Flute Accessories

Part of the Video Series How to Play the Flute

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Accompany your flute with accessories; check out these tips for beginners on shopping for and buying flute accessories in this free video flute lesson.

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Flute Accessories
Hi, my name is Sarah for Expert Village.com. I am here today to talk to you about accessories for your flute. All of these will come with your flute or you can find them in your local music store. First of all, your flute will come with a hard case kind of like this, with a nice lining to keep your flute protected. Something else your flute will come with is your tuning rod as well as your cleaning stick. It should come with this so you can swap out your flute and also another important thing to look for is to make sure when you get it has this line here. This will help with tuning later. Some other things you can look to buy that are very good is a polishing cloth like this one. They are very inexpensive to wipe off all of the finger prints after you play and also, things like this which is a little duster for little areas inside of your flute that are very small and can’t reach with your hands and clean off with this. Something else that would be good are these special instrument screwdrivers that you can use to tighten any screws that should become undone on the ends of your flute or in here. Instead of taking it to a repair shop you can do it yourself. Something else you can buy which more advanced players usually have is a case that has a sheep wool lining. This protects your flute and keeps a constant temperature so it does not get too cold or does not get too hot and it can prevent permanent damage to your flute from it getting too hot or too humid or anything like that.

About the Expert

Expert: Sarah Noah has been playing flute for eleven years, and she has won numerous solo and ensemble awards. Read More