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First of all - congrats FltnPicc_David on your new Yamaha 674! But as long as we have Diane 'on the line' I was wondering if she could explain the difference in the Yamaha body types (the Yamaha website doesn't do that well). What is a 'type 1' as opposed to a 'type 4'? And why would it make a Yamah...

kflutist - I play a Trevor James Masters' Series II. It is a heavy walled offset, and it plays beautifully with a lush, liquid, dark sound. Being heavy walled, it is quite resistant, but it can really sing!

I'm afraid I have to side with Sidekicker here. "The Trevor James Company has master craftsmen building Recital and Master’s level instruments in their workshop in Lenham, England." Not to nitpick, but the use of the word 'building' seems like a synonym for the word 'assembling', not 'manufacturing'...