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Favorite blog posts, June 2025

July 2, 2025 by Bret Pimentel
  • Tammy Evans, flutist: Flute Dynamics: Quiet High Notes and Loud Low Notes
  • earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Classifying the Bore Designs of Pro Clarinets: The good, the bad and the broken.
  • Jenny Maclay (clarinet): Is your clarinet thumb rest in the optimal position?
  • Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever. (Tracy Heavner): How to Select Saxophone Reeds
  • The Flute Examiner (Keith Hanlon): Piccolo Lessons – Teaching Woodwind Doublers
  • Musings from a Saxophonist… (Ellery Eskelin): Gear & Promo
  • Dudukhouse – Dudukhouse Blog: Finally! No More Mental Math: Introducing Duduk Scale Explorer & Duduk Finder

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