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Well, thanks for the advice everyone. I asked again when I went to test play some more flutes. It appears that Miyazawa Deutschland have ordered a-444Hz as their standard pitch, however the owner of the flute shop I went to thought that was too high and put a special order in so that his all come wi...

[quote="flutepicc06 I would be less concerned about what the flute is made of and more concerned about how it sounds/feels for you. Silver content will make almost no difference to the flute...It's all in the design and the quality of construction. Keep your options open, as there are some good plat...

Have you had your flute looked at by at technitian? It sounds like your flute is long overdue for a checkup! Er, yes, about 10 years overdue :oops: . It's a student model (Embassy Besson - don't think they are made any more) which I bought second hand for 100 pounds when I was at school. My teacher...

My Miyazawa is tuned to A=442. This is Miyazawa's standard scale. But, as previously stated, they can custom make a flute to any scale you desire. Well, I don't think I am good enough to be thinking about custom flutes yet, the standard scale will do fine for me! Anyway, I don't have the patience t...

Thanks for the replies. It could be that the German website is in error then. I shall check when I go back to the flute shop. I didn´t notice any difference between the Miyazawa and the other flutes I tried pitch-wise and they were all 442 Hz as far as I know (Pearl, Yamaha, Jupier and Sankyo). At t...

I´ve been looking for a new instrument (old flute is unplayable) and test-played a few a couple of weeks ago. The favourite was the Miyazawa PA-202. Obviously, this was also the most expensive :) One thing that I noticed was that Miyazawa build their flutes with A at 444 Hz (according to their websi...

Well, as far as I could find out, Wunderlich were based in the Martkneukirchen area of Germany which is the area for musical instruments. They don't seem to exist any more, although Adler are now part of Gebruder Mönnig (http://www.moennig-adler.de/), which may be what the "Gebr. M" on your lipplate...