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Most likely somewhere between 1965 and 1970. 102 is probably the model, the serial # begins with the M. The letter prefix covered certain years. This one would be in that range.

The player is what makes the flute sound good, not what the flute is made of! Anyone who tells you any different is full of it.

Amen! Preach it Brother Phineas!

I use the Votaw pad cup heater on piccolos and clarinets. Have the Smith little torch oxy/acetylene for hard soldering. Acetylene and air for regular soldering. Don't care for the air torch...

No it will not stay. You should get it replaced. For future reference, the "water trick" is probably the least lasting temporary repair. You be better to wrap some tape around the cork. I've done some ghetto repairs on site and informed the owner to bring it to my shop to have it properly replaced. ...

4P made in 1987

Mode First Last Year
4P 84085 86599 1987

Something to make you laugh. Here's what we flute players do to instruments at the other end of the sonic spectrum...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpuniL0ID9Y

Smile and Enjoy...

Joe B

According to published serial # records, this flute was made in 1960

1960- 68000
1961- 80000

JB

hi,i have sold my grenadilla head and im searching for a solid one...i have seen dana sheridan and arista heads.i dont have the opportunity to try cause i live in greece,so im going for one of them...i would like to hear opinions from you,which one to to prefer and why...my previous headjoint was a...

I just located the source in an email from a couple of years ago. An experienced tech said he cleans them by rubbing gently with a touch of Lubriderm on a q-tip. While I was looking for the source, I also found an article on the NFA website that suggests pads should be routinely cleaned during serv...

The particular instruments that I am referring to have steels with a threaded pivot on one end and a screw slot in the other. There is no shoulder on the screw slotted end. Tightening this steel until it stops creates friction and interferes with key action. Loosening it slightly reduces the fricti...

Thanks Joe. When you refer to misfitting pivots and say "they are going in too far causing binding and need to be re dressed," by "re dressed" can I assume you mean the pivot needs to be cut shorter and re pointed? When I tighten the rod screws, it has seemed to me that the threaded tube it pivots ...

Joe B, I've noticed this problem on a couple of different flutes where the B flat key on the left hand section and the F# key on the right hand section will bind when the rod screws are fully tightened. I read in Thorp's manual that a common cause of this condition is the head of a pillar that has ...

On my Sankyo CF410 Artist flute's foot joint, I noticed that the screw in the bottom of the long rod was extending out of the rod by about 1/8th inch. The other screws in the rods on the flute all had their heads flush with the ends of the rods. Having had a screw actually work its way loose and fa...

Forgot to add. Regarding NAPBIRT, Members have access to saftey standards as they are utilized at the training center. Every NAPBIRT university training course, if you go, begins with safety training and makes everyone aware of where the MSDS sheets are and all the proper procedures.

@JButky: Hm, yes need to refer for each and every chemical? Yes.. I work for a corporation, so personal compliance is a matter of determining liability. Anything and everything that is used has a sheet for proper handling (in the MSDS sheet). Binder is attached to the wall, everything is stored in ...