It seems, from what I saw while doing a bit of research, that a used one would be 1/2 to 2/3 the price of a brand new one which would mean that we would, in the end, be paying ~$450 to $550 for the convenience of payments. With a conventional lipplate design (no wings or fangs), the wood headjoint fits comfortably on the chin and gives the player a similar feeling of playing on a C-flute or alto flute.
The picture above is a Mopani wood bass flute headjoint on an Artley Ogilvie model body. I understand and respect that it is a rental with a payment plan, thus it would be more than outright purchasing it but it looks like a person could purchase one new for ~$725. The sound of the bass flute carries very far.
Emerson Eld Flute Serial Numbersįinally, the rental, a used flute, would end up costing ~$925 in the end.
Secondly, which is the 'better' flute? Are these two flutes equivalent in how they play? Again, I know nothing about flutes so I wouldn't even know what is important when researching this stuff online. Now my main question would be, providing that the Gemeinhardt is is good condition and needs only the regular maintenance stuff done, is it better to buy that or stay with the rental? It seems that the general consensus is that it would run in the neighborhood of $150-$200 to have that stuff done. This Open Hole, C-foot flute is from the late 1960s made in Elkhart, IN by Artley.This flute has been loved for many years by a professional musician and it shows in the wear of the solid silver alloy - silver-plated keys.There are still a few years of life left in this lovely old flute. I've been going through the posts here in this sub and it seems that, provided that the flute isn't dinged up, dented, bent, etc., the worst we would be looking at is replacing the pads and possibly adjusting whatever might need adjusting. They claim that the Gemeinhardt is, in their words, 'in very good condition and hard case is in excellent condition'. The flute has inline G, a B foot joint, open holes and a solid silver head. Messages 222 Locality Glasgow 1 I have for sale a lovely Artley 4-0 flute. Thread starter Chris Sax Start date Chris Sax Member.
Recently, we found a flute that we might be interested in, a Gemeinhardt 50 series 52sp (this is how it was listed so if anything is incorrect, blame my ignorance and feel free to correct me). Artley 4-0, low B, silver headjoint pro flute. headjoint for the original, which may be the case but not clear from the photos. We went with the rental thing and she received a used Emerson EF1 that she uses currently. an Artley flute, go ahead and post it here with whatever story you might have, like how long have you owned it.
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