Powell Sonaré PS-705BEFKT Flute

Our Description

Powell Sonaré flutes retain some of the design features from Signature series that are critical for acoustical quality. Sonaré flutes feature bodies made using patented Zinki technology and handmade Powell Signature headjoints. Both the body and headjoint are made at Powell's workshop in Massachusetts .

This particular model has an Aurumite headjoint, which is formed from two sheets of silver and gold which are drawn into a tube together. This gives the flute some of the properties of each material: the warmth of gold and the response and ease of play of silver.

About Powell

In 1916, Verne Powell joined the Wm. S. Haynes Company to make wooden flutes and piccolos. By 1926, he was the shop foreman and was running much of the business at Haynes; later that year, he left Haynes to make his own flutes and Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc. was incorporated.

The instruments were immediately recognized as the very best a flutist could play and endorsements flowed in from flutists around the globe. In 1928, he completed his first all 14K Gold flute; soon piccolos and alto flutes were added. By 1930 the brand had representation in the Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York Orchestras. There were flutes which had a life of their own; #365 the “World’s Fair” Platinum flute of William Kincaid, #900 the only flute ever made entirely of 14K White Gold, #1142 the “Signature” Flute.

In 2016 Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc. was purchased by Buffet Crampon, joining nine other brands of wind instruments to complete the largest group of wind instrument manufacturers in the world.

Specifications

What's Included

• Hard case
• Padded case cover with side pocket and adjustable shoulder strap
• Microfibre polishing cloth
• Wooden cleaing rod
• Silicone open hole plugs

Item Details