Gemeinhardt 3sb Flute
from Gemeinhardt Co.Product description
The Gemeinhardt 3SB flute is a soprano model, offering the resonance and tone quality of a solid silver headjoint and body combined with the unparallelled durability of a French key mechanism. Using a B footjoint, silver headjoint and body, the 3SB offers specifications many teachers recommend as the ideal step-up flute for advancing musicians. It features a silver J1 headjoint that allows for maximum color and projection of sound for the flute player that wants to keep improving.
The B footjoint provides a longer tube allowing a greater resonance in the flute, as well as providing flutists opportunities to utilize alternate fingerings for greater facility in the upper register.
It's an excellent intermediate flute made out of solid silver.
- Solid Silver with Model J1 head joint
- Silver-plated, French (open hole) style keys
- Silver plated key mechanism
- B footjoint
- Professionally padded
- Stainless steel spring
- Sterling silver head, body and B foot
- Offset G key
- Beryllium copper keys
- Drawn tone holes
- Includes: case, cleaning rod
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Actual user opinions:
"When compared to an ordinary Gemeinhardt student flute (no holes, no B flat foot, different material, etc.), the difference is amazing. While the other one could occasionally give off a pleasant sound, this flute gives off a warm, full sound that is stunning compared to the stuffy sound of the student flute. Granted, this is a more difficult flute to play, requiring the player to have been playing for a few years, but once you hit the level of "intermediate", it can last you a lifetime (unless you choose to go pro). The holes come with corks/plugs already in them, making it very easy and convenient to slowly get yourself used to playing a flute with holes in the middle of the keys. The B-flat foot is also very convenient and useful." - Biblibio
"I purchased this instrument 4 years ago, with gold mouthpiece and gold plated headjoint interior, for $800. I play weekly with my church music group, and the flute has been impeccable. I noticed the difference from my previous closed hole model immediately. The sound projects better and more warmly, and it is fairly easy to adapt. For performance you can't beat it! The Gemeinhardt namebrand also carries a very solid reputation." - R. Ingram, Tallahassee, FL
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