Looking to play another instrument...?

Question:I've played flute for about seven years, I'm pretty good, but I'm looking for another instrument to pick up, one that my skills w/ the flute will help. not piccolo

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I've played flute for about seven years, I'm pretty good, but I'm looking for another instrument to pick up, one that my skills w/ the flute will help. not piccolo

Any other member of the woodwind family will use a fingering system that is very similar to the flute. Most specifically, the clarinet was modified around 1840 to adopt the Boehm system of fingering developed earlier for the flute (with modifications as necessary), and the saxophone adopted the same fingering system.

Rather than just build on the same skills, why not look to develop some new skills. You already know how to read music -- why not try your hand (hands?) at the piano. I play several instruments, but have never been managed to master the piano, and I feel that limits me as a musician. Having at least some skills at the piano will open a much broader range of opportunities for your music.

Many flute players play sax..they are very compatible but the decision is yours since you have to go through the learning process.

The oboe has many fingerings that are similar to the flute. The only hard part would be learning to play with a reed. But what I would really recommend if you're looking to expand your musical abilities, is to switch to a brass instrument. It'll be tough, but once you get it, it'll be well worth it because once you learn to play one brass instrument well, it's not hard to switch to other brass instruments.

Clarinet A or Bb, saxaphone tenor, alto or sporano. Flute fingers should help, but you blow on a wooden reed instead of the flute reed.

Telling by my name, you know what instrument(s) I'm gonna recommend. Keyboard Percussion. It's not all that hard if you know what you're doing. And because you have the expertise in reading treble clef, you shouldn't have problems reading the music. If you know what a keyboard looks like, you can pretty much pick your way through the piece.
And if you want to pursue your learning, you can learn other percussion instruments like snare, bass, or even timpani, which is a tuned drum. Take a different turn in reading music and learn bass clef or even the percussion clefs at reading rudiments.
Percussion is a great place to start if you want to move out of the horn line.
Hope This Helped. :-)