Help Buying a Piccolo
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Moonlight_Trill
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Help Buying a Piccolo
Hi, im a 1st year university student and i want to buy a piccolo ( to play on my own and maybe with my prof). I have a deal with a local dealer, who is offering a pure silver Bundy, intermediate for $250 Canadian. I researched and found out that Bundy are only student piccolo's and come silver plated, not made of silver. So im not sure if his info is wrong or not. I have seen the piccolo and it says Bundy on it. I looked on ebay and other websites and they price around the $120 range. But they all say student piccolo silver plated. i guess i want advice as to if there is such thing as a pure silver intermediate bundy, and what a decent price is. its 10 years old, needs new pads and has tarnished a little. Thanx in advance.
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fluttiegurl
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First, I would not recommend a metal piccolo for university, especially iof you plan to use it for concert band/orchestra/etc. I would highly recommend talking to your teacher to see what you will be playing it for.
In my experiences, Bundy piccolos are not very good as far as intonation goes. I would recommend Emerson or Yamaha. Both can be found reasonably priced.
In my experiences, Bundy piccolos are not very good as far as intonation goes. I would recommend Emerson or Yamaha. Both can be found reasonably priced.
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FruityFlutie
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My piccolo is a student bundy, but it can withstand almost any banging around (except people sitting/stepping on it- yeah, it happened). I would highly recommend one of the black piccolos or at least one with an interchangable headjoint- black for practice and silver for performance.
She's right too, God knows my bundy won't stay in tune for anything, but after my piccolo sitting disaster, I had to purchase a new headjoint for it and it is in tune more often than not. You might buy a bundy body with a different brand headjoint, if you find one that way.
Mine cost $175 used, which actually wasn't a bad deal since it didn't have to be repaired or anything.
She's right too, God knows my bundy won't stay in tune for anything, but after my piccolo sitting disaster, I had to purchase a new headjoint for it and it is in tune more often than not. You might buy a bundy body with a different brand headjoint, if you find one that way.
Mine cost $175 used, which actually wasn't a bad deal since it didn't have to be repaired or anything.
I have a metal Artley piccolo, and it does not play worth anything. My uncle got it at second hand mind you, but it is very hard to play. I don't even worry about tuning on this thing because it is so bad. It is sortof nice for high notes, it will play then loud and clear but it can't even get most of the notes in the bottom half of the staff. I really prefer my school's instruments.
Your migiht be a different story because mine is second hand and a different brand, but I really recomend, especially for University to get something more like a Yamaha. Or go down to Toronto (I am assuming you are Canadian because you said the price in Canadian $) and look at some nicer ones. It is worth it definitely if you are taking music in University.
Your migiht be a different story because mine is second hand and a different brand, but I really recomend, especially for University to get something more like a Yamaha. Or go down to Toronto (I am assuming you are Canadian because you said the price in Canadian $) and look at some nicer ones. It is worth it definitely if you are taking music in University.