Mystery flute

[steerpike]

Hi, everyone
I've had my flute for nearly 30 years and loved it, but it wasn't until I lost it last Friday and thought I'd have to buy another one that I discovered it was a bit unusual, so I'm trying to find out more about it (by great good fortune it was found and returned to me on Monday, but I was in deep mourning all weekend). It's a Jupiter, which I bought secondhand in 1983, but the lists of Jupiter serial numbers available online make no reference to it at all. For a start, the Jupiter logo on it is nothing like the one they use now; it's stamped lengthwise on the barrel, in line with the body of the flute, rather than circumferentially as they do now, the design of the lettering is entirely different and the word 'Jupiter' is enclosed in a sort of dumbell cartouche, larger at each end to accommodate the larger J and R of 'Jupiter'. There's no model number and the serial number, which appears in only one place, below the logo, has no initial letter, as is the case now, just five digits beginning '91', so presumably they'd made nearly 100,000 of them by the time mine was turned out, though I looked in vain for another one on eBay etc. It's a pretty basic silver-plated (I assume) C model with dapped keys, a flat lip plate, offset G, four top-mounted adjuster screws and no other bells and whistles, and came in an unmarked black plastic fitted case with a blue velour lining. The cleaning rod is metal and has an adjusting screwdriver in the non-business end. I don't imagine it's anything special, but it plays easily and beautifully, has never needed repair or so much as one new pad, and as Jupiters nowadays seem to have a rather mixed reputation and I haven't been able to find a picture online that even vaguely resembles it, I thought I'd try to find out a bit more about it in case I lose it for real and have to hunt down another one; having tried a couple of others over the weekend when I thought it was gone for ever I don't think I could bear to play a different model, however reputable or expensive. Does my description ring any bells with anyone? Any help identifying the model, date etc. gratefully received.

[fluteguy18]

Try contacting Jupiter directly. They're located in Mt. Juliet Tennessee under the parent company KHS America.

[steerpike]

Thanks a lot for the info; I'll see what they say. Not that I think the flute's worth much, but it would be useful to know what model number and approximate year of manufacture I'm looking for if I ever need to replace it.