Well it does give this maker a chance to sell his lump of stainless steal at a higher price by about twice that of sterling silver and at a bargain for a buyer since it won't rust very easily in salt water.

The worst metal is probably titanium. as you can't really work that very easily but yet they've tried making a few flutes out of that. What's next, Kevlar (The bullet proof flute/body armour combo) or carbon glass composites.

Actually, assuming that silver was used because of it's ability to be shaped easily and soldered, I kind of blame those two guys, Galway and Rampal for starting this precious metal craze. -those men with the Golden Flutes.

~Bilbo
N.E. Ohio

Sounds neat Micron,
Maybe a flute manufacturing company in your future. Imagine a flute that you can run over with a car and nothing happens to it.
~Bilbo

I really thought you were joking with this liquid metal stuff. It reminded me of Terminator II indestructible enemy.

But these guys at Liquidmetal.com seem to be serious -at least in their marketing.

Now, stainless steel, isn't a little allergenic compared to silver? Some people even need gold or gold or gold covered lip plate because of this problem.

Micron, I'll keep my eye out for any flutemakers stealing your idea! What do you make of the flute with square toneholes? Visually, it's quite repulsive...

I think it would be a lot easier if flutes were just left with being made of gold, silver, or that cheap metal that they have to silver plate. (sorry i don't know the name, it might be nickel silver)

I'd be a bit wary of "liquid metals", if it's really so hot, why would they have a website rigged up to look like something from TelSell. I'd expect corporate details, links to articles in Nature, and PhD's. Not Flash animations...