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gemeinhardtflute wrote:I've been using the Gemeinhardt Flute since 8th grade (am now 35). I dont know why everyone doesnt have one. It's like having a good hair brush in your purse.

I don't have one because I have a beautiful Powell which I would not trade for a Gemeinhardt

Do you bychance work for Gemeinhardt?

I also primarily play Boehm, but I just bought an african olvie wood simple system keyless flute made by Forbes Christie at Windward flutes...lovely:)

about the inury thing. I have had surgeries on my hand and elbow and am very knowledgable about injuries unfortunately

sorry pics are dark..will take better ones later headjoint http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j206/caperflutist/Picture002.jpg body http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j206/caperflutist/Picture001.jpg barrel http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j206/caperflutist/Picture003.jpg headjoint label http://i81.p...

Flute/piccolo of course
piano
pipe organ
voice
clarinet
sax
recorder
violin
a little of lots of other things

1. Tell me about yourself! What flute do you use? Just some basic info I'm 29, played since I was 13. I play a Powell professional flute. I have a B.Mus and am interested in performance and theory mostly. I sing in a high level choir, play in a lot of concerts, teach flute, piano and voice and take ...

i never use one and one fingering...


I use both thumb and the "trill" key way

Nova Scotia (hence my name) but I grew up in and did all of my formal training in Ottawa

Taktakishvili Sonata
Prokofiev Sonata
Rodrigo Fantasia para un gentlehombre
Poulenc Sonata
Widor Suite-Waltz
Srul Irving Glick- Sonata

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Flute 16 years piccolo 14 years piano 13 years violin 2 years organ 2 months (I LOVE ORGAN) recorder 8 years sax, clarinet, tin whistle, pan flute on and off for like forever Oh and I sing second soprano/first alto in a auditioned well trained choir (and I also sing soprano and/or alto in chamber ch...

most flutists I have heard have a horrible c# (2nd and 3rd octave) The tuning is brutal

I went from the girl who took a few weeks to get a sound to someone with a B.Mus in flute.

I want to become an excellent organist:) Ok, not related to flute, but I take organ lessons

I went from the girl who took a few weeks to get a sound to someone with a B.Mus in flute.