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I have had my Trevor James TJ10xIII for 7-8 years now, and have since upgraded to a more advanced flute for the higher grades. My old flute stays mainly in its original case, as a spare for emergencies, though I do take it out and play it/clean it often. It's nickel with silver plating, and since it...

1) What trills could be affected by my Split-E Mechanism? I read in some reviews that the mechanism can sometimes make trills harder but have yet to find them - and are there any ways to make them easier again? 2) I recently had a spring replaced on my flute after it broke - "Just One of Those Thing...

Does your flute have an E-Mechanism? This makes it a lot easier to play glissandos and faster, sliding style notes, and is usually found on Intermediate and some Step-Up level flutes. Student flutes do not have this very often. If you don't have one, this could be why your glissandos aren't very fas...

When it comes to cleaning my flute, I have previously been quite lax about it and neglected my student Trevor James quite a bit. I used a 'pipe-cleaner' style wand until that broke, and then moved onto an old hankie on the cleaning rod supplied with the flute, occasionally cleaning it out (terrible,...