I'm currently playing on a Gemeinhardt 4s, Is a nice piccolo in my opinion, but after a trip to the florida flute fair I decided I wanted a Wooden piccolo. However, I just recently bought my Yamaha YFL-684H, So I'm kind of low in money . Can anyone advice me of a nice sounding wooden piccolo that can get me through the rest of my High school career (2 more years ) and is under under $800 ?

If you're just looking for something for high school and want something new, you may want to look more at that yamaha brands. The YPC-62 is a good wood piccolo, it could use some work for the price it's listed at, but if you shop around you can sometimes get it for under $800. Also, because wood piccolos can take a long time to "break in", you might also want to look for a used Gemeinhardt Model 4W or Model 4WSSK. The later is a better piccolo quality, more rich of a sound. Good luck with your search!

I would tend to disagree. The Yamahas certainly are solid piccolos, but I am not a fan of Gemeinhardt wooden piccs. For the price, I think there are better options....Gemmies are good in their metal and plastic incarnations, but don't hold up to some other wooden options IMO.

Micron, most wooden instruments are given a period of time to reabsorb moisture and adjust to the temperature changes that regular playing will put them through. This is intended more to lower the risk of cracking than anything to do with the mechanism. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you're getting at, but a well adjusted instrument does not necessarily stand less risk of cracking than a poorly adjusted one.