Hello!
I'm new here and wonder if you can help me!
I'm on a trial now with 4 flutes:
-yamaha 764h
-pearl elegante
-demidici 1011
-azumi

I prefer the tone of the yamaha, but the pins are so long that it hurts when I play!
Are all yamaha like this?
Do we get used to it?
It's a hard decision for me, to take a flute that I like less but pinless, or to take that yamaha hoping it will not rip my fingers off, and take the chance it wont discourage me to play..
p.s, sorry for my english, I'm from Québec... and thanks for any hints on that!

Pauline

I prefer the tone of the yamaha, but the pins are so long that it hurts when I play!

Hi,

If it hurts you to play the Yamaha than you definitely shouldn't consider that one. You will end up being frustrated and not playing at all. Unless you have tons of money to buy lots of flutes, I would buy something comfortable and consider getting a different headjoint.

I can speak from personal experience that you shouldn't buy the flute and hope that you get used to it. I have been through 3 flutes in 6 months.

The first flute I bought because it was cheap and I wasn't sure if I was going to stick with flute playing. The second I bought because I thought that Yamahas sounded better than what I had and I should have origionally bought a Yamaha.

I too have small hands. I also have problems with my hands. The inline G on the Yamaha was causing my index finger to go numb and the keys on the footjoint of the Yamaha are placed too far from the main body of the flute. It was causeing me problems when playng low notes.

I also have the same problem with Pearl flutes. You might want to try more flutes so that you have a larger selection.

Out of all the ones that you have listed, I like the De Medici the best.

I went to a flute fair and tried every flute that I could and I ended up with a Muramatsu. The Haynes Classic was also a favorite of mine.

You should really try more flutes.

I prefer the tone of the yamaha, but the pins are so long that it hurts when I play!

Seems like an exception. Either something is wrong with the flute or you are holding it incorrectly. Of course, this doesn't seem correct, because you don't have this problem with other flutes.

95% of the sound from the Yamaha is coming from that headjoint, so you might also consider finding a nice plated body from a maker that you like/feels good, and getting the Yamaha headjoint fitted to it.

I'd go with a flute that is comfitable for you to play, then get a nice headjoint for it that makes it sound better.

Well thank you all, that helps my reflexion...
I never had a teacher. I play a lot, but did all by myself, so that's why some of you are probably right with the "not good position" of my fingers... :s
They are defenitly touching the pivot tube...
Now I need to see if I correct my fingers or choose a flute for my bad fingers

Many thanks!