Grenaditte

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:36 am

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone else has tried this material before? At the Flute Society of Kentucky convention, there was a headjoint company there that only used this material, and I thought it was rather.... unusual but interesting...

Any comments?

atoriphile · Post by **atoriphile** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:02 pm

Pearl makes a piccolo made of Grenaditte. See more here:

http://www.pearlflutes.com/html/piccolo.html

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:32 pm

Yeah, I've seen that, but I was just curious if anyone has played anything made out of this material. It was rather unusual. It was black, felt like porcelain, you smash it into something else, and it wouldnt get damaged whatsoever, and it had a sound quality that was a lot like glass but a lot like wood.... peculiar indeed.... and cheap too. The head I tried had a good [but unusual] sound and it was only for $300....

FltnPicc_David · Post by **FltnPicc_David** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:40 pm

I went to the Florida Flute Association's Flute Fair Convention up in orlando two weeks ago and a representative for pearl was there. i tried the piccolo out and hated it..i thought the tone was lifeless but everyone has a different tone quality...did you like it?

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:22 pm

I wasnt sure whether I liked it or not. I only got a couple of minutes to try the material, so I didnt get a very good idea of what it was like....... but I did think it was rather interesting and definately worth looking into further in the future......