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Could the group in the store have been waiting for the repairman and you jumped the line?

Look up the relevant data here: www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-airpressure.htm

Among saxophones that occupy the right end of the picture, from largest to smallest are contrabass in Eb, Bass in Bb, Baritone in Eb, Tenor in Bb, C-melody in C, Alto in Eb, curved Soprano in Bb, straight Soprano with curved neck in Bb, straight Soprano in C and Sopranino in Eb. In the top row, ther...

Leave it to a pro repairer.

Phineas,

Did you mean that anyone can train to play on any quality headjoint?

Congrats!

Careful with the uvular trill - if done involuntarily while sleeping, it is called snoring.

Ummm. Joe, I have no idea what you were saying! :oops: Do you mean that you should NOT use the cork to make the upper register more in tune? I messed with mine yesterday and was very pleased that pulling the cork out a bit made my upper notes better, both less sharp and less shrill; and yet the low...

All the best and wish you success!

If you need really fast octave jumps, you could write the arrangement for two flutes, or a flute and a piccolo. First flute plays the top note, second flute the bottom note, in quick succession, and repeat.

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You can also look into getting a shakuhachi headjoint for the concert flute. They make a whole range of "shakulute" headjoints, starting at $325:
http://www.shakuhachi.com/Q-Models-Headjoint.html

Yes, it is very confusing because in some systems the fundamental counts as 0 and in others, as 1.

Would you prefer having French keys on an alto flute? One could make it work with very large hands and very long fingers.