Help on a new flute?

[AurokeFlute]

i am wanting to purchase a new advanced flute for college. I currently play on a Venus open hole b foot. as you know it isnt a good instrument. i graduate this year and i need one for college, i am going to double major in flute performance and music ed. the brands that are good i know are:
Muramatsu
Sankyo
Miyazawa
Pearl
Powell
Yamaha

What models should i try, and any gold is out of the question, due to price. any others i should know about?

[cflutist]

There is also Brannen, Burkart, Haynes, and Nagahara ... all Boston area handmade flutes.

I have a Brannen-Cooper Brögger Mekanik™ flute which I love, and a Haynes as my backup flute.

[fluteguy18]

WOW! Talk about an upgrade!

Which ones should you try? All of them. Otherwise you won't know what you like.

[AurokeFlute]

WOW! Talk about an upgrade!

Which ones should you try? All of them. Otherwise you won't know what you like.

It will be a HUGE step up since i have been playing on an open hole b foot venus i bought by myself in high school. lol my flute teacher says that i am pushing it's limits right now

[AurokeFlute]

There is also Brannen, Burkart, Haynes, and Nagahara ... all Boston area handmade flutes.

I have a Brannen-Cooper Brögger Mekanik™ flute which I love, and a Haynes as my backup flute.

thank you i didnt know about these. i am really feeling the burkhart and nagahara flutes, i'll see if they will be at my local flute convention and i'll try them out.

[Arlee]

I'd agree with Fluteguy and say try everything you can possibly get your hands on for awhile. All of those flutes will probably feel almost as if you are playing a different instrument (but in a good way) and it might take a little bit of time and experience with lots of flutes to really pinpoint what flutes and flute options really suit you the best. Also have tons of fun with it