Pre-Owned Powell Custom Soldered Flute with 14k Riser

Our Description

This flute left the Powell workshop on the 24th September 2008, and bears all the hallmarks of modern Powell flutes. The tone of this flute is naturally very dark and projecting.

The Headjoint features a notable degree of overcut, which is often done to enhance response in the top register. The third register on this flute certainly speaks very effortlessly, and can be pushed to extremely loud or soft dynamics without losing pitch. The embouchure also features a very square profile which, alongside the 14k riser, may contribute to its naturally dark tonal quality.

Somebody looking for a projecting and rich sound with capacity for all the altheticism that the solo flute repertoire requires will find this flute particularly suitable to their needs. 

General Condition

This flute, which was made in Powell's Boston factory in 2008, has been through our workshop prior to sale and is in excellent condition throughout. There are one or two very minor surface blemishes, but these will not impact the playability at all. 

Condition Report

Condition can be highly subjective. This information is to be taken as a guide only. E&OE.

• Mechanism (1 to 10): 9
• Padding (1 to 10): 9
• Plating (1 to 10): 8

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

• Leather bound wood case with velvet lining
• Wooden cleaning rod
• Inner cleaning gauze 

Item Details

Item number: C201281 (Please quote this Item Number if you contact us about this item)
Serial number: 137***
Manufacturer: Powell
Model number: Custom Silver Soldered RBOE14R
Category: Pre-Owned Professional Flutes