Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
23:05 on Monday, May 28, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
23:24 on Monday, May 28, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
23:36 on Monday, May 28, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
23:47 on Monday, May 28, 2007
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Flutist06 (1545 points)
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It's not a matter of what the instrument is made of, but how it's built that decides what it sounds like. Try as many different piccolos as you can until you find one that suits your needs. There are some plastic piccs that sound very woody, and some metal piccs that have the darkness usually associated with a wooden piccolo. I haven't had the chance to try it yet, but the Grenaditte piccolo from Pearl is supposed to be excellent...Then there are also Yamahas, Emersons, Jupiters, Gemeinhardts, Zentners, Roy Seamans, and others to try. To get a noticeable difference between another picc and your 4S (which sells for about $700 on the cheap side), you're probably going to need to save up some more money and go for something in the $1200-1800 price range. If you like your piccolo, though, don't automatically step up just to have a wooden piccolo.
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What made you decide that you want a wooden piccolo?
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
01:21 on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
04:48 on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
19:46 on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Tibbiecow (480 points)
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You may be able to find a Yamaha 62 or a Gemeinhardt 4W grenadilla picc, used, for somewhere around $800. Try sending an email to Nancy Shinn of http://www.flutestar.com , she sometimes rebuilds these for sale and does a fabulous job, though you might have to wait a month or two before one is available.
Kara, I have heard exactly one silver piccolo with a lovely, sweet, blending sound and it was a Haynes.
The plastic/resin/grenaditte piccs have a good reputation for sounding good, and similar to wood piccs of the same make. I really liked the Powell/Sonare plastic picc I tried, and would buy it if I only had $800 or so to spend for any new piccolo.
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
20:35 on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Re: Which piccolo do I buy?!?!
10:17 on Sunday, June 3, 2007
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