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| Name | Demostration & comparison of 6 different intermediate & basic student model flutes |
| Video Uploader | Video From MusicalCosmos |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 26-11-2016 09:41:14 |
| Video Discription | Are you able to tell which flute is which number? Do they sound different to you? Which are your favorites? (Click "show more" to read more below.) This selection is listed alphabetically by brand, different order than from the video: - Armstrong 103 (Stephen's flute from 1994) - Armstrong 303 (Alyce's flute from 1994) - Gemeinhardt 2SP (Alyce's flute from 1986) - Jupiter 511-ii or 515S (Megan's from 2016) - Yamaha 211S (Helen's flute from 1995) - Yamaha 581H (Helen's flute from 1993) Well, this selection includes 2 intermediate flutes and 4 basic student model flutes. None of these were considered handmade. Three of these flutes were borrowed from my Buy Nothing Project Group. I'm very lucky that my group is full of incredible people with warm & welcoming hearts. The other three flutes came from closets in my childhood home. (Ack, just noticed that I was having a bad hair day when this recording was done...oh well, already returned all 3 flutes right after this recording, cannot re-do this demo. My bad! hahahhaLOL) I had about 20 minutes right before recording this video to test, check, & tune each flute (fixed a few leaks on 2 flutes). Wish I had the chance to play them all fully before recording as I was very unfamiliar to all these flutes before & during this recording. Wanted to fast forward the changing scenes, but cannot do it without software, sorry! Before this experiment, I thought all non-handmade flutes were made about the same because they were mainly machine-made. After this experiment, I highly recommend taking time to run tests/trials before buying/renting any machine-made or handmade flutes. Each flute does sound a little different to me, so maybe each flute sounded different to you as well. I tried to play as consistently as possible, but ended up playing a little differently on each because there's always this natural inconsistencies that's inevitable, which made us all human. During this recording, I was distracted a few times by how difficult it was to create tones or dynamics or colors with the embouchure hole of some headjoints. Each flute felt very different to hold and to play. On top of that, this was the first time ever i have play 3 of these flutes, and really haven't touched the other 3 in many years. Here's some uneasy items in this recording: Pads are not sealing well in two of the flutes even after fixing. One of them stayed very flat no matter how much I push, two other flutes have inconsistent intonation/scale. There was limitation on volume control on three flutes. One of them felt very different than the rest of the flutes in my hands and on my lips. Two of the flutes were easier to play than the rest. One flute has silver tube through out (head, body, foot, but keys were plated silver) and one flute has a silver head (with plated body & foot), but everything else were completely silver plated. Only one flute in this collection has not been sitting in the closet. Please finish listening and pick your favorites before scrolling down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you guess the order correctly? Are you surprised by the results? Did this demo/comparison exceeded your expectations? Almost all of these are closet flutes, I was genuinely impressed by their condition. My favorites in this group was my Yamaha 581H (order #1) because it was very easy to play/control with nice even sound, and it felt somewhat similar to my Brannen. The runner up was my Yamaha 211S (order #4), also very easy to play/control, it was surprisingly projecting. My third choice would be the Jupiter (order #6) because it sounded great and easy to play, even though it felt very awkward to hold in my hands and the lip plate felt very foreign on my lips and chin. All of these flutes were equally unfamiliar to me, so to my surprises, my Yamaha flutes ended up being my favorites. I don't believe ancient muscle memory play any part in this because I used my brother's Armstrong for little over a year right after my very first flute was stolen, that's before I got the Yamaha 581H. I never really played on the Yamaha 211S (it was a present from someone who needed to move in a rush but didn't want the hassle of selling it), it mainly served as a backup or a teaching flute or a memorabilia. Actual order in this recording: 1- Yamaha 581H (Helen's flute from 1993) - closet flute - silver plated mechs+keys with sterling head+body+foot 2- Armstrong 303 (Alyce's flute from 1994) - closet flute - silver plated everything with sterling head 3- Gemeinhardt 2SP (Alyce's flute from 1986) - closet flute - silver plated everything 4- Yamaha 211S (Helen's flute from 1995) - closet flute - silver plated everything 5- Armstrong 103 (Stephen's flute from 1994) - closet flute - silver plated everything 6- Jupiter 511-ii or 515S (Megan's from 2016) - active rental flute - silver plated everything F8EOlj9raNk |
| Category | Music |
| Tags | yamaha | armstrong | gemeinhardt | jupiter | flutes | compare flutes | basic student model flutes | intermediate flutes |
