For Anything and Everything to do with Flute Playing and Music
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nika
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by nika » Fri May 20, 2011 12:16 pm
Hello,
I'm sorry for interrupting this conversation (I didn't know where else I'd write this) but I'm new here and I just wanted to say hello to all flutists here

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Vincentcnbres
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by Vincentcnbres » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:47 am
Skip Healy and Casey Burns make some nice Irish and 6 hole flutes/fifes.
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lavender-mint
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by lavender-mint » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:53 pm
Hi, I have pretty small hands and I play an offset G Jupiter. I don't really like my Jupiter as it tends to be out of tune. There are offset G Yamahas that I've tried which sound very nice.
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aemca
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by aemca » Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:35 am
hello, I am from China, shanghai, its glad to see you everyone
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strawb3rries
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by strawb3rries » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:31 pm
Hi everyone. My name is Kat and I just bought a flute on whim yesterday for fun. I used to play for a year back in 4th grade, but I'm a recent college graduate now, so it's been a while since I've played.
I was able to pick up the first octave fairly quickly though. I know how to play piano, guitar and some violin as well, so that definitely helps with learning.
Nice to meet you all. :]
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ghostNote
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- Location: Southeast Asia
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by ghostNote » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:16 am
Pretty new around here myself!
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krzyflutist87
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by krzyflutist87 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:23 pm
Hi -- I'm new here too! Though not a newbie to flute, of course; been playing for 16 years, so more than half my life! Been playing piccolo for a little while too.

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Sparklingorion
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by Sparklingorion » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:05 am
Hi everyone! I'm totally new too! New to this forum and new to flute. I picked up the violin around age 21 and did till grade 5. Took up grade 1 piano and stopped as they did not have individual lessons available in the music school. Played with the idea of learning how to play the flute as it has such a beautiful sound and I can literally bring it anywhere. I bought a Yamaha YFL 361 on a whim but never really got to lesson 1 due to work commitments.
Now that I'm out of job, am considering selling my barely-touched flute to help pay bills. But am in a dilemma as I really can't bear to part with it.

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flutego12
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- Location: Southern Hemisphere, Earth
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by flutego12 » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:46 pm
Sparklingorion wrote:Hi everyone! I'm totally new too! New to this forum and new to flute. I picked up the violin around age 21 and did till grade 5. Took up grade 1 piano and stopped as they did not have individual lessons available in the music school. Played with the idea of learning how to play the flute as it has such a beautiful sound and I can literally bring it anywhere. I bought a Yamaha YFL 361 on a whim but never really got to lesson 1 due to work commitments.
Now that I'm out of job, am considering selling my barely-touched flute to help pay bills. But am in a dilemma as I really can't bear to part with it.

Sorry to hear.
Have you considered renting it out to a responsible friend?
In my country, one year's rental = cost of used flute.
And if they don't wreck it, you still have a flute to rent out in the second year?
flutist with a screwdriver
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Sparklingorion
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by Sparklingorion » Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:08 am
flutego12 wrote:Sparklingorion wrote:Hi everyone! I'm totally new too! New to this forum and new to flute. I picked up the violin around age 21 and did till grade 5. Took up grade 1 piano and stopped as they did not have individual lessons available in the music school. Played with the idea of learning how to play the flute as it has such a beautiful sound and I can literally bring it anywhere. I bought a Yamaha YFL 361 on a whim but never really got to lesson 1 due to work commitments.
Now that I'm out of job, am considering selling my barely-touched flute to help pay bills. But am in a dilemma as I really can't bear to part with it.

Sorry to hear.
Have you considered renting it out to a responsible friend?
In my country, one year's rental = cost of used flute.
And if they don't wreck it, you still have a flute to rent out in the second year?
Hi flutego12, thanks for the suggestion! It's a brilliant idea. However, I don't really know a lot of friends who plays the flute and the handful that I know of are way more advance than me. Guess I'll just keep it in the meantime till I can find someone who is interested to rent it. Am actively looking for jobs and don't really mind doing part-time jobs in clinics to pay some bills. Just hope they don't find me over-qualified.

Wish me luck in job hunting!

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flutego12
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by flutego12 » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:09 pm
Sparklingorion wrote:flutego12 wrote:Sparklingorion wrote:Hi everyone! I'm totally new too! New to this forum and new to flute. I picked up the violin around age 21 and did till grade 5. Took up grade 1 piano and stopped as they did not have individual lessons available in the music school. Played with the idea of learning how to play the flute as it has such a beautiful sound and I can literally bring it anywhere. I bought a Yamaha YFL 361 on a whim but never really got to lesson 1 due to work commitments.
Now that I'm out of job, am considering selling my barely-touched flute to help pay bills. But am in a dilemma as I really can't bear to part with it.

Sorry to hear.
Have you considered renting it out to a responsible friend?
In my country, one year's rental = cost of used flute.
And if they don't wreck it, you still have a flute to rent out in the second year?
Hi flutego12, thanks for the suggestion! It's a brilliant idea. However, I don't really know a lot of friends who plays the flute and the handful that I know of are way more advance than me. Guess I'll just keep it in the meantime till I can find someone who is interested to rent it. Am actively looking for jobs and don't really mind doing part-time jobs in clinics to pay some bills. Just hope they don't find me over-qualified.

Wish me luck in job hunting!

Better than luck. Wish you grace grace and lots of favour!
flutist with a screwdriver
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Gocatdave
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by Gocatdave » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:14 am
Hi There, 52 year old flute beginner here. I've fooled around a bit with a keyless, Irish flute. But I decided to try a fully chromatic, modern flute recently. I bought a Nuvo plastic flute to get my feet wet and see how I would like the Boehm system. I quickly decided that I liked the system so I decided to commit and ordered a Pearl Flute Quantz 525RBE1RB Series Flute - Split E mechanism, Offset G, B-footjoint. It is due to arrive later today by UPS and I am very excited about it!
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pied_piper
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by pied_piper » Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:34 pm
Congratulations on your new flute. I'm sure you'll love it!
"Never give a flute player a screwdriver."
--anonymous--