by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 25, 2023 | Brands, Flute Purchase, Flute Reviews, Headjoint
The Flute Center of New York sent me 2 gorgeous Powell handmade flutes, and 4 beautiful Powell hand-cut headjoints to compare the cut of their lip plates. Two headjoints are 14K rose gold: 1 headjoint has the Lumina cut, the other has the Philharmonic cut. The other...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 21, 2023 | Brands, Flute Purchase
The Flute Center of New York sent me a silver flute and a gold flute to test and compare to determine which one is better the silver flute or the gold flute. Both flutes are professional model Powell flutes that are nearly identical except their silver and gold...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 7, 2023 | Flute Purchase, FluteTips, Headjoint
The only reason that you would consider putting a professional model hand cut headjoint on an intermediate flute is to save money. If you wanted to improve your flute tone, and you had enough money to spend on a professional model flute, then you would just buy the...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Dec 3, 2022 | Brands, Flute Purchase, Gear, Headjoint, High Register, Low Register, Tone
The Flute Center of New York sent me 4 different versions of the LefreQue Sound Bridge to test. I had a lot of fun testing them out on my professional flute as well as my daughters’ intermediate and beginner flutes. In this blog I will give you the results of my...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 14, 2022 | Flute Purchase, FluteTips
Have you read the term “gold springs” in a flute description and wondered what it meant? Me too! My professional model Haynes flute has a gold riser. This gold changes my sound in a way that appeals to me. So, I always thought that any gold on your flute should also...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jul 7, 2022 | Brands, Flute Purchase
Do you know the difference between soldered tone holes and drawn tone holes? Which is better? Which is worse? Or is it just preference? Well first I did extensive research to learn what the flute makers say. Then I compared two professional model Haynes flutes – one...
