Finger Connecting Flute Attachment with Finger Rest Pad

An attachment for flutes having a round tubular flute body formed with tone holes and finger keys, comprising:

• a flute-finger connecting attachment for firmly fastening onto the round tubular flute body, without modification of the flute, where the side of the left index finger of a flute player normally rests against the flute body while playing, constructed so as to retain a player's left index finger in fixed relation to the flute to facilitate the multiple functions of the left index finger as pivot point, pressure point and operating finger, said flute-finger connector being removable and relocatable along and around the tubular body to accommodate differing individual hand characteristics and requirements;
• said flute-finger connector comprising a comfortable finger rest surface for the side of the left index finger of a flute player and a spacer offsetting the finger rest surface in the radial direction of the tubular flute body away from the flute body, thereby increasing the outer diameter of the tubular flute body at the finger rest surface;
• said spacer comprising a thickness to offset the left index finger of a flute player in the radial direction of the tubular flute body outwardly and away from the flute body a sufficient radial distance for minimizing cramping or fatiguing of the left index finger and left wrist of a flute player while permitting the left index finger to perform the multiple functions as pivot point, pressure point, and operating finger;
• said flute-finger connector having built into it a left index finger retainer which partially or wholly circumnavigates the flute player's left index finger so as to partially immobilize and solidly connect the flute player's finger to the flute thereby providing rotational and other support of the flute by the player while not impeding the left index finger's performance of its multiple functions as pivot point, pressure point, and operating finger.