Bear with me - I suck at flutes... (even more so at piccolos)
Okay, so I have an increasing amount of flutes and piccolos I have to service. While basic flute work is relatively straightforward (let's not get into details here) I naturally arrive at a point where I have to play-test them, and here comes the problem: For some reason I am unfit to reliably get a tone out of a flute. I'm playing clarinet and sax okay, but my lips don't seem to be made for flute or brass (keyword: teardrop). With brass I can cheat a bit with a "skewbouchure", but flute - forget it. And I am not going to waste a lot of teacher hours on a lost cause.
So I looking for alternative "tone generators" for flute. I have seen an accessory for Nuvo flutes - it's a clip-on lip plate that has a recorder-like windway/fipple, and it looks just like this might be the thing:
Besides this specimen, has anyone seen something similar, preferrably something that can be clipped onto a standard-ish lip plate?
Other suggestions?
I repeat - this is for play-testing only. I have no plans on getting a flute pro...
Okay, so I have an increasing amount of flutes and piccolos I have to service. While basic flute work is relatively straightforward (let's not get into details here) I naturally arrive at a point where I have to play-test them, and here comes the problem: For some reason I am unfit to reliably get a tone out of a flute. I'm playing clarinet and sax okay, but my lips don't seem to be made for flute or brass (keyword: teardrop). With brass I can cheat a bit with a "skewbouchure", but flute - forget it. And I am not going to waste a lot of teacher hours on a lost cause.
So I looking for alternative "tone generators" for flute. I have seen an accessory for Nuvo flutes - it's a clip-on lip plate that has a recorder-like windway/fipple, and it looks just like this might be the thing:
![FirstNoteLipPlate.jpg](http://www.hochstrasser.org/files/FirstNoteLipPlate.jpg)
Besides this specimen, has anyone seen something similar, preferrably something that can be clipped onto a standard-ish lip plate?
Other suggestions?
I repeat - this is for play-testing only. I have no plans on getting a flute pro...