Take Care!

Do you like your flute? Do you hope to get a nicer one? Do you enjoy playing the flute? Do you want to get better? Take care of the flute you are using, and take care of the skill you are developing. Here are some good ways to take care of your flute:

• Swab it out every time you finish playing--and if you play it for an hour or more, take a quick break every 20-30 minutes and clean it.
• Never use cork grease or vaseline on the joints. If it gets hard to assemble/adjust, wipe it with a clean cloth.
• Never grab or hold your flute where the keys are. Key mechanisms are delicate and can easily be harmed/bent. When assembling or holding your flute, put your hand on the bare spots.
• When not in use, lay your flute down with your keys facing UPWARDS. If you have a flute stand, that's even better (but make sure you leave it in a safe place!).

Take care of your flute. Do you own it? Did you pay for it with your hard-earned money? Whether or not you did, consider the following words. Do you know who said them?

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?"