type of flute

    
type of flute    02:22 on Wednesday, September 24, 2003          
(victor)
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Is the Gemeinhardt M2 flute solid silver? What type of flute do you have?


Re: type of flute    16:24 on Monday, September 29, 2003          
(Laura)
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I have a geminhardt 22 sp. Most flutes are platium or silver, but not all silver.


Re: type of flute    17:37 on Saturday, October 4, 2003          
(Dominique)
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No it is sliver plated but there are some flutes that are solid silver, but those are the intermedite and professional models


Re: type of flute    17:38 on Saturday, October 4, 2003          
(Dominique)
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oh yea i also have a 22sp student model with a Gold lip plate


Re: type of flute    18:18 on Saturday, October 4, 2003          
(Kaity)
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i have a yamaha 381h, an intermediate flute with a nickel with a silver plated body and silver head. it has a low b gizmo key. its a great flute for the progressing student.


Re: type of flute    15:31 on Wednesday, October 8, 2003          
(Grace)
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Hi I don`t know what your talking about but i have been recomended not to touch the Gemi...
thing, I have been old to buy a yamaha student flute( I am grade 3) or the Pearl.


Re: type of flute    19:37 on Wednesday, October 8, 2003          
(becky)
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sum gemeinhardts are good. most of the ppl in my band have a gemeinhardt and thye`re good flutes, however mine is awful, its sum 50th series thing. sumone else had the exaxt same flute as me and theirs was good, so maybe maybe mine just hapened to be 1 bad 1 or sumthin.


Re: type of flute    17:00 on Thursday, October 9, 2003          
(Kris)
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Ihave an old Armstrong and it is almost all silver, and still plays decently consitering i got it from my uncles friend who used it when she was going to school


Re: type of flute    20:12 on Friday, October 10, 2003          
(F_928)
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Am not sure about the Gemeinhardt. For myself, I have a Dean Yang Emerald. If you want a good tone, I suggest getting a flute that is `solid silver`, as you put it. If the entire thing is sterling silver, the tone is completely out of this world in comparison to the normal metal flutes or even just the silver plated flutes.


Gemeinhardt M2    23:01 on Tuesday, October 28, 2003          
(Jennifer)
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I have a Gemeinhardt M2 flute. The head is definitely solid silver because it is imprinted. Mine is an A series flute. I`m not sure what the difference is between M2 A series and B series, but from the research I`ve done it appears that the B series has a silver-plated body and foot. My A series appears to have a solid-silver body and foot.


Re: type of flute    21:56 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004          
(katie)
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Hulo, i was curious as tro if anyone could tell me if my gemeinhardt flute is solid silver, or b foot or close hole? it is a 22sp


Re: type of flute    23:21 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004          
(anonymous)
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I had a gemeinhardt m2 and it sucked...


Re: type of flute    08:09 on Wednesday, August 11, 2004          
(zoe)
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hi i have a gemeinhardt 22sp, it in perfect condition hardly used how much would it be worth.


Re: type of flute    11:25 on Wednesday, August 11, 2004          
(Merlena)
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That`s just silver plated, isn`t it? Then maybe about $300ish.


Re: type of flute    11:48 on Wednesday, August 11, 2004          
(Meme)
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The M2 Gemeinhardt flute was robust but had a VERY fuzzy tone, low volume, and poor response compared with Yamaha student flutes. They varied a bit, from very mediocre to very disappointing.

The 2ESP model was a little better. In the mean time, Yamaha had got even better.

I cannot speak much for the other models, because I have not serviced/played hundreds of these. However if a maker cannot get right something as fundamental as the head design (responsible for most of the tone/volume/response) in a student flute, I don`t really think they are likely to do much better when they make the same thing from silver or gold.

The actual choice of metal is a minor factor in a good flute. Design is far more important. It so happens that the GREAT manufacturers tend to use precious metals when they make flutes with special attention to design, but it is almost entirely the design that makes a great flute great.



   








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