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Silverwood
Point-of-sale information sheet for retailers
The Best of Both Worlds
Silverwood Flutes are designed for both beginner and established flute players. The wooden head-joint of a Silverwood flute gives the player the authentic playing experience of a top- quality wooden flute for up to a quarter of the price. The embouchure hole in the head joint is identical to the embouchure hole on Tony Millyard’s Rudall Rose model wooden flute. This model is the generally-preferred flute for Irish traditional music and is based on the 19th Century flutes by the famous makers Rudall & Rose.
Like most flutes designed primarily for Celtic and folk music they are pitched in the key of D major. However, it is also possible to play in G major as there is a very easy cross fingering for the C natural note. The relative minor keys of B minor and E minor are of course also possible. The flute will play to the top A in the third register giving a full two and a half octaves as would be the case on a professional-standard wooden flute.
The Player Experience
Whilst many players will use this as a starter flute, it will also appeal to intermediate players. If the player does wish to transition to a more expensive wooden flute in the future, then they will not need to learn a new embouchure technique, and the fingering system will be identical.
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