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Looking After Your Flute and Piccolo

by Steve Salmon

26 pages; Saddle stitched; catalogue #07-1029; ISBN 1-4251-2919-6; US$13.54, C$15.58, EUR10.56, £7.00

Look after your Woodwind instrument and protect your investment by learning how to care for it and keep it in good condition. Includes advice on trouble prevention and key charts.

About the Book

This book has been created with the Beginner, Student and Professional Player in mind to promote responsibility, care and a sense of pride in your instrument. With the guidance of this book you will soon learn a recommended practice of maintenance. Together with full colour photographic illustrations there is detailed information on how to carry out cleaning routines. There is also a full colour section detailing keys and pads on the instrument with sections on advice about storing the instrument and selecting a good repairer. Packed with information this book has been carefully prepared over some 3 to 4 years, checked for content by accomplished players of the Royal Marines Band Service and are in use by the trainees of the Royal Marines School of Music. This book is aimed at being cost effective in the long run by encouraging care and pride in your instrument, keeping it in good condition and out of the hands of the repairer for longer periods of time, thus reducing the risk of problems due to the lack of care!

About the Author

Steve Salmon was born on the Isle of Wight in 1948. In 1963 he joined the Royal Marines Band Service at the age of fourteen years and trained as a Clarinettist. In 1967 he changed instruments to the Oboe and Cor-anglais. During his 25 years of service Steve served in the Far East at HMS Terror, and 3rd Commando Brigade in Singapore. He was the last Oboist in the Royal Marines to be drafted to the Far East. On his return from overseas he served in various parts of the UK. His last ten years were spent as principal Oboist in the Royal Marines Band and Orchestra aboard the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. He retired from the Royal Marines Portsmouth Band as a Band Sergeant in 1988. For the past eleven years he has been the Senior Craftsman * Woodwind repairs- for the Royal Marines Band Service and the Volunteer Bands of the Royal Navy gaining extensive knowledge and experience on the care and maintenance of woodwind instruments.