I've been doing some research on the Internet (including looking at the great FAQ on this site!), and so I am looking at maybe the Yamaha 300-series flutes as a possible first flute. One of the options in this series is a B-foot.
It would appears that in Australia, judging from their websites, many of the stores only seem to stock the C-foot versions. For a beginning flute, I guess this is fine, but I'm curious that if I would get a flute with a C-foot now, and later down the track decided I would like to put a B-foot on it, is this possible? Of course, I could probably get the store to order in a B-foot model in the first place, but if it is something I don't need now and could add later, I may as well save on the extra cost and weight now.
Sorry if this is a silly question -- I haven't seen a real flute up close before, maybe the answer will be obvious when I examine one (hopefully this weekend I can get along to a bricks-and-mortar store to check out some models).
C- and B-foot joints interchangable?
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zummerzet_lou
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I do believe you can get a B foot to fit your flute at a later date - may just need some adjustments to fit.
From you post, you sound as though you are a beginner? If so, you are unlikely to even need to think about a B foot for a long time, and by the time you get to "needing" one, you're probably want to upgrade your flute anyway.
I've never needed a B foot ..
HTH,
Lou
From you post, you sound as though you are a beginner? If so, you are unlikely to even need to think about a B foot for a long time, and by the time you get to "needing" one, you're probably want to upgrade your flute anyway.
I've never needed a B foot ..
HTH,
Lou
Thanks for the comments. It's leading me to the conclusion that I maybe should look towards the 200-series Yamahas, and worry about the other options later. I am indeed a beginner, and so I have a long road to travel.
Actually, I just realised that I told a bit of a fib when I said that this will be my first flute. The other day I was wondering through Chinatown and saw a dizi (chinese bamboo transverse flute) in a shop window. It cost 10 bucks, so I bought it. At the moment, I am travelling due to my work, and such an instrument is compact and light to carry, and gives me something fun to do during the down time.
It is a real challenge for me to get a nice, even tone out of it, in the register I want. Sometimes I hit the sweet spot, and then I can play something (I used to play the recorder at school, and I can still remember some tunes, and the fingering is not too hard to adapt to dizi). But I can see how embouchure and breath control are so key to making the instrument sing.
So, I can see that if I get a "real" flute, it will take me a long time to get a handle on these basics, and so even the base models will serve me well.
Actually, I just realised that I told a bit of a fib when I said that this will be my first flute. The other day I was wondering through Chinatown and saw a dizi (chinese bamboo transverse flute) in a shop window. It cost 10 bucks, so I bought it. At the moment, I am travelling due to my work, and such an instrument is compact and light to carry, and gives me something fun to do during the down time.
It is a real challenge for me to get a nice, even tone out of it, in the register I want. Sometimes I hit the sweet spot, and then I can play something (I used to play the recorder at school, and I can still remember some tunes, and the fingering is not too hard to adapt to dizi). But I can see how embouchure and breath control are so key to making the instrument sing.
So, I can see that if I get a "real" flute, it will take me a long time to get a handle on these basics, and so even the base models will serve me well.