Where do you practise when you take your Flute to work ?

Flauta dolce · Post by **Flauta dolce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:35 am

I thought I would take this discussion to a practical level. PRACTISE !!

I bring my flute to the ladies bathroom to practise at lunchhour as nobody ever goes there.

Where do you take yours?

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:38 am

I play in the lunch area in front of my office building. And yes, it is my office building - being a taxpayer I'm sure I've paid for it several times over.

Eric

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:48 am

Flauta dolce wrote: I bring my flute to the ladies bathroom to practise at lunchhour as nobody ever goes there.

Eew. Where *do* they 'go', if not in the bathroom?

Second thoughts, forget I asked that question...

Pekkos · Post by **Pekkos** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:51 am

I go to our anechoic chamber, or our reverberant room, depending on my mood... I will have to play VERY loud to be heard outside them. Unfortunately the air is very dry (<10% sometimes) which is less good.

/Anders, acoustics researcher

Flauta dolce · Post by **Flauta dolce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:15 am

I play in the ladies bathroom as the Acoustics are really good.

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:20 am

My class goes to gym every morning, so I can just close the classroom door and play for 45 minutes.

Mark

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:03 am

In front of the fountain in the courtyard between buildings. Or on a
bench along the little greenway path behind the office... though that
buts up against a neigborhood of houses that are still being built, so
I'll probably have to stop when they're occupied. It was warm enough
yesterday that I played guitar by the fountain after work. I love NC.

Fishie · Post by **Fishie** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:07 am

I haven't brough it to work yet, but when the weather gets better, I'll practice in the park, by the canal or the river.

Flauta dolce · Post by **Flauta dolce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:09 am

I have just come back from the lunch and, of course, flute practise in the toilet.

Practised a tune or two in front of the mirror in the ladies toilet.

When it gets to 1.55pm, the ladies come in to wash their teeth etc. so that's when I leave. Can only put in about 10-15mins at work but that's ok with me.

Lovely acoustics!!!!

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:22 am

I'm retired. Heh, heh, heh!

Berti66 · Post by **Berti66** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:48 am

I have a job at home......handy, huh?

berti

Jack Bradshaw · Post by **Jack Bradshaw** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:09 am

I don't have time to practice at work. I spend too bloody much of it reading C&F !

pinkyirl · Post by **pinkyirl** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:50 pm

i only have mine in work on the day of my lesson & i have an hour & a half to spare after work before the lesson starts, if there's no-one around i practice at my desk, but i wont play in front of people - not even the cleaners when they're hoovering. gonna spare people the pain for another few months til i can actually play, rather than sounding like a 7 year old learning 'twinkle twinkle little star' on the tin whistle for the 1st time!

withak · Post by **withak** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:58 pm

I work on a college campus so I just go to a practice room in the music building. Plus, it's a good excuse to take a walk.

I have a lab in the basement of the building where I work that I could play in, but I'm pretty sure that it would be loud enough to bother people in nearby offices.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:03 pm

withak wrote:I work on a college campus so I just go to a practice room in the music building. Plus, it's a good excuse to take a walk.

I have a lab in the basement of the building where I work that I could play in, but I'm pretty sure that it would be loud enough to bother people in nearby offices.

You know, I used to go to the practice rooms on campus, but they're rather limited in number, and I'd get dirty looks from the "real" musicians whenever I went, so I stopped. I just play in my room, now, when my roommate is gone. The walls are very good at blocking the sound, and I've not gotten any complaints.

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