Gemeinhardt piccolos

[andy957]

Would like to know anyone's experience with the Gemeinhardt 4W. Thanks.

[john101]

I have one, it's an excellent piccolo for the money. You can easily get a new 4W discounted for about $950. For your info, in 1997 Gemeinhardt purchased the Roy Seamans Piccolo company. Since 1997, Gemeinhardt piccolos are being made with the original Roy Seaman tooling to the original specs. They are excellent piccolos.

John

[flutepicc06]

I have one, it's an excellent piccolo for the money. You can easily get a new 4W discounted for about $950. For your info, in 1997 Gemeinhardt purchased the Roy Seamans Piccolo company. Since 1997, Gemeinhardt piccolos are being made with the original Roy Seaman tooling to the original specs. They are excellent piccolos.

John

They are indeed using Roy Seaman's name, and may be incorporating some of the design points of the old Seaman piccs, but the two are very different, and personally I regard the original Roy Seamans as being of much higher quality than their modern counterparts from Gemeinhardt. I agree that for the money Gemeinhardt piccs are solid instruments, but for slightly more (in the $1500 range), you can pick up a Zentner or Roy Seaman, which (at least in my mind) are a step above what Gemeinhardt is producing. Don't limit yourself to these few brands, though. Pearl, Jupiter, Yamaha, etc. are all producing piccolos and one of them may be the best fit for you.