I have been looking for a step up flute around the price of $1,000 and I wanted to know if this flute was good. Here is the link and if anyone has any sugustions on flutes please tell me.

http://www.wwbw.com/Gemeinhardt-Model-3SHB-Flute-Outfit-421734-i1426985.wwbw

Please I really don;t want to buy the wrong flute and waste my money.

No. You are better off with a student Yamaha. Forget about the whole "step up" concept. Wholes and the B foot are a waste of money. Now if you REALLY want to upgrade then you would have to spend a heck of a lot more than $1000 on a flute.

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Sorry, I should have wrote HOLES without a W. The grammar police are going to be after me now!!

I am ready to get an open h0led flute with B foot joint. Right now I am playing on a beginer Trevor James flute. Should I stick with them? And yes I do plan on playing far beond cologe.

I think for your budget it would be better to consider a headjoint upgrade instead of the whole flute.
BTW, I'm with Kara. Close to open hole doesn't mean an upgrade.

Zevang

I would try to find a used good flute if you plan on going to college. Yamaha flutes are good. You can usually get one used for about $1000. If you can hold out a little longer and save more money you can get a really good pro flute. Try and find a used Muramatsu, Altus, Haynes or some other good professional flute.

Always play before you buy. Don't be afraid to try out something very expensive so that you can compare flutes.

In other words if you have your heart set on a Gemeinhardt and there is a Haynes sitting there, try the Haynes so that you can compare the mechinisims and the flute heads.

You will be really suprised at the difference between a student flute and a real pro flute.

I personally don't think that Geminhardt makes a good pro flute. That is my personal opinion.

I agree with those who don't express opinions but encourage you to try as many as you can - not just different makes, as flutes of the same make/model can vary quite a bit in various ways and what suits one person may well not suit another.

One of my first flutes was a Lafleur bought in a junk shop but it was unusually good for a real cheap instrument.

Don't just assume that getting a pricey head joint will achieve what you expect. I bought a FMG head for a Marigaux and it didn't help. I passed it on to a chum for his daughter's Murumatsu and it worked wonders.

There are also good s/h instruments around (modern and classic) much cheaper than new. A reputable dealer is the safest source and it's worth asking to try out for a period. Also with knowledge, care (check pitch, etc.) and patience, even eBay can occasionally produce something good - but essential to see and try out.

But didn't you say you have only been playing one year in another post? Why do you feel you need an upgrade already? People have gotten by and done fine on a Yamaha student flute through college. I would say it is way too early and soon to be even looking into upgrading a headjoint at this point.

I am wanting to get a better flute because I really want to improve my tone qualty and I heard you can do cool things with open holes. I also heard the B foot make the tone much better.

No, the B foot does not make the tone better. A different flute won't make you better, practice only does that

O, okay, what is the benafits of an open hole flute and a b foot(besides makeing the flute have a lower note.)

The benefits of an open hole flute.

This was posted in another forum. Do a search for open hole flute.

I can think of two pros.

If you want to bend notes.

If you want to play a note that uses a half hole fingering. (The only ones I have seen are way up in the 4th octive.)



Conns of open hole flutes.

If you do not completely cover the holes with your fingers, you can have problems playing.

Not as forgiving as a closed hole flute.

If you have small hands and fingers you may have a very hard time playing an open hole flute. You will then end up buying plugs for your flute so that you will have a closed hole flute at the open hole price plus the cost of the plugs.

Open hole flutes cost more.

DO A SEARCH!!! If I had a penny for every time this subject came up on this forum I would be rich and play on a gold Powell. Really people, give us a break!

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Sorry to take it out on the original poster. This question is just asked a LOT on this forum. It would solve a lot of problems if the moderator would incorporate a sticky not thread.

I have looked it up but i wanted to get some more opions. The people on the website said it was a good flute but you say it is not.

Do a search on THIS SITE, not the whole web, about upgrade flutes.

Your open hole questions are answered here:
http://www.8notes.com/f/25_241512.asp