Vintage Powell Handmade Solid Flute

Our Description

The Powell Solid Handmade flute has superb projection and clarity of sound over the range of the flute. 

General Condition

This Golden Age Powell flute was made in 1957 and is in very good condition and playing order. The original lip-plate has been replaced by Albert Cooper, and a split E mechanism has been added at a later date. At some point, the standard B-Bb trill key has been replaced by a B-C trill (which some players may find more useful), and the previous Powell thumb key replaced. This work has all been carried out well, and actually the replacement thumb key makes it very easy to slide your thumb between the two keys. This flute produces a great sound and is a great price for an instrument of this standard. 

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.

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