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Thank you so much for your input! It seems as though she's favoring the Muramatsu, but she still has a few more days to try them out, so I hope she'll choose the instrument best suited for her without judging the age. Glad to help. Is she playing the same songs on each? Something fast with lots of ...

If the Haynes has been well-maintained, then there's nothing wrong with it being an older flute. My Gemi picc is 25 years old and still plays very nicely indeed, with zero issues. I would put my 25-year-old workhorse Armstrong up against brand new Armstrongs any day. Even my old-old student Gemi st...

Hello all, my friend's daughter has been trying flutes for the last few days and has come down to her final decision (or what looks to be her final decision). She is torn between a 1992 Haynes and a Muramatsu DS. Both instruments have a beautiful sound and she truly has a beautiful tone on both. Her...