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xoxotagrandre
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it came with my kit, i begin lessons next week, but i just wanted to know what is it? it looks like grease and its all inside a little white plastic container. lol
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Kara
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Oh no... what brand of flute did you get and where did you get it? DON'T use the grease!!!! It is not intended for flute.
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rogi
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Maybe it's a Chap Stick equivalent to keep the lips from getting dry during practice  .
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ekdavies
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In recent years - in part as a result of improved engineering - it is considered unnecessary to grease the joints of a flute. The idea is that they should be sufficiently well made that they just fit. Strangely, although brass instrument slides (and valves) are made to the same or precision, it is common practice - and recommended by manufacturers and repair technicians - to lubricate them.
However, flute joints are stored apart and if lubricated dust etc will stick to the joint and ultimately cause the joint to wear. Joint covers used to be provided to prevent this as well as vaseline/petrolium jelly (or similar) for lubricating the joints.
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Plekto
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It does seem odd that they don't make flute cases though, that would store it all together. Or make the foot joint part of the main body.
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suzie
(446 points)
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They used to make (not very common) fully-assembled flute cases. I believe they were being produced around the 30s and C.G.Conn (as well as a few other companies) was producing 2-piece (instead of 3-piece) flutes where the body and footjoint were made of one piece of tubing and the headjoint stored in a separate compartment. There is, however, a slight annoying thing with this setup which is the fact that you cannot angle the footjoint the way that it's comfortable for you. I've tried both a Conn and Flute Maker's Guild 2-piece flute and it's a slight adjustment to get used to not being able to adjust the footjoint area to your specifications. Dayton C. Miller made a solid gold 1-piece flute that is quite interesting AND has a low Bb foot!:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dcmhtml/0010.html
Some clarinet cases used to hold them fully-assembled as well and Badger State Supply (I believe it is) still makes the 1-piece clarinet case (where the fully-assembled clarinet would equal 1 piece).
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xoxotagrandre
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i have a yamaha YFL211UK i bought it second hand, and i contacted the lady who sold it and she said that the case isn't the one that came with the flute, although it fits perfectly, she bought a new case to sell the flute with. so i just assume its meant for older style flutes?
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Micron
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"Strangely, although brass instrument slides (and valves) are made to the same or precision, it is common practice - and recommended by manufacturers and repair technicians - to lubricate them."
I don't think it that strange. When a trumpet is put away, those slides are left assembled. When they are left assembled, with moisture in the joint, then the metal tends to corrode very quickly. This also happens to the joints of student flutes that are left assembled.
So the solution would seem to be to exclude the moisture in those trumpet slides. This is exactly what the grease does.
Another consideration is that when the joints of a lute do corrode, the joint gets a lot more difficult to assemble and take apart. A firm twisting action is required. On a trumpet, a twisting action is impossible, because the tube of a slide is a U-shape, with a slide joint at each end. So for a trumpet, there is a much more serious risk of the joints becoming seriously stuck together.
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leighthesim
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it sounds as if she has bought a cheap chienese style case and cleaning kit before she sold it and that it came with them not the acctual flute
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