[Publius]

For one thing, Mozart would never have written a piece for this ensemble. He disliked the flute, preferring the oboe and in his later years the clarinet. Beethoven appreciated the flute.

[left that other site]

I like the flute, but, although I have owned a few of them, I never could get it right.

So I stick with what I do well.

[Mollypitcher1]

If he disliked the flute so much, why did he write The Magic Flute?