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suzie
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In a middle-of-the-night fit of ADD, I thought of Yan. flutes and figured it may be an interesting topic to touch up on. Saxophone knowledgeable flutists would most definitely know of Yanagisawa saxophones however I'm willing to bet that when you put the word 'Yanagisawa' and 'flute' directly near each other that most people are like what the-?! I've seen a total of 2 Yan. flutes on eBay over the last 6 or so years and have never, unfortunately, had a chance to see nor play one. Anyone have any info? Danke!
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jvanullen
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Yanagisawa is owned by Conn-Selmer. Conn-Selmer currently encompasses two flute producing brands, and Yanagisawa is not one of them (Emerson and Armstrong, if I recall correctly). Yanagisawa produces Saxophones. This person probably had very little know about the flute and stuck a recognizable name on to it.
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suzie
(472 points)
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Unfortunately you are incorrect. The flute in the picture is the 2nd or 3rd Yanagisawa flute that I've seen on eBay over the past couple of years and one of them was sterling silver, etc. and the other 2 (aside from the one pictured as I do not know for sure) were stamped Yanagisawa.
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owall
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Hi,
I'm new to the forum. Sorry to come to this thread late but I joined after doing an extensive internet search on Yanagisawa flutes, thus finding your forum. This thread appears to be one of the few sources of (limited) info so far.
I have a Yanagisawa flute in my possession. It's my mother's and was bought for her as a present from an aquaintance who used to play with a local orchestra. She never really had the time to devote to learning to play it properly and thus "loaned" it to my wife. I have no idea how much was paid for it as it was over 20 years ago. It appears very similar to the one in the photo posted above. On the main body, the engravement consists of a decorative "Y", then "YANAGISAWA", then "FLUTE", "100" and finally, "JAPAN".
My wife, being a beginner, has had quite a few lessons but finds it rather difficult to get a good tone, especially at the lower register. Her flute teacher also says that it is "not an easy flute to play". Being a non-flautist, I'm not sure what is meant by this. My wife finds that she can easily play a student flute such the Yamaha 211.
I understand that Yanagisawa are famous for their saxophones, but what about their flutes?
Can anyone help me out on this?
Much appreciated. Owen.
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suzie
(472 points)
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Hello! I was just thinking - doesn't Hernals (also from Japan) have a model '100'? Possibly it's made by Hernals or linked?
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owall
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Hi,
Just done some more internet searching about a possible link between Yanagisawa and Hernals (for flutes) and have drawn a big fat blank.........................
Anyone else have any thoughts?
Thanks.
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suzie
(472 points)
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Can you post some photos of your flute? Perhaps upload to photobucket.com (free photo uploads) and put the link in here? Maybe we can look up some Hernals and compare?
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owall
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Yes, good idea. I'll get on it asap. Might take me a while as I'm at work and won't finish for another few hours or so.
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