Since there are so many brands, i really don`t know which brand should i buy. People tell me that yamaha is good for beginner, but I wonder if yamaha is good because majority people are using them , or yamaha is actually better than any other flute brands? Also is it true that japan flute is usually better than any other countries` flute?

Yamaha is a very good brand for beginners. if you know someone who plays flute, have them try the flutes out first. In general, Yamaha beginner models are more consistent in terms of quality than other brands such as Armstrong and Selmer. There are some good Armstrong and Selmer flutes out there, but there are more of them that aren`t so great than compared to the Yamaha.

There are some good quality flutes being turned out of japan and there are also some flutes manafactured in japan that are not so great (Jinyin, Sky, and other models on ebay). In any country where flutes are manafactured, there will be good brands, and some not so great.
If you stay near the known brand names, you should be fine. Any of the beginner flutes on www.fluteworld.com will be of great quality.

There have been plenty of arguments over top brand names for beginner flutes, and I don`t want to start another argument over which is better than the other. Here is a list of SOME of the brand name flutes:
Yamaha
Trever James
Armstrong
Selmer
Gemeinhardt
Jupiter
Pearl
Emerson
(just to name a few of the more popular ones)

Ashley wrote:
"There are some good quality flutes being turned out of japan and there are also some flutes manufactured in japan that are not so great (Jinyin, Sky, and other models on ebay). In any country where flutes are manufactured, there will be good brands, and some not so great."

I think this is pretty misleading
1. I don`t think there are ANY poorly made models coming from Japan.

2. The "not so great" flutes mentioned are usually sourced in Taiwan, or usually worse, China, or worse still recently, India. Not Japan!

Japan is not China!

EDGer wrote "I don`t think there are ANY poorly made models coming from Japan."

Correction: I believe Hernals were (are?) made in Japan, and although some had a fantastic tone for a student flute, they often had severe corrosion problems.

Aren`t Alpine flute from Japan as well? (and numerous names that can`t make it across the ocean in a cost effective manner)

I play a Gemeinhardt, It`s been the best one I`ve had so far. Don`t get and Armstrong, Bundy, or yamaha. They are all made cheapily and what you don`t spend on them, you will on repairs. Also there are flutes out there for beginers called `beginer flutes` they have small holes in the center of the keys you use. They are very good for beginers though, because they teach you to round your fingers better than regular flutes. Erm....i don`t know what else, but like I said, don`t get an Armstrong, Bundy, or Yamaha. Especially not yamaha, every yamaha instrument I`ve ever had has fall apart so easily, 2 keyboards, a guitar, flute, clarinet, adn trumpet. Yamaha just makes crappy instruments, so just over look them.

Carmen, could you please give us your background and level of flutist that you are? Are you a professional repair person? Such a statement that Yamaha is poorly made makes me wonder what your credentials are.

Carmen, before you start giving out advise, I suggest you know what you are talking about first before making such statments.

"...Such a statement that Yamaha is poorly made makes me wonder what your credentials are."

I totally agree, Kata. As far as reliability and NOT falling apart, they are ahead of most other student flutes, and second to none.

When there is a total lack of ring of truth in everything said in a post, one has to wonder if that poster is nothing but a stirring troll.

Hey! I like that... Kata. Maybe I should change my user name.

I really don`t think that Carmen is a troll, just misunderstood, and inexperienced yet. I shouldn`t have been so harsh to him/her before, it just irritates me when people start giving out misguided advise. It doesn`t help that I am extremely hormonal either. Lol!

Hmm. Perhaps I should be a little more conscious of `cycles` in this forum. :-) I am just not very used to that in my way of life.

not a flute, but my Yamaha piano is 25 years old and hasn`t fallen apart yet, or needed any repairs to date. Just the regular tuning.
I wonder why people like to make sweeping statements so much.

"Hmm. Perhaps I should be a little more conscious of `cycles` in this forum. :-) I am just not very used to that in my way of life."

Lol! My husbands got it down pat now. Sometimes I hate being a women!

You shuld start from C foot.
Its ususaly easear then oters.
Lera

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