im talking about grade 4 music, such as the grading thats on jw pepper.

its a matter of preference, not a matter of whats better because neither are better than the other.

Times must have changed, because my original Gemeinhardt and my later Yamaha never had a B foot. I never missed it.

Now, a Bb foot, yes, I'd love to get one of those.

I am not planning to sell my Yamaha B foot, but look forward to eventually buying a C foot for it

I want a low A foot so I can play more violin music

i think you mean a g string...i got the hips for it..

hahaha

reminds me of a story! (STORY TIME!!)

In the youth orchestra I played in in high school, I remember playing the grand canyon suite. one day during rehearsal, our conductor yelled out to the violins while playing "LOVE YOUR G-STRING!!!! I LOVE YOUR G-STRING!!!!" and everyone busted out laughing. memorable quote #28

easy to do when youre 16 years old and have nothing on your mind but "you-know-what"

thank you pheromones

"I have had my students show me their music, and it is definitely there (even on a transcription for band for the William Tell Overture from the 1970s--flute 1, 2 and 3/piccolo had it on their parts)."

Broque2,
Are you saying that the low B was in all three parts?

Actually, I have played a transcription of that Rossini piece for band and thre were no low B naturals in part 1.-not that I'm saying that my transcription was done by th same arranger.
~bilbo
N.E. Ohio

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I believe that the actual point of this discussion isn't really whether or not the B foot is needed BUT whether or not it's worth it for a doubler to go out and buy one for a flute that has (for them) a most adequate setup. This isn't something that one would find in the corner music shoppe. One would have to order it from the company most likely.

So the question is, how serious is this doubler and do they anticipate playing a lot of low B notes in their doubling? Because, if they are truely serious with their flute playing perhaps they should consider upgrading to a better model of flute altogether rather than having a situation with one flute and two foot joints. -not that that Gemeinhardt isn't adequate.

you could buy another gemeinhardt with a b foot the switch the b foot for your c foot and then sell the flute on in any way you find sutible (like getting a music shop to sell it for you)

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that is only if you are willing to fork out the money for it and it is absolutely nessasary

Or the psrson could buy a 3SHB and sell the 3SH without switching anything. ;-)

Many topnotch legit and jazz flutists still play the Haynes (plateau, offset G, C-foot) flutes that they got early in their career. The French (open-hole), inline, B-foot emphasis is predominantly American and quite honestly is a pain, as it causes all the best shops in this country to stock only French-style and mostly inline, B-foot, because it is their volume.

I think that the trend of the inline G is fading. I have seen more offset G french style flutes lately. The B foot doesn't seem to be going anywhere though.

Funny, I have been playing a flute with a C foot while waiting for my new flute to get here and I am getting all tangled up when I try to play anything with a C4. I am so used to haveing that extra key to press.

Not that I'm recommending it, but I prefer the inline G for the hand/wrist support position.