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Anyone interested in Sankyo, you might want to have a look at this shop next time you visit Japan: Dolce Flute Salon http://www.dolce.co.jp/flute/index.html It looks like they have a fairly big selection. I contancted them and was astonished to be told that they have all the 7 different cuts in stoc...

hi neonG
Thank you very much for the information and the link!

hi neonG

Thank you very much for your reply. Do you find that your ST3 does perform better on the upper register as Sankyo describes it? Many thanks.

hi Everyone I was wondering if any one has experience of the different cuts (see types pasted below) of the Sankyo headjoint. (or other different cuts within one manufacturer) Do the headjoints really perform significantly differently re registers as the manufacturer describes them? if different peo...

hi Zevang Thank you very much for your reply. This is an all silver, with no additional features like trills, etc. Headjoint is silver as well with no other precious material variations. It does have split E so the new one with split E would be $12,995, which is still cheaper than the asking price o...

After trying quite a few flutes, I decided i like a used silver Brannen, which is also the only Brannen around here. It is at least 5 years old, and the price is a massive $14,415. I checked the Brannen site, and according to the price list there, a new silver flute is $11,965, so i think the used o...

if you look at Altus website, it says the founder first set up the company in Taiwan. Then as they expanded, they moved the operations back to Japan. i don't think they are still manufactured in Taiwan. Correction: the Jupiter line are manufactured in Taiwan. The high-end flutes are manufactured in...

if you look at Altus website, it says the founder first set up the company in Taiwan. Then as they expanded, they moved the operations back to Japan. i don't think they are still manufactured in Taiwan.