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And the head joint fit a bit loose to the main body.Īfter about 10 minutes of quick adjustment, flute became playable, and it wasn't bad, at all.įor the el cheapo Chinese flute, actually it's pretty good.Īfter about 5 minutes of testing, it sounded even better.īut it takes probably a bit of experience to make more or less good sound, and the tube feels heavy and doesn't vibrate as much as my handmade flutes. Other than that, the mechanism for Bb with F key, and F# needed adjustment.
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For now, I just fixed the head crown with scotch tape, and this made the flute playable. I'll have to replace the cork, or put the all mighty plumbing white tape or something to make it fit. The cork was dry (or too small) and it was totally loose, and moving around in the head joint. According to some people, it's made in china. #1 Vintage Heimer $46: Closed hole el cheapo. To make things worse, more expensive flutes are usually sent with UPS and insured, and that means UPS will be charging high custom clearing fee, while cheaper flutes are sent by USPS and usually there is nothing to pay (or sometime just sales tax = GST, which is just 5%).Īnyway, here is the list of what I got from Ebay, so far (more coming): So, Canadian buyers (and possibly other international buyers), be aware.
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With a few of them, I had the surprise of paying relatively high custom broker charge plus Canadian Federal Sales tax (GST) costing nearly 30% of the price of the flute. However, some of them tool time to arrive because I'm in Canada and you never know what happens at the border. It means YOU SHOULD NOT BUY USED EBAY FLUTE UNLESS YOU CAN AT LEAST DO MINOR ADJUSTMENT and possibly some basic repair like changing cork.Īll flutes were well packed and promptly shipped. But all used one required some adjustment, so far. I had no instrument that I had to throw away. Some of them were won by bidding, others were "buy it now" or by the best offer. I bought 7 or 8 of them, so far, 3 of them are new or almost new, while others are used.
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I lost first couples of bids, but them learned how to win. Recently, I got curious about cheap flutes at eBay, knowing very well that some of cheap flutes are actually lovely instruments, and I started to search and learn about them.Īnd I got some extra money due to lots of over-time work, I started to bid on cheap flutes (under $200). Yet this Yamaha is still playing very well without any problem.
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but I don t need to do much.Īnd I took this Yamaha to every where, around the world, even on the mountain bike trip on trails, going down hill at full speed with extreme vibration and shock and temperature range of -10 to +30. Other than that, I do all minor adjustment myself. They are highly reliable instrument and Sakurai still has all original pads, and I sent Yamaha to maintenance only once (for some repair and pads change). 2: Rare Sakurai, also all hand made, silver, soldered tone hole, open hole, inline G).
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I own 2 professional flutes (No.1: YFL-61 Handmade Yamaha, open hole, inline G, sterling silver. I have played trumpet and clarinet, a little, too. But I took lessons and played in Orchestra at university and played in (almost) semi-professional Latino-jazz band, among other things. I've been playing flute for about 30 years, on and off, mostly for my own pleasure. I'm a brand new member, and I'd like to report my experiences with eBay flutes.