LOPATIN FLUTES PRESS RELEASE

September 2005 – The Lopatin Flute Company is pleased to announce that Leonard Lopatin is the new second flute for the Asheville Symphony in Asheville, North Carolina. He won this position using his "Lopatin Number One," his original SquareONE flute featuring his signature square tone holes.

Created to test his theory that a straight edge to an air column--allowing it to hit the note all at the same time--would produce a truer, sweeter tone than the graduated edge of an air column produced by a round tone hole, the SquareONE flute proved to be everything that Lopatin hoped it would be when he first conceptualized it as a young Juilliard graduate in his first job as piccolo player with the Metropolitan Opera.

Having relocated his business to Asheville's River District in 2002, Lopatin balances his needs as a musician with the needs of his business, and still finds time to participate in the recently formed Mountains of Asheville Flute Association and serves on the Board of Directors for the Land o' the Sky Symphonic Band. He has found that by being true to himself--by passionately caring about making the music better--that he has been better able to develop his company to meet the needs of the professional flutist.

Lopatin is currently working on the first SquareONE alto flute and designing his "dream" flute--stainless steel with 14K gold keywork. Future product development plans for Lopatin Flute Company include adding a piccolo and a bass flute to the SquareONE family of flutes.

Visit www.lopatinflutes.com for more details about Leonard Lopatin and his SquareONE flute. Lopatin Flute Company: handcrafted flutes and head joints in precious metals and stainless steel.
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