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My 11 year old decided to forgo band this year and we turned in her very expensive flute. She decided shortly after that she still wanted to play as a hobby. I was able to find this pretty little gem for her. I was skeptical of the price and what I would be getting. When she opened it we were both pleasantly surprised. It was a lovely shade of pink and sounds just like her expensive one! It was in a nice case too! We would purchase this one again!

Can't believe how great this flute is for the price. Yes, a pro or intermediate model would be a better instrument overall, but we just needed a starter flute for us to learn how to play and enjoy it's presence in our house. It looks and feels like much more expensive models we tried at music stores. Highly recommended for anyone young and old who wants to learn for the first time or needs a spare flute for travel.

Very nice flute! I played a very long time ago and am relearning. Don't know too much about higher priced flutes and their quality, but this is great for beginners and for someone who just wants to play for fun and not want to spend a lot on flute. So there's no guilt when I haven't played it in weeks.

Awesome sound and comes with all the things that it tells you in the picture! I love the color and the floral design on it too. Super neat nice packaging and soft on your hand to touch and feel

Great flute for my daughter, she is a beginner, and we wanted to start her off with a good quality flute. The case seems very durable, which will be great for taking to & from school every week. Comes with everything you need

My mind is blown. I've played flute practically my whole life. I wanted a practice instrument that I could leave at my city condo so I didn't have to keep carrying my Yamaha with me. I saw this and couldn't believe the price. But I really don't have hundreds to spend on another instrument that will just be used in my practice room. I thought the colors would just be cool.When I received it and took the case out of the box, I looked at the cheap, soft-sided case and, well, I wasn't expecting much. Well I was in for a shock. I put it together and just stared at it. The metallic blue body and brightly polished gold-colored keys were dazzling. Very cool indeed.Now for the real test. I put it to my lips and ran two octaves of scales up and down a few times. Wow. Crystal clear, smooth tone, excellent, effortless vibrato. The pads all seal tightly with the lightest of touch. The keys all work flawlessly. I expected my finger's muscle memory to have a problem with the return spring tension. Not so. Closing my eyes, I can't tell the difference between this little mind-blower and $3000 Yamaha.I played a little Irish ditty. I played a little Bach, a little jazz and a little Jethro Tull. I certainly found a good practice instrument! If you have a good ear, especially that of an experienced flutist, the difference in sound between a really fine instrument and this is very distinguishable.Bottom line... Need a really decent, inexpensive practice instrument? Look no further. Have a child interested in learning the flute? Here you go! For incredibly minimal investment, you could start your child down a path that can provide a lifetime of enrichment. Or, did you play flute in high school or college and just want to see if you have any of that talent and skill left? Here you go! Get one and some music and go play in the basement. You'll be surprised how wonderful it feels to have one of these lovely instruments in your hands and how genuinely fine the sound is.

This is a great beginner flute, as it works perfectly. The only con about this this that once playing this flute for a while, the metal becomes blackened due to the heat of the skin and the quality of the metal.

It is wonderful to be able to buy something like this that would have been impossible to get in the past. The only issue is that my daughter (who is using it to learn on her own so far and she is 8) says that one of the notes seems off as if it is not built properly, but the other notes seem fine to her.

have finally figured out a few notes.. as i''m teaching myself, youtube has been a great help in figuring this out. i bought this one because i felt it was a good price for someone just messing around and wanting to learn the flute for casual play.

Decently playable. I am a music major, percussion and trumpet are my main instruments. I've started collecting instruments and saw this deal and figured it was worth a shot. Could be better, could be worse. For a beginning flute, it'll do just fine.

At first, I thought it was great. Then as time went on, the lip plate's (on the mouthpiece) paint began to wear off. It wasn't too big of a deal, as it wasn't very visible, especially when playing. Then I noticed tarnish begin to appear on my lips. Turn out I may have had an allergic reaction of some sort to the material (probably the nickel silver).My solution was to order lip plate patches, and I'm optimistic about it, so everything should work itself out. Otherwise, it's a great flute, especially for its low price, so it was definitely worth the buy rather than spending $300+ at other places.

I am a professional flutist and was looking for an inexpensive beginner flute to recommend to beginner students. I tried it out and it plays in tune, has a great tone, and looks beautiful. I was surprised by the quality of the flute for the price. This is not the cheap-o quality flute here. It comes with the cleaning kit which is exactly what every flute and flute student needs, the case is decent and it comes with a shoulder strap too.I purchased this flute from this seller for $69.99 in May 2015, the price has gone up a little bit since then. Considering it is a flute under $100 it is a fantastic deal.If you are looking at this flute - you'll see that it has an offset G and a C foot. This means that the Key named G for the left hand ring finger is a little distance away from the flute instead of inline with the rest of the keys. This is a BONUS feature, as the inline G is tough to reach especially for beginners. I have the offset on all my flutes both Intermediate, and Professional. This is a nice extra bonus for this student flute.The other feature of this flute is the C foot. There are only 2 options here, either a B foot or a C foot. C foot is standard on student flutes. It basically means that the lowest note this flute will play is low C, aka middle C on a piano. This is an appropriate choice when you consider the music that the beginner flutist will learn for the first 3-4 years of playing will not go any lower than this C. The B foot makes it possible to play the low B, one note below C, aka one note below middle C on the piano. The low B note is commonly found in more Advanced levels of music. I know other professional flutists that still have opted to keep the C foot, and not use the B foot.I don't know how long it will stand up to a beginner flutist's tendencies to be rough (dropping, banging it into a music stand), but honestly for the price it is far better than renting, and better than a school-rented instrument. If handled with clean hands, clean mouths so there is no sticky spit put into the flute, gets cleaned with the provided swab-cloth, and fingerprints rubbed off with the cleaning cloth each time the instrument is used it could last for many years before needing a tune-up at the repair shop.

Can't speak yet about the quality of sound yet; however, we ordered the blue flute and were unpleasantly surprised when we opened the box to see a plain silver flute. Unfortunately, we can't return it bc we need it for band class this week. Annoyed.

This instrument is a good one especially if you're a beginner however it lacks in quality and durability. Mine only lasted for three month before the key pads started to malfunction. However, I would suggest investing in this only if you're wanting a temporary instrument or just a beginner.

in overall good for the price payed

A little airy sounding, but perhaps I am still getting used to it. You can tell this flute was cheaply made, but it's definitely a good flute for the price. I would recommend this as a great starter flute, but not so great for advanced musicians.

You get what you pay for on this one. It sounds fine but is very difficult to get it to make noise with normal breath output. I would go another route if you are looking for something long-term.

After a few months, the flute had some major dents in it. After a year, the flute wouldn't play. But it stuck together for the whole year, so I'm givng it a three star.

It wouldn't play some of the notes, I had to return it.

This came broken.

I've only had this flute for a couple of weeks but it seems that some of the key pads are already leaking air so that some of the notes will not play. I already need to get it repaired. It's worth investing in something more expensive to get a higher quality.

Very poor quality flute. I purchased this for my daughter, who has played flute for two years. After receiving it, we determined the F key did not work. This has been something that is noted in many reviews. I didn't notice them until too late, though. Upon contacting the seller, they were not helpful at all. Their statement was to just return for a replacement, but by the time we decided to return it, it was too late. If you're considering buying a flute, my recommendation would be to save your money for a better quality flute.

although this flute is beautiful and when we first got it , it seemed to be just right. But my granddaughter has not had it a year yet and she has lots of trouble with it. It will not play, you can not get sounds t come from it, at least not one that you want. This is such a sad thing because she loved this flute. now she is the only one in the school band that has a horn that sucks...... She is using a school horn. I can not recommend this item any longer. It does not last any time. I am sorry to have to do this. But an instrument should have more of a warranty than 1 month....

it's was packed very neatly, yet the thing was so rusty! After cleaning it for like 30 minutes I began to play and it just didn't feel right. I had been playing the flute for 8 months and been using a Jupiter Flute until recently. I wouldn't recommend this for if you're planning to play in band or for anyone looking for a cheap alternative. Instead, buy/rent a Jupiter or Yamaha flute. This is more like a practice flute you see at Walmart.

Poor quality and was unable to return due to the company's return policy of only 30 days.

Some of the keys were stuck and wires holding them together kept popping out. My daughter cut her fingers on it.

Terrible product. Lasted 1 month and now doesn't play above C unusable, but past the return limit so we are stuck with it. Not worth a penny! do Not buy this.

The flute will not play a F natural, and the B flat isnt right, no E. Very hard to play in a concert when a brand new flute wont play.

Do not buy!!!! Had this flute for two weeks and the paint is chipping and the end piece is so loose that it just falls off while playing.

Cannot make quality sound come through. Total waste of money.