he also knows they have a long way to go, as do we all, but the wonderful thing about many asian companies is that they listen to the average teacher and they really listen to technicians, that is why they innovate and improve, you should see the Jupiter factory, really something else

Well I guess I should report back that I'm a bit of an idiot. My C was only halfway between a C and C# because I had the first finger of my left hand up (went back and checked a fingering chart). Doh! Well I guess I did say I'm not much of a flute player. I just got back into it so I could record some simple flute passages along with my guitar.

Anyway I did check the LangeMusic link and found lots of good info. So the cork in the headpiece only has a minor tuning effect up and down the scale. I still find it extremely odd that I have to set the headpiece halfway out to get in tune. Do most of you put the headpiece all the way in, or do you have a "tuned" setting? I don't recall ever having a tuning problem with my old Armstrong. Other than that the flute seems to play well.

Well you are probably right that I could use a teacher. I just picked up a really cheap Armstrong off eBay so I'm going to replace the headjoint on my Armstrong with it. I'm pretty sure that I never had this kind of problem with it. I'll report back. I really don't think I could play it that far out of tune even if I knew what I was doing.

Come to think of it , I have a student who plays abnormally sharp on an Instrument which I think is an Armstrong. THis student is pulling out about half way to get anywhere near 440 A.
I'm going to ahve to keep an eye or ear out for this student and investigate that instrument further to see if the octaves are in tune with it pulled out. I'm sure that I checked the cork position. Maybe the heads just too short.

Micron may be correct, he usually is but it is rare that a student will play on the sharp side. They they would be that sharp to pull out that far. Usually it goes the other way around here out of lazyness.

~Bilbo