Hi everybody! I`m thinking of bying a Sonare flute (S7), but I`ve played it myself for just a little bit and it`s hard to get it in my surroundings. Can anyone tell me about the real experience of playing these flutes? What do you think are their strong and weak points?

just from personal experience i don`t have much to say about them. nothing amazing about them but nothing horribly wrong. some people swear they are amazing while others despise them. i think that getting a new flute is a hard thing to do and i recommend that you play it for a while to get used to the feeling and see if it clicks with you in a way that you like. after all, you`re the one that`s gonna be stuck with it for a while best of luck

I was playing "The Swan (from the Carnival of Venice)" today, and my Sonare responded in a lovely tone! I really like mine!

P.S. I have the 7000 model, or in other words, the latest and greatest!! Just kidding, I didn`t mean to brag. The 7000 is solid silver and has French pointed arms, B foot joint, and open holes. The headjoint is a handmade Powell. I love it! Even with braces, I can get a fairly clear-sounding tone. It`s a great intermediate upgrade, BUT, if you are upgrading even higher, how about a Miyazawa or a Muramatsu? Then again, Sonare is perfect for a budget. My teacher used her "magic powers" to get me a better price, too.

my second flute was a miyazawa and i`ve been playing it for 7 years now and it`s still plays great. i love my miyazawa. highly recommend it

Hey! I just recently got a Sonare and I love it! The sound is so pure and it is a lot eisier to play than my old flute which was a Gemeinhardt. My teacher recommended it to me and I will highly recommend it to you.

Hey, Kat, sounds like we had the same experiences! I think I may know you actually, `cause I used to know a girl named Kaitlin who insisted on calling herself Kat.

Hey JP,
My name is Katrina, but some people call me Kat. How do you like your 7000 model? I just got a 6000 model and I don`t really know what the differences between them are. Also I`m just curious as to how long have you been playing? I`ve been playing for 9 years.

My flute recently stopped working (it was so cheap, and didn`t work well at all). My band director recommended gemeinhardt or sonare. I went with the latter because it the sound was so nice! It comes out really full, and pure. And since I was on a budget, I had to buy one of their cheaper models. It`s still sounds lovely though, so I`m pretty sure a S7 would be awesome.

the difference between the 6000 and 7000 is that the 7000 has french pointed key arms and a leather case cover while the 6000 has a vinyl (pleather) case cover.

Those features will not make it play better, but there could be other design features which DO make a difference - features that the manufacturer would prefer not to disclose.

So... calm, collected play testing is important - preferably `blind testing`, so you are uninfluenced by any thoughts of price automatically being equated to how it performs.

I am planning to get a model 7000 sonare, my teacher recommended it to me. I`ve only been playing 2 and a half years. Though my teacher says its a great flute, ive talked to other teachers and more advanced flutists than myself, and they all say it`s not that great...which is true..or is this just preference? I can get the Sonare for $1100...new as well, so I was thinking of getting that.

If you have been playing for such a short time, then what is wrong with playing on the one that you have or even a student model? I think people tend to jump the gun a bit. It is the player, not the flute that makes you good.

I agree that it is definitely the player not the flute that makes you better..I just got a Sonare 7000 and I am very impressed with it. If you are looking for an upper level intermediate flute, this one is fabulous! My flute teacher got chills when she was playing it.

As far as I know, the bodies and mechanism of Sonare is made in either Taiwan or China, the former (judging from other instruments made here) likely to be superior - perhaps better engineering and materials that could make it more reliable and long-lasting.

Does anybody know which models are made where?