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Hi - does anyone have any tips for cleaning and caring for a grenadilla wood piccolo?

Here are a few sites to get you started:
www.encoremusic.com www.fluteworld.com www.music123.com www.flutespot.com I
haven't actually dealt with any of them...I've only checked out their
websites.

Good for you Kuka! You're never too old to try something new. In his retirement, I'm trying to get my Dad to take up his accordion again. The problem, as he puts it, is that his accordion has put on weight since he was a young man with stronger arms and back! Hmmm...maybe I should teach him how to p...

Weird - this posted twice - just
removing the duplication.

The idea with the cigarette paper is to dry the pads and remove any dirt/oil that may have accumulated. I'm not sure about the dollar bill idea...unless it's a nice, crisp new one, it would likely add more dirt than it removes. Most music stores also sell papers specifically for this purpose...I use...

[quote] ---------------- I practice standing but of course one of the reasons is because my chair is piled with clothes! ---------------- [/quote] Ha! There's an honest answer for ya! [:p] 95% of the time, I stand while playing as I find it gives me better air support. However, if I'm tired, I've go...

The flute was absolutely my first choice. For us, instrumental music was offered at school starting in grade 7. In grade 6, the local high school band came to our school, played for us and introduced us to each of the instruments they played. Each instrument had a little solo. That was the first tim...

Let's not feed FluteDiddy's obsession
with spit anymore. This is not the first thread on the topic on this forum.
Let's just let this thread end, shall we?

I like virtually every piece in there...Suo Gan is beautiful. If you like that one, try The Gentle Maiden or Blind Mary next. They have the same sort of lamenting melody and are not too difficult to play. Carpenter's Morris, Song of the Falcon Chief and the Butterfly are all fun to play too. Have fu...

Now here's someone with a dream and a healthy dose of optimism, but who is also pretty realistic about the profession at the same time. With that kind of attitude, you should go far! It sounds like the audition process is far more objective than most other selection processes one would experience el...

[quote] ---------------- On 3/18/2004 3:04:12 PM The second book is for fun, it is a complilation of 44 Celtic songs for the flute called (oddly enough)Celtic music for the flute...The music is played in such a way as to make it easy to accompany Ms Walsh either exactly (following the music score in...

Yep!

One of the members of my flute choir has both an alto and bass flute on top of her regular C/soprano flute(lots of money tied up in her instruments, that's for sure!). If you thought the alto flute was big and heavy, you should see the bass flute! I have tried both, but only briefly. They both have ...

Hi Louisa and welcome! I'm one of the "older" ones too...I've got you beat by about 10 years! I took up the flute when I was 12 too, played fairly seriously until university, then put it down for a looong time. I picked it up again about three years ago. I love it even more now than before and will ...

Yes, one and the same. A number of years ago, James Galway had
both legs and an arm broken after being struck by a motorcycle as he was walking
along the side of a road. Apparently, it was a Yamaha motorcyle...kind of ironic
given that he is such a strong supporter of Muramatsu flutes! [:p]