I called a friend the other day to check up on her and we had a laughfest, trading worries and woes, as often happens when one trades worries and woes with a dear friend. She said she had been playing the flute at church, but:
It’s difficult to play with a mask on.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: An instrument that can no longer be played.
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Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
August 10, 2022 at 2:31pmIt is even more difficult to play the flute with the lung complications of covid and long covid. Leave the masks on! Blowing into wind instruments is a great way to spread the virus. It isn’t over, people.
Marian Allen
August 11, 2022 at 9:05amAs Bob Dylan said, “The COVID, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. The COVID is blowin’ in the wind.” …What’s that? Bob Dylan DIDN’T say that?
Anonymous
August 12, 2022 at 8:15amI’m with you Alicia. Btw did you see the news about how they’ve found a link between CFS and long covid? The research could pay dividends for everyone.
Dan Antion
August 10, 2022 at 7:47pmIt’s a funny image.
Marian Allen
August 11, 2022 at 9:05amI had my best laugh in a long time!
Roy A Ackerman, PhD EA
August 11, 2022 at 7:55amI am not quite sure that one couldnot play with a cloth mask…
Marian Allen
August 11, 2022 at 9:07amIt might be worth testing, but the importance of embouchure makes me doubt it.
Anonymous
August 12, 2022 at 8:17amThey should make a special mask for flautists. Something with a valve that seals around the end of the flute. Could catch on. 😀
Marian Allen
August 12, 2022 at 9:39amThat’s a great idea!