Hi i recently discovered that I cannot play f on my flute and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and knew how to fix it? Cheers

If the problem is only F, and not other notes in the vicinity, then there are two most probable reasons, the first being the more likely:

The First:

When you press the F key, it is not fully closing the key immediately above the F key, i.e. the F# key. (I don`t mean the D key, even though you press it to play F#)

On most flutes except "hand made" ones, there will be a screw adjuster to get them closing together, Turn it clockwise to make the F# key close more.

In my experience this problem is very common for Pearl flutes because a a tiny piece of white, mechanism-silencing material easily comes off the surface that the adjusting screw presses against.

The same can happen in the linkages from E and D, to F#. Also A to Bb, and the linkage between the G keys on split-E models

There are several other reasons that this F-F# linkage can go out of adjustment.

The Second:

You have a flute with a Split E. The linkage between the two G keys (which has a screw adjuster) is not adjusted correctly, so that when you press the G key, the other key does not fully close. Then when you press the E key (for E and lower notes) the split E linkage now fully closes the lower of the two G keys. If this were the reason for your problem, then F# would probably be affected a little as well as F.

have you taken it to the shop? I did when that happened and i had to get a pad replaced. Where I am it costs like 75$

Kat