How many flutes?

[LorenzoFlute]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

[Nanohedron]

I think it was called a "Combo"

You have a dictionary.

[tin tin]

I've owned about 10 flutes over the 23 years I've been playing, but rarely more than one at a time: three Boehm flutes, three simple-system flutes, and a handful of bamboo/PVC flutes (these have been concurrent with the silver and wood flutes). I've been playing the same flute for 7 years now, and it's the only one I have.

[Denny]

I think it was called a "Combo"

You have a dictionary.

I think Chas called it that in the ad

[Nanohedron]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

What's fascinating to me is that as flute numbers rise, owner numbers taper off as common sense would suggest, and it's a roughly steady decrease. But then once the number hits sixteen plus - *BAM* - it's like an explosion.

[benhall.1]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

What's fascinating to me is that as flute numbers rise, owner numbers taper off as common sense would suggest, and it's a roughly steady decrease. But then once the number hits sixteen plus - *BAM* - it's like an explosion.

Ah, FLOA, eh? I wonder if it's possible to be affllicted with nach PFLOOA?

[Cubitt]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

What's fascinating to me is that as flute numbers rise, owner numbers taper off as common sense would suggest, and it's a roughly steady decrease. But then once the number hits sixteen plus - *BAM* - it's like an explosion.

Well, if you're gonna do it, don't mess about, sez I.

[Nanohedron]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

What's fascinating to me is that as flute numbers rise, owner numbers taper off as common sense would suggest, and it's a roughly steady decrease. But then once the number hits sixteen plus - *BAM* - it's like an explosion.

Ah, FLOA, eh? I wonder if it's possible to be affllicted with nach PFLOOA?

Certainly. BTW, we used to call the general condition FARDS (Flute Acquisition Regulatory Deficit Syndrome, IIRC) for a while around here but the discussion hasn't seen the light of day for a while, so the term was forgotten.

[James_Alto]

Ah, FLOA, eh? I wonder if it's possible to be affllicted with nach PFLOOA?

Certainly. BTW, we used to call the general condition FARDS (Flute Acquisition Regulatory Deficit Syndrome, IIRC) for a while around here but the discussion hasn't seen the light of day for a while, so the term was forgotten.

T for Target would make the term more memorable, eh FARTS?

[Edited to correct attribution - Mod]

[Nanohedron]

Well, I think we were trying to be a bit more sly, like.

[Denny]

So many people owning more then 16 flutes...

been just shy o' 40 years

[scattering_mud]

two. a mcgee rudall refined with 4 keys, and a mcgree 'c' flute with an unlined head, no keys. love them both, but wouldn't mind having a pratten style flute at some point.

[James_Alto]

Wow. If you've got two McGee flutes, your quest is over.

I really love the sound of these flutes.

[Unseen122]

I think something worth noting is that not everybody who voted that they have owned more than 16 flutes currently has that many. I have owned more than 16 and voted accordingly but I currently own 3 but one has two headjoints and bodies (my 8 key J. Gallagher pratten has an extra headjoint with a deeper chimney and keyless Eb body, I am not the original owner.) Just thought that should be clarified. Also because someone has owned 16+ flutes doesn't mean they have owned 16+ top-notch instruments.

[Sillydill]

Hello, my name is Jordan.

[Everyone say hello!]

It has now been over 24-hours since I got my last flute.

[Cheer and Offer encouragement!]

But I really really want another one baaaad!

Is there like a 1-800 number I can dial when I start to falter? Or perhaps someone to call for an intervention?

I just can't help it, I'm flypaper for flutes!