a reason they invented piccolos for those high notes)

but, in the chance you need to go up that high, I believe that you need a B-foot for some of the fingerings.

only way my wisdom teeth will go out is over my completely dead rotting corpse.

just get the Trevor Wye 5 (6??) book collection. For the high register, I recommend Filas' (go to fluteworld and type Filas in, you'll find it). Most teachers use Wye's books anyway, so might as well get the full set.

I'm the exact opposite, Tennis, I want something that goes higher then the piccolo

(greater question is, how in the world do you play that thing well)

you could get a handmade one. There are small dealers in Indianapolis and other major cities that do make flutes by hand for a living. If you're pretty good with your high-e by now, I don't think you'd need a split-e mechanism.