I just received a letter today from Flute World saying that Yamaha is not going to be offering the C# trill key on their 500 and up series. It is about time! I am happy. I guess they decided to get into the groove with the rest of the flute companies.

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Oops.. it should say that Yamah is NOW not NOT going to be offereing the C# trill.....

I try to remember to do that, but once again I am multi tasking and trying to get things together before I leave. My husband is waiting on me. Like usual. lol! Hey, at least I try and remember to use the spell checker!

I snuggled with my grey bun this morning and fell back to sleep. I wish I could bring him with me. I was anothe mini rex!

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Okay! I give up!!!! I am in too much of a daze that I just can't type! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want another mini rex it should say! I am telling you, I am going to fly off the handle today! I think I need a nice glass of wine or something.

If they would have added that.. 4 months ago I would have bought the Yamaha hands down.. and my decision would have been 1000 times easier! :P

But I really love my flute that I ended up getting, so its all good (I have a Pearl Dolce CODA and use a EC head, which works great for me!)

Well, i tried an older Powell today with the C# trill and split "E"-offest G. "a modern flute as far as all the bells and whistles,


So anyway....after fooling with the flute for a few minutes and a few hjs , said to the seller that I was having a problem with coordination between the fingers of my left hand (Going from C# to F), I thought that maybe the pad height was different than my flutes and that I wasn't getting things done with fiingerings. I asked the seller at the booth about the flute later and he said that it had those Straubinger pads and that it was recently overhauled. I then asked who did the overhaul and he skirted the issue. After examining the flute, I noticed at least two places which I would say were suspect in the pad seal. I thought that 8K for this used flute....not from my wallet.

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I should add that sometimes more pads can only complicate the adjustments. So, I'm not against split Es and C#s if they work and they continue to work.