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Edward Almeida #459 Solid Silver Flute for sale - Rare and beautiful example
Estimated price for orientation: 7 495 $
Category: Flutes
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Description Type: Concert Flute Headjoint Material: Silver Brand: Almeida Riser Material: Silver Instrument: Flute Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Body Material: Silver
5% DISCOUNT offered - please contact me for detailsThis particular flute is in beautiful original condition and has been recently stripped, cleaned and adjusted. It offers the inline G, soldered tone holes and the sought-after B-Foot. These flutes are sought-after mainly for the construction and superb mechanism but this particular flute also blows very well. It is a very rare model and a collector's dream and is ready to play. Please note that personal opinion on restoration and adjustment on these vintage instruments may mean that you will wish to carry out your own servicing. We have serviced this flute and it leaves our workshop in playing condition. These vintage instruments are fragile however and it may need further adjustment on arrival and so we stress this. We have tested the flute with an electronic tuner and it plays comfortably at 440hz.Rarely, this flute comes with a double flute case, as it was originally paired with a Louis Lot owned by the same person. I have seen a few Almeida's in my time and this is by far the nicest example and the best sounding. PLEASE NOTE that I will consider part-exchange with certain flutes, please contact me for further details.5% DISCOUNT offered - please contact me for details
Description
| Type: | Concert Flute | Headjoint Material: | Silver |
| Brand: | Almeida | Riser Material: | Silver |
| Instrument: | Flute | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Body Material: | Silver |
5% DISCOUNT offered - please contact me for detailsThis particular flute is in beautiful original condition and has been recently stripped, cleaned and adjusted. It offers the inline G, soldered tone holes and the sought-after B-Foot. These flutes are sought-after mainly for the construction and superb mechanism but this particular flute also blows very well. It is a very rare model and a collector's dream and is ready to play. Please note that personal opinion on restoration and adjustment on these vintage instruments may mean that you will wish to carry out your own servicing. We have serviced this flute and it leaves our workshop in playing condition. These vintage instruments are fragile however and it may need further adjustment on arrival and so we stress this. We have tested the flute with an electronic tuner and it plays comfortably at 440hz.Rarely, this flute comes with a double flute case, as it was originally paired with a Louis Lot owned by the same person. I have seen a few Almeida's in my time and this is by far the nicest example and the best sounding. PLEASE NOTE that I will consider part-exchange with certain flutes, please contact me for further details.5% DISCOUNT offered - please contact me for details