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I should say the problem of my flute in this way.

The lowest note of my flute is D4.
I have a tuner, so I am sure that I was trying to make a sound of D5 (not D6)

When I try to play D5, it gives me D#5 (123456 with overblow, or X23456 with overblow)

I have bought a simple 6 holes bamboo flute in D major, and I am a beginner to a flute. When I played 2nd octave D, my flute gave me 2nd octave D# or Eb. I used the fingering X23456 or 123456 for the 2nd octave D, and blowed air stronger than the 1st octave. Did I play a flute in a wrong way, or Is ...

I found the youtube videos that show the playing of irish flutes made in pakistan.
I think the condition of these pakistani flutes is normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_NGfeYc0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRoG_jT1d-I

https://plus.google.com/101183841427544563473/about
https://www.youtube.com/user/Rottenburgh777/
http://www.hotteterre.jp/ (Japanese page)

He makes recorders and oboes as well as flutes.

Apart from cosmetic differences like external profile and key shape (baroque flute keys are typically square), mainly bore, finger hole and embouchure sizes. Baroque flutes have tiny embouchures and finger holes by comparison, producing a smaller sound but enabling a fully chromatic compass through...

In Ebay, I found many irish flutes with one key, and these one-key irish flutes look like same with baroque flutes.

What is the difference between one-key irish flutes and barqoue flutes?

I have searched for a baroque flute for a beginner and hesitate to select the followings.. 1) Aulos Baroque flute (plastic, around 500USD) 2) Hakam Dim Baroque flute (wood, 100~200USD, http://hakamdin.com/woodwind-musical-instruments/baroque-flute ) Pros of the Aulos may be good tuning because it is...

Lazar's early music replied to me. I amended the text in the above.

The vonhuene.com does not response my email, which makes me disappointed.

I am going to buy a mollenhauer wood recorder, and I wonder which recorder shop I should use to buy it. The following three are my candidates. Can anybody tell me any good and bad experience for these shop? - Antique Sound Workshop, Ltd. ( http://www.aswltd.com/ ) - Courtly Music Unlimited ( http://...

I am considering to buy a cheap wood alto recorder, of which brand is Frederick... The following youtube link is video clip of the Frederick recorder, and its price is about 37 USD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EdeN9uKvc But, the clip plays only low notes, so I hesitate to buy it.. High notes ma...