Can You Hear the Difference Between a Cheap and Expensive Flute?

We're excited to be at Twigg Musique in Montreal to play some flute music and try out four flutes for you in this flute vs flute SHOWDOWN! Cheap VS Expensive!

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Yamaha 222

Yamaha 381

Brannen Flutes

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[spoonface]

My flute is $550 but I make it sound like $20

[mckenzielyn]

My flute was 1, 400$ and when I play it sounds like a dollar tree recorder .


The musician makes a difference.

[janehuckleberry]

I began playing the flute at the age of 9 years. I am now 78 and play every day. I am not - and never could be - as good as the Flute Master, Sir James Galway! However, I was a good enough flutist in high school that my parents gifted me with a Haynes flute/piccolo set that I auditioned with to earn a small music scholarship to college and that I played in symphonies and symphonic/jazz bands then. Throughout my life I have continued to play in municipal bands in every city where I have lived for over sixty-nine years. I had a UHAUL moving van stolen a few years ago in Seattle. All of my instruments and music (and everything else I owned) was in the van. My household insurance did not cover the theft - I was covered for fire, water, and collision damage - but not for 'theft of contents' of the moving van. (It was a terrible way to learn a hard lesson! I had not read the fine print of my policy - and never could have dreamed that a moving van I was renting would be stolen.) I am a retiree on a limited income and will never be able to replace my good flute set - now worth more than $10k - but I inherited an Armstrong 90 flute from a Great Aunt upon her death. It isn't my Haynes, but it is priceless to me. I love to play and am thankful that I still can move my fingers somewhat! I could tell the difference between the flutes in this demonstration, but I would have enjoyed listening to ANY of them as they were played herein. Thank you. My name is Jane.

[SourStrawberrys]

For $20, 000 that flute better summon a magic Genie when played that grants me 3 wishes.

[emelpuck]

This is how you recognise good players : they can have a great sound even with less good and cheaper instruments...

[bbwon]

Well, “cheap flute” is expensive to me

[mexil]

Everyone: oh wow 400 dollars to buy a flute expensive
Me who plays cello: 👁👄👁

[maverickm]

I can definitely hear how clean the sounds are as the flute gets more expensive...

[maipetallis]

I have homework to do. I don’t play the flute. I have no interest in buying a flute. And yet, here I am.

[jollyboi]

Me: Nah $700 is way too expensive
Her: This flute is $20, 000
Me: HOLY CRAP

[libsyates]

What I learned between my beginner flute and professional student flute was that the instrument and the instrumentalist both have an effect on the sound. My beginner flute held me back a lot, and the professional student flute helped my sound. But, conversely, after I had learned more things that I could do on the professional student flute, I could go back to my beginner flute and make it sound better. It's a very interesting subject, in my opinion.

[sylinmino]

I thought the differences between the flutes were subtle but noticeable at first, but the dynamics changes made the differences VERY noticeable. Suddenly the cheap ones sound super raspy at high dynamics while the expensive ones have incredible richness. And the cheap ones lose their richer overtones at quiet dynamics while the more expensive ones maintain them.

[Warlock_UK]

You can really hear the difference on the low and high end with the expensive flute. Great playing.

[masonflournoy]

More expensive flutes generally can hit higher notes without bursting your ear drums- you can still hit higher notes on a cheaper ones, but they're going to sound whiny and screech basically

[conniereese]

Being a flutist for 56 yrs, i can tell the difference. The difference in the tonal quality. My dream flute is a muramatsu!
Gold, off set G with engraving in the lip plate! Beautiful playing!

[conniereese]

I can tell the Brannen has a beautiful mellow tone. I can tell the difference as I’ve played for 56 yrs. Yamaha is most definitely a great starter flute. I bought my daughter the 700 model as I did not want the cheapest beginner flute. But she was good at taking care of her flute. The Selmer is a definite no no. I could hear the difficulty in the higher register. But if u play as long and often like I do and u have the money, I’d go for the Brannen. Another favorite of mine which wasn’t mentioned is a muramatsu..

[reyn]

90% of comments: why am I here I play another instrument?!

me: why am I here I play flute but I suck

[ChristianIce]

It's only preceived by the player, and it's all about the player to get different colors out of it.
Give me all of those, and they will all sound like 20$ broken instruments :)

[moonshynegirl]

The Brannen sound made me smile. The price made me cry. If I were a professional, I would gladly pay that or more for the sound quality.

[cathharr]

The sound of the high end flute is gorgeous. This makes me want to have my flute adjusted and play it once again.