Yeah, I attended a masterclass with Peter Lloyd, who was principle Flute
with the London Symphony
http://www.larrykrantz.com/plloyd.htm He pretty much said the same thing
about low B foot flutes.
Christopher Smith wrote:
The heavy classical symphony players with the local orchestras here
(including the Montreal Symphony) all claim that the low B joint ruins
a flute's tone and response in high-end flutes. When they have to play
a low B in a concert, they pick up another flute to play it on, then
put it down at the earliest opportunity to pick up their regular
instrument. This might be more a function of available instruments
than something inherently bad about low B joints, but there it is.
Baritone saxophonists tell me the same thing about the low written A
key that is standard on almost all new bari saxes, and I have never
played a BBb tuba that was anywhere near the quality of the best CC
tubas.
I don't get it myself, but I know I have idiosyncratic notions about
MY instruments, too, that I wouldn't expect a non-low-brass player to
understand.
Christopher
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