Flute Aquisition Disorder

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How many flutes do you have to have before you are judged to be a sufferer? I think I may be on the verge with 6... :really:
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If you count the lame, the halt, the Boehms, the odd "you play flute so I thought you'd like this" gifts and the other-than D keys, I have something like 11.

But I don't have a problem.

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You're just starting.
Have you seen these guys: http://www.holmesmcnaughton.com/flutes.html
Or http://www.watsonflutes.com/
There's a world of flutes out there crying to be played.
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I have three flutes. My very first one (which I never ever would sell), the one I play now and a Tipple in Bnat...I think FOA doesn't have me yet. ;)
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Oddly, I'm not feeling the pull. In D, one wood and one synthetic has me satisfied. I've got a decent F and some odd bamboo jobs around also.

WHOA has been a bigger problem, but I've pretty much figured out my likes/dislikes now. I don't regret my binge of buying/selling at all. I still maintain that it's a relatively cheap hobby. :)
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treeshark wrote:How many flutes do you have to have before you are judged to be a sufferer? I think I may be on the verge with 6... :really:
it doesn't matter how many you actually have - because it's never enough.
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cocusflute wrote:There's a world of flutes out there crying to be played.
I would gladly step up to the challenge if only I had a weatlhy benefactor! My paltry lone flute hardly gets me into the FAD club. On the other hand, I'm not clogging any waiting lists. :wink:

However, one flute is all one needs to have Tune Acquisition Disorder. (Although I suppose one could have a different variant of the disorder if one didn't have a flute at all...)
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Cathy Wilde wrote:If you count the lame, the halt, the Boehms, the odd "you play flute so I thought you'd like this" gifts and the other-than D keys, I have something like 11.

But I don't have a problem.

(:lol:)
Neither do I with only 8 :D
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disorder :-?

what...he doen't want more :-?
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Denny wrote:disorder :-?

what...he doen't want more :-?
I do, that's what made me wonder... there is the silver flute, don't play much so missed it out, then there's the Bflat on order, I caught myself wondering if an Eflat might not be needed... it could so easily get out of hand.
Of course I too have the 'ethic' gifts that friends seem to think I will swoon over when they bring them back from far flung places... but I aint counting them cos they are rubbish.
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rama wrote:
treeshark wrote:How many flutes do you have to have before you are judged to be a sufferer? I think I may be on the verge with 6... :really:
it doesn't matter how many you actually have - because it's never enough.

Thats sig material right there.
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Well I don't even know how many flutes I have!
Lets see...
2- Fentum's 8 key Cocuswood
1- Blackman 8 key Cocuswood
1- Butler 6 key Ebony
1- Butler 8 key Cocuswood
1- Hastrick 8 key Cocuswood
1- Clementi 8 key Ebony
1- HY Potter 6 key Cocuswood
1- Henry William Potter 6 key Boxwood
2- William Hall 8 key Cocuswood
1- Firth, Hall and Pond 4 key Boxwood
1- Goulding D'Almaine 8 key Boxwood
1- Wallis 8 key Cocuswood
1- Mahillon 6 key Cocuswood
1- Bauer 8 key Cocuswood
1- Gerock & Wolf 8 key Ebony
1- Lyon & Healy 11 key Ebony
1- Original Meyers 11 key Madagascar Rosewood
1- Un-marked German 13 key Ebony
1- Un-marked English 4 key Boxwood
1- Boosey 8 key Eb Cocuswood
1- Boosey 6 key Bb Cocuswood (fife)

I might have more, stuck between the sofa cushions...
But I don't have a problem, do I?
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Jon C. wrote:Well I don't even know how many flutes I have!
Lets see...

<long list snipped>

I might have more, stuck between the sofa cushions...
But I don't have a problem, do I?
:oops:
It's only a problem if it bothers you. :twisted:
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Post by Unseen122 »

I like the list Jon made so I am going to do the same thing.

1-Doyle Rosewood in D
1-Copley Blackwood Eb
1-Sweetheart G in Rosewood
1-Seery Delrin
1-Tipple Low C
??-Various others
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DCrom wrote:
Jon C. wrote:Well I don't even know how many flutes I have!
Lets see...

<long list snipped>

I might have more, stuck between the sofa cushions...
But I don't have a problem, do I?
:oops:
It's only a problem if it bothers you. :twisted:
Your right, I will go check eBay... :party:
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