Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
...the pads of my fingertips .... "the piper's" style of fingering using more of the finger and less of the pad. It's a definite adjustment for the average woodwind player.
Amen. My two biggest hurdles moving from a transverse flute to the pipes have been the key change and the blasted straight finger (not fingertips) method of covering the holes. Grrr.