the flute playing is meant to be and look fake, in the whole tradition of parades, circus clowns etc.
it's not meant to be anything other that what it is: money-saving approach by someone who doesn't know any better. They dont' care because most of the rest of the word doesn't either.
And apparently a couple on here, too.
Accuracy for the sake of accuracy? naaaaaaah.
it's easier to put up your hands and say, "Why bother?"
sort of like that eBay listing that now says a flute, according to their "research," is "IN THE STYLE OF...."
jeeze........how's that for up-selling?
And they add: WE BELIEVE FROM PHOTOS WE HAVE SEEN THAT IT IS A RUDALL & CARTE FROM EARLY 19TH CENTURY BUT IT IS NOT SIGNED
Pleeeeeeeezeeeeee.
Soooo.....yeah.....why be so serious? Lighten up a bit. They just want to sell their product. What's the issue on accuracy after all?
And i have a stick here that I'll put holes into it and say it has the qualities of an Olwell......just not the stamp. After all.....it IS wood, right?
This is not a "serious music" commercial. It's obviously tongue-in-cheek, meant to be fun, a spoof on parades. If the producers put a real flute/piccolo player in the commercial, it would not be funny--it might be ludicrous, but it would not be funny. Actually, I'd take more offense if a real player was in a spoof commercial, as if a serious flute player should be laughed at, is some kind of clown.
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