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Thank you Phineas for your reply. Could you tell me how authentic is the sound? The Baroque flute has a soft sweet sound with very little overtone. Does your suggestion gives approximately the same sound? Are there any sound recordings, e.g. on you tube or other websites that you can recommend so th...

I love the sound of the period Baroque flute (six tone holes and 1 key). It has a much sweeter and mellower sound than the modern concert flute. My modern Boehm flute is made of ebony wood, but unlike the baroque flute, it has a cylindrical bore, a riser and lip plate (all ebony wood) at the headjoi...

I have the exact same problem! I had been teaching myself how to play the flute using books and on line videos so I do not have a teacher to guide me. I am a fairly advanced piano player so reading the manuscript and fingering are not difficult for me at all. My main problem, and source of frustrati...