I went to a workshop last weekend, and there a college professor gave a talk on Beginning Transverse Flute. She showed us a plastic flute that looked nice and played well, and said it was an Aulos flute costing less than $100.

Aulos is a well-known maker of instruments, not a small outfit. Yet I can't find the company on the web at all. I can't even find its full name.

I've been to our classical music store, the one that parasitizes the local conservatory. (You other Kansas Citians will know who I mean.) They don't have an Aulos catalog.

This is the honest-to-God truth. I told the Man there about the Aulos flute, and he gave me a condescending look and said, "Do you mean a recorder?" (You will have to supply the italics on the word "recorder" here, since I haven't figured out how to italicize within a post.) Grrr!

Well, if anybody can help me get in touch with Aulos to see who sells their instruments in the heartland, I would much appreciate it.