I never regretted buying a flute that I thought was especially pretty. A professional, hand-made flute, it had a solid silver body and the mechanism was in grey stainless steel. I thought they went well together, and they made for a lighter flute. It was a better instrument than I was a player, but I grew into it.
I have seen professionals on the TV playing an accordion exactly the same as mine, and I have been told that I should have no need ever to replace it. But, being intended for pros, it doesn't have the special buttons with a roughened surface that identify the C and F keys (by feel, without having to look). So I decided to fix this.
An outfit called "La Malle aux Accordeons" supplies buttons by mail order, and you can get shiny gold-coloured ones that I decided would make my accordion look better. So I bought some - 68 in all, including the 12 special ones, and fitted them. The cat helped.
The second photo doesn't bring out the gold colour very well - the effect is better than it looks in the picture.
A bit confused here, Mark. Looks like an accordion to me, a flute being something Ian Anderson might play. Scuse my ignorance.
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ReplyDeleteI was drawing a parallel between my desire for an aesthetically pleasing flute, and a similarly aesthetically pleasing accordion.
I like the new look :-)
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