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by butterfingers
Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:13 pm
Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
Topic: Piccolo players?
Replies: 6
Views: 8975

Re: Piccolo players?

I play a Yamaha YPC-62 Cor blimey batman! How I wish....!!! :o That's some flute piedpiper. I can only dream of something like that. You must love it! I'm not conservatory standards or anything so it's a bit out of my league. The band I play with does all those diatonic scales like you've mentioned...
by butterfingers
Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
Topic: Piccolo players?
Replies: 6
Views: 8975

Re: Piccolo players?

Most piccoloists play Boehm system piccolos. If you choose an old 6-key piccolo, you will be at a serious disadvantage, regardless of your abilities. In the U.S. most bands and orchestras tune to either A440 or A442. I'm not aware of any groups here tuning to A452. That is quite high and most moder...
by butterfingers
Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:59 pm
Forum: General "Hang-Out" Place
Topic: Piccolo players?
Replies: 6
Views: 8975

Piccolo players?

Hi, I'm moving over to piccolo from C concert flute and wondered if I could get some advice from piccolo players. Are most piccolo players here using Boehm piccolos, rather than the simple system band flutes (6 chromatic keys)? I can play Boehm or simple system equally well. The advantage of the sim...