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Hi Bfranz First check to make sure that a pad hasn't become damaged or undone...but the most likely culprit from personal experience is that the adjustment screw synchronizing the F and F# key needs to be readjustment....in this case tightened so that both keys close simultaneously. Not to go into d...

In my search pertaining to Armstrong's last line of Heritage flutes ( https://www.fluteland.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24602 )... Gary Ray of the Wichita Band Instrument Company was kind enough to send me a copy of the pages from the older original Armstrong catalogue and thought I'd share them h...

Renewing my library card I was able to access the Music Trades on line..... so far came up with this..... "Conn-Selmer CEO John Stoner reflects on a decade of change in the band business" Music Trades. 161.1 (Feb. 2013): p108+. "Your arrival at Conn-Selmer coincided with an unanticipated flood of lo...

Maybe we'll never know... but the bodies and details of the Heritage 60B/61Bs are not quite the same but very similar to the Haynes Amadeus line made in "Beijing" at the time..the AF800 and AF900....the Amadeus having the advantage of the Haynes head joints and finished at the Haynes facilities in t...

Its only a name but interesting that the model prefix “60B” from the last line of Heritage flutes (2004-2008) was used before by Armstrong for their Emeritrus 60B (1960/70s?) Just to quote the Wichita Band Instrument Co from one of their listings https://reverb.com/ca/item/15211895-armstrong-first-g...

pied_piper wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:42 am

.................... I play a Muramatsu flute (Japan) and it has the "rectangular" style spring cradle.

Now that I've looked a little closer .....as far as I can tell looks like all the Muramatsus have them...it's only a detail...but interesting all the same.

The spring cradle style may be an indicator of quality, but not necessarily an indicator of origin. I play a Muramatsu flute (Japan) and it has the "rectangular" style spring cradle. Thanks pied-piper....there's been so little information on Armstrong's last Heritage line from 2004?...they've been ...

Small pillar shaped spring catch seen on the majority of flutes... spring catch.png ....another example from a custom flute repair... http://www.stevedeutschmusic.com/repair/repair.htm stevedeutsch.png and one more.. Powell Custom flutes (top) as compared to the Powell Signature and Conservatory mod...

Back in 2010 I picked up a used Armstrong Heritage 60B flute…( https://www.fluteland.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4027 ) totally aware that they were said to be only pale comparison of their former glory…and always assumed they were made in the orient. I’ve been an amateur flutist since the 70s and sor...

Thought I’d post a follow up on the Armstrong 60B. From the little information that I could find the new Heritage line 61/60B lived a short life span, not too sure on the politics involved, but was part of Armstrong’s venture in producing a reasonable priced semi-professional flute by having it manu...

I forgot to mention that it's the differences in the head joints, P4 to the hand cut embouchure on the 60B that I'd be interested in hearing about and what to expect while I'm waiting on delivery in a week or so.

Robert

Hi, First time posting so I’d thought I’d join in with a few thoughts. I’m self taught, starting back in the early 70’s and 80’s but have let my playing lapse big time over the last twenty years due to many other commitments, painting, electro acoustic music composition, family and work. As an incen...