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 Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:42 pm
I have a simple silver plated open holed Jupiter that I absolutely adore.
However I really want to get either a Gemienhardt or an Armstrong as they normally have a better tone quality then a Jupiter.
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:01 pm
Flute: Orpheo : b foot -Split E - Open Hole -C foot ( i adore this flute)
Piccolo: crappy yamaha nothing special thing i bought from the school :p
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:18 pm
Flute 1: An Emerson flute; c-foot, plateau keys, no split-E, silver-plated, y-arm keys (marching band)
Flute 2: A 25th Anniversary Jupiter (so it's engraved all pretty-like), silver, no split-E, open-holed, French/pointed arms (concert/jazz band)
Piccolo: School piccolo; it's a Yamaha that's out-of-tune on every note (even when tuning it) and completely scratched up. >.< The keys are all unbalanced and the pads need to be replaced. I hate it. Too bad the school can't afford to get its instruments fixed.
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 6:46 pm
I have two flutes. Both used for different reasons really.
1. Krystal - Gemeinhardt intermediate, Open-holed, gold lip-plated, G-inline, low-B footjoint flute. I have had it for 4 years now. I got her new. Plays amazing! Never had to take it in. I only use her for concert season. I never heard of a Split E key until I went to Grand Nats this year and tried one out at the Yamaha station. My clarinet friend with me heard a very minimal difference.
2. Arthur - Artly student, G-out-of-line flute. I got him used after trading my original student flute for Krystal. I got him two years ago. He plays well but had to take him in recently for cleaning, repadding and fix my footjoint keys after I dropped him two inches from the ground. (I was retying my shoe on the practice lot....) He is my marching/pep band flute and takes a beating, so I clean him often. Still plays well.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 12:14 pm
I have a yamaha flute body which I've had for 9 years now since I started it's cheap and cheerful and has only ever needed to be serviced once and recently I updated my headjoint to an altas and it's not silver plated or anything but it plays like a dream ^^
My piccollo is the new Pearl one made through taking all the best bits of the tops piccollos and putting them into one and is used by loads of professionals because it plays amazingly would advise to everyone the pearl as the quality of the tone you get out of it is utterly amazing it's vibrant and beautiful but still has the ability to annoy everyone smile
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:58 pm
My first flute was an Evette something or other...however, it has since gone to the great band room in the sky...
My second one, the one I have now is a Yamaha 381, and it's working great. great sounds, good response..and prolly most importantly (for marching band!) is it's sturdy!
After 2 years of pretty heavy duty marching band, only a few small dents and pretty much no scrapes. my only issue is the open holes, which aren't great for marching in rainy weather...and in symphonic band, when I have to play fast, my fingers don't always cover the holes, messing me and the rest of my section up...(i'm a section leader)
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:52 pm
I can't remember what my first flute was. And I can't look it up since I donated it to my jr. high. My second flute, which was open keyed, was a Yamaha but I only use it when my latest flute is getting repaired. And my third and hopefully my main flute, also open keyed, for a while is my Pearl Dolce. biggrin Though I kinda want to get an Alto or Bass flute to play on the side. I like the deeper sounds on the flute. lol
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:25 am
I have an Armstrong, closed hole c-foot flute.
I also have another flute but I don't remember what kind it is but it's gold plated, but closed hole and still just the c-foot
and I'm lucky because my band recently decided that we "needed" six new piccolos so I now get to use a brand new Yamaha piccolo that is suprisingly easy to tune.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:51 am
Antigua closed-key silver-plated flute (except the finishing's coming off.)
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:05 pm
I have a silver-plated, open-holed Yamaha.
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:53 pm
Amadeus; B-foot solid silver step-up. He plays so well, and is a beauty to boot. <3
And my old student-level Jupiter that I use for games and marching. So many dentss..
My dream flute is a rose gold Powell. x]
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:45 pm
Harmony Whitestone toco clarinet Harmony Whitestone 4. Powell 2100 (my BABY! solid silver professional flute. It has a spiffy cherry wood case. It's used for concerts, auditions, and lessons only for now.) That is an EXTREMELY idiotic idea. Using a different instrument for practice and concerts/auditions/lessons will make you sound much worse than if you practiced on the instrument you perform with. You see, all instruments are DIFFERENT, as I'm sure you know, from your rant on how horrid the school piccolo is. If you practice on, say, your intermediate flute with the gold lip plate, you will get very good...ON THAT INSTRUMENT, you get used to that instrument, when you switch to a different instrument, sure you might sound alright, maybe even good....but if you practiced on one instrument, and used that same instrument for performances you would sound good, maybe even excellent. Get what I'm saying? Wow. I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me an idiot. I don't think you quite understand... I can't take a $9000 flute to school where there might be an idiot who will knock into it and dent it up. Things happen. I play my Powell for everything that is not everyday school rehearsals. I also played my intermediate flute for 4 years, so naturally I got good at playing that one. I don't think YOU even get what you are saying, because quite frankly, it's not helpful. You seem to forget that all PEOPLE are different. When I picked up my Powell and played it for the very first time, the results were immediate. Also, seeing as your username contains "clarinet," I assume you are most knowledgeable about that instrument. I will agree that if you play on 3 1/2 reeds normally and then try and switch to 4s, there will be some issues there and it is not a good idea to go switching equipment around like that. Flutes don't always have that problem because they are usually quite similar at the headjoint end, even if you have a $100 Walmart flute and compare it to a $100,000 flute made by one of the most renowned companies in the world. Oh, and your whole "sometimes you gotta be harsh to make people see things" and "trying to help the person" does not make you a nice person. You need to learn your facts. I meant for this to be a thread where people share the kind of flute they have and what they like about it, not a "oh, you're stupid because you want to take care of your flute" session.  Although it's nice that you care about your instrument, but toco clarinet is correct. Since the two flutes, while looking the same, have different methods of making the lip plates, playing them both messes up your embouchure on both, and getting the best embouchure can take up to a year. If you were worried about dents, why did you buy it in the first place? Also, some of my friends bring their good Sonata/other brand flutes to school for rehearsal, and the price for their flutes individually is probably as much as your Powell. The only time they'll use another flute is if their good one has something wrong with it or they'te in a circumstance that would involve a marching flute.
However, you, toco clarinet, could've been a little nicer about it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:53 pm
I play an Armstrong 800B. It's all silver, has a gold lip-plate and crown, and B foot. It doesn't have French pointed arms, but I really don't need those now since the flute I have is already pretty good. I used to play a 303(B foot, only SS head) but I got my new one for Christmas. =)
I also have an Armstrong piccolo, although I haven't gotten around to looking at what the type is on the instrument. What I do know is that it's silver plated and has a conical bore with the head joint being the smallest point. I've been bothering my parents to get me a wood piccolo, but they're just brushing me off and are all vague. =/
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