Used flutes

I have had lots of questions recently about buying and selling used flutes, especially pertaining to what I have available at the shop. I thought I would take a few minutes to answer some of those questions. This week, the burning question: should I buy or rent a new,...

Music Madness sale!

It’s that time again–time for our annual Music Madness sale! If you were around last year, we made some changes that we’re going to do again this year. This sale is a lot of fun, and we’ll have the basketball games playing in the store. It...

Paige’s Staff spotlight: Ivin Flint

As a part of Paige’s Music, we have a wonderful staff performing many different day to day activities here! Some of them are very visible, while some take care of the back of the house. Please enjoy this staff spotlight on building and warehouse manager, Ivin...

Flute Fest with Wibb

Wow, what an amazing couple of weeks here at the Indy Flute Shop! Last Saturday was the Indiana State University Flute Fest with last-minute guest Nicole Esposito–she was amazing! This Saturday, I will be at yet another amazing event: the 2017 GIFC Flute Fest at...

ISU Flute Fest!

This Saturday, I will be exhibiting at Indiana State University’s Flute Fest! Sponsored by Miyazawa, a favorite here in the shop, this event promises to be a great amalgamation of fine instruments, a recital, and so much more. The theme is “The Other Flutes” in...

Mr. Barker’s retirement

Well, this isn’t exactly flute related, but it is something that is near and dear to my heart: my high school band director, Mr. Tom Barker, announced his retirement from Lafayette Jefferson High School last week. I’m sure that many of you have a teacher...

Heavy-wall tubing

If you have been perusing flute options any time recently, you have probably noticed that there are SO many options! I have tried to highlight some of these in the blog, as I know that it can be totally overwhelming. One customization that has been getting more...

Powell and Sonare

Did you see last week’s big news about the new piccolo that will be in the shop soon? Some of you may have been scratching your heads and thinking “Hmm…I didn’t know she was a Powell dealer?” Well, great news: now I am! Powell flutes has...

New Powell Sonare piccolo

I am back from the 2017 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show in Anaheim, California–and for those of you in Indiana, you had better weather this past weekend than we did, believe it or not!! That coupled with cancelled flights that put me back in...

Solo and Ensemble practicing

Welcome back from winter break! I hope you enjoyed your time off and are ready to tackle Solo & Ensemble. This thoughtful post, written by Paige’s Music associate Britton Watson, is all about preparing for your solo or ensemble! Much of the performance year...