I have read Kara's review of the Orpheo flute and I have seen Suzies video.

Now I am wondering if anyone has played an Orpheo composite flute?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120344974395

If you have, I would love to hear what you think.

I love to play broque and latin music. I wonder if it would be an okay sounding flute to play around on because I don't see any wooden flutes in my near future.

Thanks Suzie, But I don't know if I can get 4 octives on a simple system flute for some of the Latin stuff.

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Oh, and I think I am going to cry lazyness. I don't want to learn all the different fingerings for the notes on one of those flutes and then have to get it up to speed. ;)

You're probably right.

I just can't imagine trying to tackle Carmen Fantasy on a simple system flute. LOL

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If the Orpheo is super crappy, I can't imagine tackling it on that either.

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I just watched this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOFABc_sRaA

It would take me years to learn to play like that. Of course he plays better than I do right now on that contraption then I play on my Muramatsu. Hehe

Thanks for posting the youtube video. That was beautiful!

Perhaps a wooden headjoint on your current flute would be a good compromise. You'd get 90% of the sound of a wooden flute at ~10% of the price. You wouldn't have to learn a new fingering system, like you would if you went with a pre-Boehm system flute.

If you prefer the wood sound, there are a few choices. People can get rather good at the early instruments as you have seen with the Kuijken quartet. He's one of the top players right now. The Traverso can be played in tune and well but it involves learning a new fingering system and paying attention to tone and tuning more. The mechanism is actually faster because it only takes the fingers to change the tones.
Here is another alternative Grenaditte flute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sn71DhB8HA

Then also, many flute makers have made wood flutes with Boehm mechanisms. Yamaha, Haynes, Powell and several others are available.

Hammig:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqO5N3F_srw

Sankyo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeuverPXEU

There are also other systems and key combinations between Boehm's mechanism leading back to the Baroque Traverso.

I am thinking about the Genidette flute. I saw one on ebay recently for a starting bid of something below $2000. I wanted to bid on it but I just bought myself a Powell Signature.

I hope that I like it. I have 3 days to decide once I get it.

I will probably get a wood headjoint or a Grenidette flute sometime. I am just going to have to put it on the back burner for now.