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BOOSEY & HAWKES
"EMPEROR" silver
plated flute
£230 or hire at £54.00 per qtr
SALE PRICE only £169, a saving of £61 or hire at £39.50 per qtr (3 months) A mid-range quality instrument, half way between the student and professional models. It has additional adjustment screws (see below) and produces an excellent, full sound. Good condition (Instruments in the 'mid-quality' range usually cost (new) around £700, give or take, so this instrument is at a bargain price). The "Emperor"has three additional screws often not found on many expensive instruments (and certainly not on 'student' instruments) - three important and extremely useful adjustments screws that anyone, without being technical, can use to re-coordinate some of the action. They are seen in close-ups below, the first on the foot, perched on the roller-key, which enables you to set the low C# and C keys to operate simultaneously; and the other two to be clearly seen in the adjoining photo, one each side of the G#-Ab pad - on the left the screw enabling you to adjust the thumb-key and the B-flat key that they close together, and the one on the right (most important of all) enabling you to co-ordinate the r.h. lst finger with the B-flat pad to give you B-flat using the first finger of each hand. Add to this the finer quality of the sound and you have a considerable purchase to pursue at a low price.
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