While on my break up North, I had the opportunity to practice on a recently purchased Aulos AF-2 baroque flute. The challenges in playing this instrument for the first time included intonation and fingerings, f natural is a particularly troublesome note. However, it's wonderful to be able to play baroque music on this instrument.

I also bought some music (JS Bach - Partita in A minor BWV 1013, JJ Quantz - Caprices, Various - Aria di Camera) from The Early Music Shop in Bradford. While I was there I played some other more expensive examples of traverso, this plastic Aulos turned out to be the best entry level instrument and very reasonably priced.