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Thank you all! I'll contact Mr. Tipple and see what he can do, or think of. If that doesn't work I'll get a few lessons and try that videotaping idea. (Awesome idea!) Thank you again for all your help!

Thanx for all of your info and advice Jaded! Yeah, my fingers are a bit stubby. Which has given no end of troubles trying to get them to close off the holes on a whistle accurately and quick. Hence, my added desire for flute playing. espescially since I REALLY prefer the lower toned instruments. I h...

I know you can get a low whistle that will be about the same size as a Boehm system flute and more flute-like in its tone very inexpensively at Amazon, complete with fipple. I have one, and I think it has a nice tone. It hardly requires a breath to play the base register. They make metal ones as we...

Thanx all for your replies. Yeah, I had seen that episode too. (How It's Made) And, that wasn't it. At the end of the show the host called the flute that came out of the joining of the fipple flute headjoint and a standard concert flute a "Flute a bec". But, when I look up "flute a bec" I just get r...

First off... Newbie here. Just wanna' say hello all! Now. The tough part. I have once and ONLY once, seen a tin/penny whistle type headjoint for a flute. Now I am SURE that I saw this thing. It was on a "How it is Made" type show. It was made of the same metal as the flute body. (Made by the same co...