I could not get into the discussion on Selmer that was talking about B Flat flutes but the last posting indicated that these flutes were probably produced from the eighties on. I recieved mine in 1967 when I was a Jr in High School so I can only guess they started in the mid sixties. I have been told that the early models like mine are different and better than the ones produced 15 years later, I don't know. My serial # is 3759 so its very early. Its also coin silver and still plays well although maybe not like a $2500 flute. It was expensive in 1967, I seem to remember around $600 to $700 for my parents to cough up because it was a two year wait for a $2000 Haynes or Powell in those days.

Your flute is NOT a Bb flute but a C flute! It MAY have a B foot but NOT a Bb footjoint, either! The Omega flutes were usually open hole, inline G, B foot, sometimes gold plated lip, sometimes gold plated lip plate with engraving and sometimes offset G. Coin silver flutes aren't worth as much as sterling/solid silver as the silver content is 90.0% (coin) and 92.5% (sterling/coin). Your flute's probably worth about $300-500 ($500 being the max during a good sales period or for someone searching for one) as the sterling silver Omega's sell for about $450+. I sold a pretty nice Omega (sterling silver, open hole, inline G, B foot, gold plated lip) for under $200 earlier this year but the economy wasn't very good, gas was about $4-something and, put simply, life's not fair!

I'm not the guy who claimed the B flat foot. Mine is a C flute with the B foot but my point was the flutes started production about 15 years prior to what the post said. Value is another question. I've seen my flute go between $400 to $800 depending upon economy, geographical location, condition, etc.