dd wants to learn flute, she's just 9, around 135cm in height. Unfortunately there is only 1 teacher that goes to her school so she will have wait to start proper lessons until next year when she will be almost 10.
she plays recorder and is being entered for grade 1 soon, so the music reading and fingering should be easy once she's got the embouchure sorted out. So I'd like to get her a flute for Christmas. But having never been a wind player myself I don't know what to get. Will she need a curved mouthpiece or will she be tall enough for a straight one? What's a split E? Anything else I need to know? If she pursues it we'd be quite happy to get her a better one so don't really want to spend more than £100 for a starter one.