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the S-*** series Selmers were premium "precious metal" flutes. That means everything including the keys and mechanism is solid sterling silver, unless it's stamped "coin silver". Only the screws, rods, corks and pads are not solid silver.

Talk to Bruce Bailey about them.

I hope you're right (link?) about the "sterling"

some people are saying they are coin silver.

wonder why they didn't bother to stamp them.

Thanks, Wakeland for that 13 ounce estimate. I'm still trying to determine the silver content of an "all silver" flute. Easy enough to calculate the weight of the tube and I thought if I removed all the keywork I could weigh it but the long silver shafts are apparently impaled by a steel shaft which...

I just unknowingly bought one of these on Ebay. I'm not upset 'cause I paid less than silver value. I discovered somewhere on the web that U.S. military "high pitch" was A=457 so I downloaded a frequency analyzer and pulled out the headjoint (5/16") till the "A" was 457 and behold, the other notes w...

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The ones made in Nogales are stamped "Nogales", (I have one) and are considered inferior. Yours, stamped "U.S.A." was made after they left Nogales and moved back to Elkhart and are presumably better, maybe as good as the earlier Wilkins.

Hi May I respectfully ask why you think they are coin silver? Interesting that they are not stamped "silver" And I just learned from Bruce Bailey that the crowns on the Gemeinhardt 3SS are plated. I wonder why? Silver was so cheap back then (and now again) And now I believe it because I just bought ...

The Armstrong model 80 has a great reputation as being near-pro in quality.

Has anybody heard anything about the Armstrong 85? Same specs, different years (83--89)

I cannot find anything on the Armstrong model 85 from 1983.

I know is is open hole, b foot, sterling tube,

but I dont' know how it compares to the model 80 or any feedback at all on it's qualtity, etc.

Thanks.

I was just wondering, if an ALL silver flute weights 440 grams total, how much of that is silver, and how much of that is steel, felt, cork, etc. ?

Hi I am also trying to find out about old F.E.Olds flutes. There is hardly anything on the web about them, but apparently they produced several high end professional flutes. I was trying to find out if the NS 75SB was ALL silver, including keywork and according to this website it is not. Only the SS...