Flute 360

In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Hans Kuijt who is a saxophonist, flutist, teacher, and inventor of lefreQue! Heidi and Hans talk about his process, obstacles along the way, and the product and what solutions it resolves. Check-out today’s episode for more details!   Episode 42 – Main Points: 1:29 – Welcome! 1:40 – Amsterdam, Netherlands 2:12 – Book: Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge 2:25 – Question: Give us your background, please. 2:35 – Hans gives us his musical background! 2:44 – Sir James Galway, flutist 4:22 – “My heart was in the music and that’s why I became a musician.” – Hans 5:11 – The beginnings of lefreQue! 5:17 – “I was always a teacher and looking for explanations to my students to explain what happens in a physical way.” – Hans 5:58 – Searching for the “why.” 6:44 – The idea of lefreQue came in 2008 and then in 2012 the first prototype came out. 7:35 – “It had to be a product for more instruments, not just for the saxophone.” – Hans 8:25 – “I did a lot of research in those four years [200