my cousin in flying to USA.. looking for a flute, he wants a really nice one he has enough money for it.. but i need to find out where could we find a place and what kind is the best... he is a professional flute player. for a symphony band
2007-11-05 13:21:59 · 7 answers · asked by james o 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
You can buy handmade platinum or gold flutes that cost tens of thousands of dollars. Is that what you mean ?
Or do you just mean good quality factory-made flutes?
2007-11-05 13:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by brian777999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expensive Flutes
2016-10-16 03:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the wood flute from sankyo with silver mechanism and 10k white gold springs. After obtaining the raw material called, Grenadilla, it is left to air dry for 10 year.
The material then goes through another stringent screening process and only one third of the material finally ends up being formed into a flute.
Created with the careful application of time and energy, the sound, which can be said to be the original sound of the flute, expends a sense of maturity.
http://www.sankyoflute.com/e/catalog/wood.html
the link also have people that uses the flute.
There are different types of head joint choices, traditional cut, modern cut or the one with lip plate. This flute isn't the most expensive (should be near to 10 k) but i think that it is the flute that i would most desire to get.
2007-11-06 02:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably don't really want the most expensive flute - if he's in that market then he knows exactly what he wants.
My Altus was $7200 and it's nowhere near the most expensive though it is the best that I could buy at the time. A truly fine instrument indeed.
The Sankyo K18-5ST is only $50,250 at flute world. The Burkart BSGB is only $33,000.
2007-11-07 13:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow!!! You mean he has an unlimited budget???
Get a Brannen Platinum tube 14K Rose gold mechanism.
58 Dragon Court, Woburn, MA 01801-1014
or
Pwell Platinum Flute, 10k Gold Mechanism
http://www.powellflutes.com/
or
19.5K Rose Gold with solid 14K gold keys
or Platinium
Burkart-Phelan Inc.:
2 Shaker Road #D107
Shirley, MA 01464
USA
Each one should cost at least US$35,000++
2007-11-05 19:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by blk344 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ohh, I wish I had enough money for a professional flute!
Some brands to start with are Altus (my personal favorite so far!!), Pearl, William Haynes, Powell, Muramatsu (lots of famous flutist use this brand), and of course there's always Yamaha and Geminhardt which are great, but probably not what he is looking for.
Hope he finds what he is looking for! (He ought to get a handmade one)
2007-11-05 15:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by Daughter of the King 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yahama or gemeinhardt.
2007-11-05 13:27:12 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋