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Unfortunately, from facial expressions in the crowd I think my playing sometimes inadvertently delivers a "CRUCIATUS!" curse.

Ah, the leaky key: subtle problem, huge offender. A good quick fix, which I learned from the inimitable John Skelton, is to cut a piece of wine-bottle cork and wedge it under the offending key until you can get the springs retensioned (any flute, oboe, or clarinet repair shop should be able to do th...

Dana,
As far as hand fit stuff goes, I've been really happy with my 5-key Ormiston. Have you tried one of those?[/quote]