80 YEAR OLD HAYNES FLUTE VALUE FULL

Although we do sell a few unrestored historical instruments each year. Virtually ALL the items we sell have been fully reconditioned in our own shop. Today we have 18 employees including eight of the finest repair technicians in the country. Originally we were a repair shop that specialized in woodwind and sax restoration.

WeвЂ™ve been in business since 1953 and have had the same owner since 1963. Regardless of condition! Wichita Band Instrument Company is a small musical instrument emporium located in the center of the USA. NOTE NOTE NOTE: We need your trade-in flute! $200 trade value is possible for ANY used flute you wish to trade. Suggested retail price for a new Pearl PF-765RBE flute is now $2.995.00.

80 YEAR OLD HAYNES FLUTE VALUE FULL

Full warranty from Pearl and Wichita Band's two-year service warranty are included. Two Pearl polishing cloths, and deluxe wooden cleaning rod Made in Taiwan. Features include: French-style open hole keys with pointed key arms Set of removable plugs for the open holes Offset G Split E mechanism for easier response on high E Low B foot joint Deluxe French-style case with rounded corners and flush latches Nylon canvas case cover. Body, and foot and heavily silver plated and keys. Pearl's superb'step-up' PF-765RBE flute features a solid silver headjoint. more hole) KEYWORK TO LOW B, OFFSET G, SPLIT E MECHANISM. I'm wondering about the posts.WICHITA BAND INSTRUMENT COMPANY 2525 East Douglas Avenue Wichita. I guess I'll need to calculate/estimate the weight of the steel inserts. I wanted to weigh the mechanism separately to determine the amount of silver Problem is, the long silver shafts have steel inserts which apparently can't be extracted. I completely disassembled it since the pads were shot. Weird combination? It is missing the headjoint and the tube is all beat up and losing silver plate. Bettoney 'Columbia Model' because I heard from at least 3 sources that they have solid sterling keys and mechanism, even though the tube is plated. Easy enough to calculate the weight of the tube and I thought if I removed all the keywork I could weigh it but the long silver shafts are apparently impaled by a steel shaft which cannot be removed (no, I'm not going to melt down any vintage flute parts).

I'm still trying to determine the silver content of an 'all silver' flute. Thanks, Wakeland for that 13 ounce estimate.

Good luck, and I'd be interested to hear how it pans out for you. I have a '74 edition I play with a JB Weismann headjoint. After all, the Wilkins is a copy of a high-end Powell, albeit with a flawed embouchure cut and placement, and there are players out there who love this flute even with the original head. I'd try selling the flute on eBay first, whether a pad job is needed or not. I don't know anyone who has sold a flute this way, but you'd probably be doing good to get $400. I believe the Wilkins is coin silver, not 0.925 sterling. Also, the grade of the silver is taken into account. That would calculate to $585, except that a buyer doesn't pay but about 80% of the weight, paying you about $470. With the screws, pads, pad washers, head crown, and steels removed, it probably weighs closer to 13 oz. (The head crown may or may not be.) The flute weighs right about 16 ounces total. The head, body, keys, and mechanism are all silver. Those Wilkins models still bring around $600 or more if they're in good condition, and are really excellent players if fitted with an upgraded headjoint. Unless the instrument is badly damaged, however, you might be better off selling it intact on eBay or Craigslist. It seems a shame to melt down a flute, but I can understand how it could be tempting with silver around $45 per ounce.

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