my freind owns a pearl i think. it is either a perl or powel, i cant remember. i think they r okay but nothing wonderful.

Arak,

I think you must be an instrument technician, so I wonder if you know anything about my 30 year old Pearl Flute? It is a model NC-968, no: 80962, made in Japan. When I bought it I paid £170 for it. Can you tell me what the equivalent Pearl model would be today, and did the NC model suffer any of the problems you mentioned with the 500 series?

hi I have Pearl flute (elegante series) with offset g, open hole, Bb foot, c# trill. and man do i love my flute not only does it have a great sound it is very easy to control the dynamics of the notes you are playing. not to mention the prices aren`t all that bad.. with all the extras(b foot, c# trill, offste g, and open hole) my flute only cost around $4,000.

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but there are flutes with these features (b foot, c# trill, offset g, and open hole) in the $1500 price range. The extra $2500 goes into human hand adjustments by a $12/hour metal worker to improve the flutes scale and quality.

http://www.burkart.com/jobs.htm

"Job involves filing, polishing, silver soldering, and precision assembly."
That is only the basic construction of ANY flute. probably a lot more pay for expertise cutting a really good embuchure hole

"hi I have Pearl flute (elegante series) with offset g, open hole, Bb foot, c# trill. and man do i love my flute not only does it have a great sound it is very easy to control the dynamics of the notes you are playing. not to mention the prices aren`t all that bad.. with all the extras(b foot, c# trill, offste g, and open hole) my flute only cost around $4,000."

Like...wow, Kristyn, you think that if you just spend $4,000 on a flute that you would know that it is not called a Bb foot. Lol!

It really makes me wonder if you even know how to use all the rest of your spectacular extras on your flute.

Piko is right, you can get a flute for $1500 with all those extra features. IMHO, It most likely would still play better than your Pearl too.

PS. Capitalizing the words at the beginning of a sentence will make it a whole lot easier for other members trying to read your post.

"That is only the basic construction of ANY flute. probably a lot more pay for expertise cutting a really good embuchure hole"

I would hope so, but I`m a cynic. I`ve seen cutting at work and I`m afraid skilled metal workers are probably best suited at that job rather than a master artisan working on a mass of flutes.

"That is only the basic construction of ANY flute. probably a lot more pay for expertise cutting a really good embuchure hole"\

From what I have seen this does not ring true on a Pearl.

They are by far some of the worst cut headjoints that I have yet seen.

what do you know about the pearl pf501 model flute?

Sorry to say this, but it is an entry-level model that well fits the problems described in the second post on page 1 of this thread.

Made in Taiwan.

The only problem I have ever had on my Pearl flute was the thumb key. They are wonderful flutes and if someone says other wise then they are wrong.

What IS a pearl flute?

Pearl is a brand of flute. I personaly don`t like that brand at all.

http://www.pearlflutes.com/

There is a problem with the question from the original poster. "Is this a good flute?"

All you are going to receive answer wise from that question is a few people going on way or the other with it. Some people are going to like them and some people are not. All it boils down to is what are you comfortable playing on? What feels right and comfortable to you when you pick it up? What are your flute needs?

You should try out several instruments for a few days at the bare minimum before you decide which flute you are going to purchase. Play on them for a few days to see if the sound and the mechanism of the flute is something you like.

We can sit here on the forums and debate all day long "Is it a good flute or a bad flute", and at the end of the day the question is...Is it a good flute or a bad flute for you?

Some are not built as well, so even if it sounds like a good flute for you, be careful.