have a 1922 Haynes Sterling Silver Flute

dogster · Post by **dogster** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:56 pm

I won an ebay auction and got an 1922 Haynes
Sterling Silver Flute C Foot Plateau . Its in mint condition . It sounds amazing ! And so I brought to my favorite tech guy . He loved it too , he asked what I paid for it 1000.00 . He said thats a steal . But then the real problem is i found out that it a 435 A tuning.
Ugh it is worth not as much as I thought . So I can send it back but i really like it so much .But everyone says that I will be out of tune with everyone. When I play it with music it sounds fine !

Doug

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:49 pm

hmm... not only is it A 435, it predates Cooper's scale design....

Well... there isn't much I can tell you to be honest. You might try getting the cork moved so that it is easier to play at A440. But, that will only make tuning and intonation worse... well... maybe. It depends on your playing. You will definately have more adjustments to make though.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:36 pm

so keep it and enjoy it.

There, that was easy.

seriously, play it in a duet with a friend and see how it sounds,
play it with a tuner yourself and see how the tone handles being played
a bit sharp..