Lesson Learned - 7/26/13

If you're going to check the seal on a flute headcork, it's best to do it by drawing a vacuum on the embouchure hole and plugging the end of the head with your hand, instead of vice versa. And if you decide to ignore that completely rational and logical approach and draw a vacuum on the end of the head joint, make sure the crown is in place. That way if the cork comes loose under the vacuum, it won't shoot down the head joint straight at your stupid mouth at a speed slightly above mach 7 and nearly knock your front teeth out.