It will cause students’ progress to be excessively slow and is likely to result in students becoming frustrated and disheartened. Ultimately a bad flute could discourage even the most talented student. Will potentially require frequent repairs, varying in cost and limiting the amount of time you will be able to spend practising because it will be off getting fixed.Is challenging for an advanced flautist to play in tune let alone a beginner.A limited capability to produce different tone colours.
Just before we dive into the nitty-gritty of purchasing a flute, probably the best piece of advice I could give parents is to wait until your child can play, even just a little bit, before you purchase one. When buying a car, you look for both quality and suitability and you understand that no two cars are alike.
Purchasing a flute is very similar to purchasing a car they all have similar yet slightly different features, can be made from components of varying quality, need to be serviced and well looked after and the many different designs aim to cater to a variety of different needs. Hopefully, this guide will be able to take some of the stress out of the process, answer your questions and point you in the right direction. With all the many different makes and models, strange flute terminology, pushy sales people and too good to be true second-hand prices, it can be a challenge just to know where to start. The field where the girls are playing are probably where Eldon Grove Bowls and Tennis Club is now as maps of 1919 show fields on the site of the Club.Welcome to the daunting task of purchasing a flute. This lodge is still there today, close to the entrance to the Burn Valley near Eldon Grove although it is covered by trees. It is now a new development of retirement homes) This bungalow could perhaps have been the lodge for Brinkburn when that was a private house, as there was apparently a long drive to the house originally from Elwick Road. The bungalow on the right we believe to be the lodge for Claremont House (Claremont was later a school, then demolished and sheltered flats built. The fence across the centre is Eldon Grove we believe and none of the houses at that end of the grove have been built.The trees are on Elwick Road and are on a map of the time. On the far left, Elwick Road School can be seen on the end of Belmont Gardens. Taken around 1913 just after the school opened, it is most likely that this field is on the Elwick Road side of the school.