Yamaha Advantage 200AD

[wood&silver]

Hello All,

First time on this board. I've been concentrating on Irish fluting on a wood simple system flute for the last 2 years. Met an old flute playing pal recently and played duets and trios with her and am now back into silver flute/classical. My training is classical (youth orchestras, competitions, conservatory for a year). I have hated my old Gemnhrt M3S for decades and did not want to get it overhauled. Decided I needed a new Boehm flute. Tried many through the intermediate range and the best flute by far in terms of bang for buck was the Yamaha Advantage 200AD. I think it plays incredibly well, though it lacks a little in the tone department. The mechanism is unbelievably accurate and smooth. The notes jump out of the flute. It is by far the best flute I've owned. And I got it for $500 from a local store in Oakland, CA. The brand new Advantage flutes, I found out, are made in Indonesia, as compared with the earlier models that were assembled in USA--tried both and found a huge difference: the Indonesians play noticably better.

Just thought I'd put the word out there. I guess the main question is how long it will hold up? We'll see.

Any feedback on this line? I'd say two thumbs way up.

Jason

[etgohomeok]

Yamaha has a history of the flutes made in Asia being better than the ones made here.