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In the initial stages my teacher didn't suggest we use the head joint only. The early focus of lessons was almost exclusively on embouchure, but using the whole flute (and a mirror). That worked for me. Looking back I can see how that approach also simultaneously helped to make the basics of good p...

Thank you all for your informational resources and the encouragement of your experiences. I appreciate it

Yeah, just go full bore... The G note is probably easiest (XXX 000), and then G A B or G F# D. Not to say it is easy. Pretty rough for the first month or so; just keep at it. Eventually your embouchure comes in and the full two octaves are accessible. Your tone continues to improve of the next coup...

So, with your common 3-piece concert/band flute you have the head joint, the body and the foot joint. And when they teach you to play it, in order to get the initial embouchure and sound, they have you just working with the head joint. But obviously if you have a 1 piece full-size folk flute or some...

Well, so much for consolidation.
I guess I'll find out soon enough. My own Potter is supposed to be here tomorrow.
Thanks to the one person that answered up to this point.

This is probably a very niche question and I'm not going to be surprised if I don't get a lot of responses but... does anybody have any experience with both the Doug Tipple and the Mark Foster ( of My Whistle and Flute) PVC flutes and how they compare to each other? Failing that in particular, Does ...

Steve Bliven wrote:A search will find you a number of postings on the topic....

Best wishes

Steve

Oh, I know, that's how I found out about them in the first place was comments here and there throughout the threads. I was just trying to coalesce them.

So, those of you that have experience with them pretty much like the whistles by Timothy Potter?
What makes them good whistles as far as you're concerned?

Last week I received two sample heads from Tony Dixon to compare vs. the two Trad D whistles I own. I have done some tests, summarized my observations, and emailed them to Tony for any comment he might wish to make. I will post here the results after I get his comments. It is great he takes a perso...

Last week I received two sample heads from Tony Dixon to compare vs. the two Trad D whistles I own. I have done some tests, summarized my observations, and emailed them to Tony for any comment he might wish to make. I will post here the results after I get his comments. It is great he takes a perso...

If you have a Becker low D whistle I'd like to hear from your regarding your opinions about it. And although it may make little difference, please note if you have one of the later /current designs with the Delrin fipple as opposed to wood. Thank You. I currently have his high D & Eb and alto G....

Sorry. I was voice typing the OP and I was in a hurry so I did not proofread it well.
Fatmac [thank you] gave the correct interpretation.

Well what can I say? I like it well enough. Has a nice mellow tune, slightly arie, but it plays well in both octaves with an easy transition.

Maybe I'm not using the right search terms or maybe there is just too much Harry Potter stuu out there, but I can't seem to find anybody playing a Potter whistle on YouTube. Anyone?

I wasn't happy doing this this morning but there you go, we'll dip it in the sharktank : one tune given the once over on Potter, O'Briain and Blackbird. With the caveat outlined on the previous thread: the Blackbird is a pre-production model that has been modified and given a body transplant, if yo...