Any suggestions for tweaking the Sweet embochoure? I’ve an apple D flute I bought from Shark in the Morning something like 5 years ago, and it’s painful to play - way too much wind. I’ve never gotten anywhere with the flute as a result, and have played much easier flutes friends have. Perhaps filling the embochure up with a plug of wood and revoicing? Sounds like good non-destructive fun.
Or I could ask the man himself about it, as some have suggested. And…I’m waiting on an old Ebay 5 key flute, too. Stamped “D.” Maybe a German job? Picked it up for fairly cheap, has a quite extensive head repair, too - metal lined, pins to hold the wood on. Maybe it’ll have to be replaced. I figured if I wanted an oldie it’d be good to avoid all those low C keys, etc. Looks like smallish holes, too. I don’t want one of those Pratten’s Perfected session monsters. Anybody tinker with flutes like this?
