For beginner, it is a bit difficult to get knowledge of Chinese bamboo flute maintenance,specail there is not enough Englist post about this topic.
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First of all, membrane quality affects a lot on dizi flute sound quality, if you buy very cheap flute, the membrane that seller provide with flute will be not good enough.it will be difficult to paste membrane well because membrane is not fresh and soft, it is hard to make fine waves and make rich sound.so professional membrane is quite important for dizi flute, our site https://www.diziflute.com provide professional membrane for each dizi flute, purchase link at our site https://www.diziflute.com/store/products/membrane
How to adjust membrane without replacement? In cold Winter, you will see membrane is loose when you pick up dizi again at the second day,it will be difficult to get high notes .normally,no need to replace membrane ,you just need to blow hot air on membrane surrounding, then blow dizi flute gently ,the membrane will be adjusted automatic.sometime we still need to pull membrane by finger if it is too loose.tutorial video of membrane adjustment without replacement at our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg1HlgQXuc
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