I am wondering if any of you have ever played a haynes schwelm flute. Someone posted on here last year that their wife bought one.

If you have played one, what do you think of it compared to a student yamaha or armstrong or gameinhardt?

One of my flutes is apparently a very unusual Haynes-Schwelm flute. It is sterling silver throughout and has soldered keys, so it is clearly not a typical Haynes-Schwelm student model. It is a closed-hole model with C foot and offset G.

The serial number is 8597. I bought it used in the mid-1970s (not in an original case), so I really have no idea of its history. But it plays extremely well.

I enjoy your rambling.