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OK, I’ve had reports of the IMSLP link not working, so I investigated: Safari & Firefox work fine. Chrome does not. Crazy. Anyway, here’s the link:

Thanks! There’s an IMSLP link in the description. One person mentioned a problem, but I haven’t heard back from them, so perhaps it was temporary.

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Larry, not pressing enough the keys may produce bad sound as you say, so we tend to make more pressure when the flute does not produce a good sound. Other problem migh be not closing well the holes in the key (in a flute opened hole). Using silicone plugs might let you determine if that is the problem. The problem might be that the key does not fit perfectly over its basement too. If you have sent it to a luthier that sould have been corrected.

If you have the same problem in different flutes, problably it is your fault. Try using plugs. When I uses a thumb rest in my right hand, the lower notes began to sound worse. I think that somehow the position of my fingers changed due to it and some of the holes were not well closed sometimes. Now that I have taken away the thumb rest again it is easier to play the lower notes (but my thumb sometimes moves out of its correct position).

For the left index finger using a suplement for the B key is giving me better results than a thumb rest to separate the finger from the flute.

Grace, you are right, I think that too much force is one of my problems.

When I get nervous or there is a quick part I tend to make too much force. I am correcting it and now I make less pressure, but my problems might have that origin: too much pressure over the keys.

Sometimes I think some of the keys do not close perfectly, but not sure (other times the sound perfectly). This year I will send my flute to a luthier to have a revision. I have not sent it since I bought it several year ago (not sure may be 4).

Tom, thanks for the suggestion. I will seek for that plastic, it sounds a good idea too. I will try with cork first as it is easy to have a wine cork at hand.

CA glue is contact cement?

The appropiate glue to fix the gadget to the key is the key point in it.

thank you all

Another way to make key modifications is to use a moldable thermoplastic. This type of plastic softens at around 140F/60C, and can be molded by hand into whatever shape you want; you ust drop it into hot water to soften it up. I’ve added height to my contrabass keys to great success. I just put a blob onto the key I’d like to adjust, mold it, and let it cool,in place. Placing it on the key when it’s soft molds it to the exact shape of the key. It doesn’t stick to metal, so I use CA glue to attach it to my flute.

There are many brands; one is “Instamorph”. Its generic name is polycaprolactone.

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Thank you Jen.

That sounds a great idea. Cork supplements will be easy to test taken from a wine bottle. I will be able to make different tests with different thickness.

David's solution seems a more durable solution and more professional, but it would require a luthier to solder a metal key, and you would need to test the thickness you need first.

For now I think I will need just a supplement in the B key in order to make it thicker and so the figer won't need to bend in a 90 degrees angle.

The key point in your solution will be the glue, strong enough to be durable but easy to clean enough when removed with no damage to the flute.

You mention contact cement, but I am not sure the meaning of it, I don't know which kind of cement.

Do you mean the king of contact glue that you use for glueing shoes, wich yo extend in both sides and let dry for a while before contacting both surfaces?

Thank you and thanks for the pdf. Regards Fernando

Thank you. I had not heard about gloves for playing flute.

I think my problems are not so bad to require that.

I have seen in internet luthiers that make some adaptations suplementing some keys for people with problems in their fingers.

I have seen the adapted flute that David put from ebay. It seems the best and more professional solution.

But it requires a luthier or profesional in order to solder the metal suplements, and I don't know of any luthier in my surrounds that does that, will have to investigate.

And before doing that you need to test it to know the size of the supplements.

I have been give the idea by Jennifer of using cork and wood that seems a good idea, as I can test it myself.

Will need to investigate the kind of appropiate glue to fix it.

I will onl need a suplement in th B key, just a circular pad of cork or wood over the key with the appropiate thickness.

Will try.

Thank you all

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Absolutely. The flute and the recorder are cousins, but they have differences. The recorder is known as the FIPPLE flute, well. The concert flute is a little bit different. I play both, and it's really interesting. Plus, their voices are different too. It's so neat how they Are quite a few members of the Flute family, some of which are unpronounceable. Plus, the recorder was used back in the Renaissance. I'm not sure when the Western concert Flute came to be. I had to have some of the pads on my flute replaced quite a while ago. And I'm surprised my Meo Flute has lasted 10 years already. I only had to get the pads replaced once. One of my friends, Lesa, who used to play the Flute, insisted that she do that for me as a Christmas present, and I let her. I wanted to pay her the money she spent getting my Flute repaired, but she refused. She insisted on doing it for me as a Christmas gift.

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