One of our best selling products in the Flute Shop is the Thumbport.  This device is meant to help with the balance and stability of the flute and therefore isn’t merely a training device for young students.  It has become very popular with amateurs and professionals as well.  As you can see from the above picture, the Thumbport can change your right hand position making it much easier to support the flute.  It has a small lip on it that prevents the flute from rolling backwards.  You can position it in several ways, but in the way I find the most comfortable, the Thumbport actually brings your thumb back a little from its traditional place directly underneath the flute.  This allows you to better balance the flute.  There are several schools of thought on the best way to hold your flute and I’m not going to delve into that debate, but for the purposes of this blog I will use the example that I was taught.  Thinking of the flute as a lever and your left hand as the fulcrum (or pivot point), your right hand thumb pushes the flute forward when in playing position.  The flute should pivot on the left hand fulcrum