Ehh… so the crystal flutes were on sale. I now have the medium size G flute, the lower D flute and the C piccolo.
raises an eyebrow at fyffer THEY’RE MULTIPLYING!
And how do you get the holes covered on the low one? Me small hands are going to have to learn to stretch a little better.
All their folk flutes are on sale. There are some niiiice native american flutes there at half off. X_x and they’re still $80. So it was one of those or the other two hall flutes to make a collection. You tell me what you would have done. 
Where are you getting these on sale?
Kim
There is a little store here in Albuquerque called “Southwest Music”. They are getting out of folk music and are going straight to celtic, which will still be way cool. So all their flutes are on sale. The Hall Crystal Flutes I got were half off. So the largest I got for $42, the smallest for $20
I should get some Flutes in Different keys all I have that aI like are my Tipples in D and Low C I kno9w you are probably thinking how can I play the low C I have big hands.
Hehe well it takes big hands to play any of the low flutes apparently. And those of us with smaller hands? We’re going to have to learn how to stretch.
Or ask Casey Burns to make you one of his fine small-handed flutes . . .
I have a brother that lives in AbeQQ. Not that you would know him, that place is HUGE now!!! We were there last November for Thanksgiving.
What patterns do they have left in the low D crystals? I might be interested in either an Ivy or the Ship one. (Yeah, I know you have an Ivy U122!!!)
Well the pickings are kind of slim. I picked up a Carolina pattern. There was another Carolina and another flowered one (not the purple lily). I wanted a different pattern originally, but after much thought, I realized I wasn’t going to get a better price ever, so I sacrificed design for sound and price.
I have found that covering the holes is more closely related to how you hold your arm at the shoulder than your finger stretch. You might try to raise your right elbow a bit, and stretch your arm at the right shoulder – I don’t know how to explain it exactly, but if it feels as though someone is pulling your arm away from your body at the shoulder, it should be right. After you play awhile like this, it will not feel as though your arm is being pulled out, but at first you will have to think of it this way for it to make sense. See if you can experiment with moving the position of your arm, not your fingers, and if that helps your stretch at all. Also, I have found from playing oboe, that if you move your thumb a little bit towards the bottom of the instrument that it might help. It is easier for me to stretch my index finger up than to stretch my ring finger down. I hope that this make some sort of sense. It is the best way I can think of to explain it right now.
HOLY COW THAT WORKS! Thank you so much for the tip. I thought I was going to stretch my fingers off and have to dislocate them to get them to stretch. And the thumb tip works well too.
Hey if you buy that and the Price Fltue together I might have to give you a nice multiple instrument discount. It takes getting used to crystal I remember when I got my first low D whistle…
On bamboo flutes in F, I cover the bottom 3 holes with 2 fingers and my pinkie, leaving the ring finger up in the air. why would not this work on a spread-hole flute of any kind?
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HOLY COW THAT WORKS! Thank you so much for the tip. I thought I was going to stretch my fingers off and have to dislocate them to get them to stretch. And the thumb tip works well too.[/quote]
My pleasure. I would hate for you to have to dislocate your fingers in order to play 