Anyone got tips on how to hit the high G better on piccolo? Somehow I could hit all the way to high Ab and Bb, but couldn’t hit my G? Is it something wrong with my instrument or am I just blowing wrong? 🫩

Tuba girlie here coming in peace!

My friend wants to sell her Piccolo and I need help gathering some information.

Here's what I know:

• Gemeinhardt brand
• All wooden - grenadilla?
• sterling silver hardware and keys
• Purchased new in 2007 for ~$1k
• "LTD 352" engraved under the logo
• Plays fine, we had it taken to our local shop for an estimate (hasn't been used in years)

Questions:

• What is the model? I couldn't quite find this exact one in my searches. Could be a 4w?
• Is $860 to refresh the instrument crazy or should we get a second opinion?

Any info or insights on this is greatly appreciated as I figure out how to sell it.

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My vibrato page, johnwionflute.com/vibrato, has 25 clips, mostly flutists, with the same slowed down to study.

Or rather what does this mean under the met marking?

This is the ending of Beethoven Symphony No. 5 4th mvt if you're curious.

Between the music of Rena Rouge and Volpina. 🦊

I'm a senior in high school who plans to major in Flute Performance and I recently bought an Emerson 3-Series (open-hole, inline G, and B foot) online for about $700 USD, and it is in great condition. The only issues are minor and could easily be fixed by a COA, which I already have one scheduled.

However, as I plan to get at least a four-year degree, I want to know if this flute should be a good choice for all four, or if I should save money to get a better one later on. I take very good care of my instruments, but is there anything I should be worried about or prepared for?

Hi

I am going through my grandfather's musical instrument collection and came across this irish flute. I can't see any markings on it. Was wondering it is is genuine and what time period it would be from. Any help would be appreciated

Went on facebook marketplace to find a cheap beginner flute I could learn on, only to learn that it has a problem.

The pinky key doesn’t seal properly and to my knowledge this one is supposed to stay closed? It pretty much won’t close..

Anything I could do? Or to the shop it goes

Hey everyone,

I have played flute for about 14 years now, and for about 10 years I played with a Pearl pf 665. Now I want to „upgrade” my flute. I'd like to stay with a model of Pearl. I currently have a closed-hole model, but I am not opposed to an open-hole one. I'd like to be able to play clearer and warmer high notes. Does anyone have experience with a Pearl model of higher quality and can give some advice or review? Budget is quite open, my highest limit is about 6000€. Thank you all!

Hello, I'm starting to learn more about Piccolo. Anyone here have some study material/books for Piccolo?

Does anyone know anything about Di Zhao flutes? I'm looking to transfer to an open holed flute without breaking the bank and the DZ 501/601/701 caught my eye but I'm open to any other suggestions from any other brands. Budget is somewhere around 3000 USD

Edit: thank you all for the reassurance I think I'm gonna go for the DZ 501

I’m looking to playing a flute alternative like the bass alto or piccolo, I’m having trouble finding resources to help aid my decision.

hi all! new to flute and just bought an old used lazaro since i saw they’re good for beginners. however, noticed this little bit wasn’t aligned and thus the buttons weren’t working properly. how can i fix this, ideally without having to spend a ton of money?

A resource for flute students and teachers

Over my fifty year career as a performer and teacher I have collected and developed materials intended to help flute players understand and improve their playing. I have now gathered these resources on my reconstituted website, including material on flute technique and vibrato, along with audio examples.

My hope is that students, teachers, and fellow flutists will find something useful here. I would be delighted if these materials could help others in their musical journey.

Website: johnwionflute.com

Suggestions and comments are very welcome.

Looking to buy a new flute in the next year or 2, what flute brands are worth purchasing? (What would last hopefully 20-30 years?) My budget is between 5 - 8k in canada

Thanks!

This is the place to promote yourself! Whether it's a performance you are proud of, offering teaching, or anything else flute related.

For context, I'm mainly a clarinet player and I recently picked up flute about a couple months ago and I've learnt pretty fast: I've got my Grade 6 exam at the end of the year.

I learnt circular breathing on clarinet and I can do it pretty much flawlessly across all registers on the clarinet, but every time I try to do the same thing on flute it never works, and yes of course I know that the flute embouchure is was different to everything I've ever known.

My main question is how does it differ because all the advice I've seen and hear is pretty much the same for clarinet so its all just really useless info to me (e.g puff your cheeks and squeeze the air out) and I'm looking for more specifics just for flute

I think it would be really cool to learn the mechanics of a flute—how to take one apart, troubleshoot issues, replace pads, and make repairs. I’d love to eventually be able to restore an old flute or fix minor issues on my own when needed.

However, I’ve noticed there aren’t many resources online that actually teach these skills. I’m assuming that’s partly because the general advice is usually to just “take it to a repair tech.”

But obviously, flute repair technicians had to learn these skills somewhere.

So, for someone who’s interested in learning flute repair, where would you recommend starting? Are there any courses, books, or other resources worth looking into?

my band director has offered a literal cash prize to the person who can play the super high d. I can already play the C below it. Any tips on hitting it?

I dropped my flute once…twice actually. even worse it was in front of a bunch of little kids.