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So, busking flute players are out there :) . Now I am wondering: What about outdoor conditions - is it okay to play a wooden flute outside? I'm asking because sometimes to get a bit of undisturbed practice time to myself I go into the local wood (a place nobody comes too) and play my Seery (I am onl...

Hi Everyone :) , Just took a look at the cute pictures of the furry busking fiddle and flute player and realised that in all my life I have never seen a busking ITM flute player:(. I've come across busking ITM fiddle players, box players, mandolin players, banjo players, tin whistle players, low whi...

With my first flute (African blackwood - not by a known maker but as to the sound it was okay for a beginner) the tenon cracked inspite of all the care :cry: but in my case the cracked parts of wood began to overlap and then mysteriously shrunk :boggle: . Now the tenon doesn't fit into the head piec...

Hi:) I'm somone who did get worked up over the oil thing :boggle: . In my case because I'm a beginner, and I wanted to do the right thing by my precious flute - so apart from asking around in music shops I researched extensively on the net and ended up totally confused :( because for every piece of ...

Hi tspin46 :) , I'm an asthmatic and I'm learning to play the flute - so don't get disheartened :) . Any asthmatic can learn to play the flute - in fact many doctors advise asthmatics to take up wind instruments because it has a lot of health benefits for people like us - it has certainly increased ...