WTB: practice flute
- UncleChuck
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WTB: practice flute
Hi everyone, I am once again trying to learn to play the flute. I wonder if anyone would be willing to trade a couple of Tilbury whistles for a good practice flute. I would consider buying one, but I am a little cash strapped as always.
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Re: WTB: practice flute
There's a nice M&E polymer flute for sale on the UIE right now. Probably a decent place to start!
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Re: WTB: practice flute
At $85 for a new flute you can't go wrong with a Tipple. I'm still playing his four piece white with lip plate and wedge after 12 years and I've bought and been given11 wooden and delrin flutes since then, including a new Olwell Pratten, an Olwell RnR and an excellent M&E RnR that sings like a lark. My Tipple half holes easily (!), plays easily, and sounds much like the best of the rest according to my (polite?) listeners. I can play ITM aires, classical, operas, musicals' tunes, adult pop - seemingly anything on my soft or loud (mainly loud), in tune Tipple. I leave it assembled to pick up and play every day with minimum maintenance, and no rethreading or corking.
If I win the lottery I'll set up a fund for Beginner Flute Ditherers to buy them one of Doug's beautifully made, shiny, lifetime wonders absolutely free of charge. All I shall ask is free tickets to all their concerts, and free DVD's once they get used to the flute and become famous with it ...
In the meantime, stop dithering and get one at that price while they last ...
Best wishes,
Keith.
If I win the lottery I'll set up a fund for Beginner Flute Ditherers to buy them one of Doug's beautifully made, shiny, lifetime wonders absolutely free of charge. All I shall ask is free tickets to all their concerts, and free DVD's once they get used to the flute and become famous with it ...
In the meantime, stop dithering and get one at that price while they last ...
Best wishes,
Keith.
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Re: WTB: practice flute
Ha! Ya, I went ahead and got a Tipple. I like it very much. The wedge seems to make a big difference in the octave tuning, but I still don't really play well enough to really tell. I asked him for something easy to learn on and he fixed me right up. It's a real pleasure to deal with Doug.keithsandra wrote:At $85 for a new flute you can't go wrong with a Tipple.
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Re: WTB: practice flute
(Ahem) Why don't you play one of your own flutes (the ones you are giving away)? Just curious...
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Re: WTB: practice flute
Actually I do. I have a Howard practice and a Seary delrin, as well as a Tipple. I play them all, in addition to my own. The reason that I do that is that I am learning how to make flutes as well as learning to play. It really helps to have as much variety as possible. When I did this with whistles, my instruments really improved when I started collecting different ones.plunk111 wrote:(Ahem) Why don't you play one of your own flutes (the ones you are giving away)? Just curious...
Anyhow, that's why.