Special COVID-19 2nds Offer
When life is turned upside down, activities like learning a new musical instrument are a real encouragement.
But we know that money is tight for a lot of us affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
For that reason, we decided to make available a limited number of what we call 2nds at half price. Our 2nds look great and play exactly like our regular flutes. The only difference is that they have some small marks or marring from the production process.
(Note: I’m afraid that the Clip and the Silencers are NOT half price. Sorry!)
What about color options? To paraphrase Henry Ford, “You can choose any color, so long as it is black.”
Hope this helps! Stay safe.
Warmest wishes,
Karl Ahrens
Coda EDC Flutes
Quietly ?
- you hate to bother anyone
- you live in close quarters
with others - kids are sleeping
- neighbors are listening
- you’re on the road in a hotel
- you feel shy about practicing new pieces in front of others
- you want to practice the same piece or phrase over and over (and over)
Coda Silencers $9.95
(includes TWO complete sets)
Coda™ is a full-fledged EDC (EveryDay Carry) flute. It’s also a dream I’ve been doggedly pursuing for several years now, through many iterations, scores of prototypes, countless challenges, and unimagined setbacks.
During this long development process, my guiding criteria were the following:
- Coda had to be tiny, tough, and light enough for EveryDay Carry so that we’d be free to bring it along and play anytime.
- At one point, I had finally achieved a beautiful version of Coda that I was ready to bring to the market. However, after agonizing over the decision, I chose to go back to the drawing board. Why? To me, that version was a little too bulky for EDC, and experience had taught me this: if you don’t have it, you can’t play it. EDC fits into life better and brings adventure into the mix.
- It had to have two fully chromatic octaves so that we’d have enough range to play what we want, we could join in more easily with other musicians, and we could perform in more keys.
- Way back in 1996, I first began prototyping and eventually manufacturing wonderful pocket-sized flutes. Ultimately, they had one main drawback. They needed more range!
- It had to have a simple intuitive fingering pattern so that we could not only handle challenging pieces but also ENJOY improvising and playing by ear.
- Simplified fingering was a tremendous challenge for a tiny flute with so much range, but, to me, it was vital. I wasn’t interested in traditional solutions that would have made Coda overly complicated or cumbersome to play.
- It had to have good tuning and solid, pleasing sound across its entire range so that it was enjoyable to play and listen to.
- It had to be relatively affordable.
- I added this last criterion after first experimenting with various manufacturing methods that resulted in Coda being far too expensive for my tastes. Thus, we began the enormous, costly, and time-consuming process of making Coda precise and yet more affordable.
Karl Ahrens
