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Originally Posted by bernadette
Oh Sharon! You're a flutist?!!! Cool.
I (am) used to be... need to dust mine off to see if I can still play it. Little girl down the street wants me to give her lessons. Good excuse I guess to dust it off & brush up. I have a Powell. I'm sure you know how special that is.
Do you play professionally?
Sorry, Fly to derail your GAS thread! Don't find other flutists often.  |
Wowwwwwwww, I've always wanted a Powell, but they were WAY outside my price range. My main flute is made by a British maker called Trevor James, and I like it a lot, one of the best flutes I've played and certainly for what I got it for.
My wooden one is a Yamaha, it's an interesting sound and since I was given it by a guy who liked me, I'm not complaining. The alto is also a Yamaha, got a great deal on it secondhand, and my piccolo is Emerson.
I did a degree in music and flute was my first instrument, but it's very hard to get gigs here in London and the ones you do get aren't that well paid so I couldn't really describe myself as a professional player. I do still play but my chops aren't as good as they were when I left school... I was doing MANY hours a day at that point after all.