Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2004/01

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia.zornow@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Carbon fiber flutes
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:24:15 -0500

Ken Wolman wrote:

> Now, there's that Finnish company that makes flutes from carbon fibre
> and silver...start at about ten grand...maybe I'll go check 'em
> out...now someone on this list is going to send me a note offline
> starting "DON'T YOU DARE!":-)

I heard a piece on NPR a few years ago about these flutes.
James Galway was interviewed, and he said that they were
popular because they had a big sound, and that flutists
would go for anything that gave them a bigger sound. As a
doubler, I can relate (though my flute is a more modest model).

Claudia

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