As a long-time musician, playing all through school, and 22 years with the Army Bands, I have plenty of experience with woodwinds, including some flute, but being primarily a clarinet player over the years. Read Nancy's articles on her website she knows what she's talking about. I feel confident that my show in October is going to be wonderful now! Thanks, Nancy! I'll be back!įor those reading this guest book and contemplating whether or not to buy a "pre-owned" flute from Nancy, or whether to send your flute to her for maintenance or repair, let me reassure you that you have found the flute technician with "The Right Stuff"- Nancy Shinn. Eldred Spell to re-solder the lip plate on, rather than take a stab at it herself, since he has more experience with this sort of repair - now that is what I call service! :) Now I have the most enormous sound, tonal flexibility, and I'm sailing through technical passages that were a nightmare before this work was done. Not only that, but she hand-delivered the headjoint to Dr. (It's been a few years, but still!) The pads seal perfectly and I barely have to touch the keys to play. Not only did Nancy clean it up so it looks beautiful, but she replaced the pads and adjusted the flute to where I honestly cannot tell the difference in mechanical action between this 581 and my old 800 model I used to have. I don't think it had ever been adjusted, had many dings, and the lip plate was coming off (which I didn't even notice - I thought the cork was leaking!).
I got a deal on it, but the previous owner had beaten the daylights out of it. When I bought my Yamaha 581 (Sankyo NRS-1 headjoint) on ebay, I was all excited because I used to have an 800 model with the same headjoint.
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