Hi Leeneia,

Nice to hear from another flute player. Wooden or metal? I play a keyless Patrick Olwell model (still waiting for the keyed section!). Man, do I love it! It is really punchy in the low-end, and stays intune all of the way up. I can't wait until the keyed section is finished, so I can traide this in. Just thinking of all of the key signatures I'll be able to plan in finally just gets me all misty eyed!

As for playing those low notes on the flute, I have found that finding an alternate melody to play for those few notes is very fun and can really add something to the piece when playing in ensemble fashion. Perfectly traditional as well. An even more traditional way of bypassing this difficulty is to briefly play few notes before the offending section up an octave, and then play the low notes as if they were up an octave as well. This is a little tricky, and each tune has to be handled differently. Sometimes it works (i.e. sounds good); sometimes it just sounds...artificial.

Any other flute players out there?

BeauDangles