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Rhythm Band Flauto Traverso Baroque Flutes with Soft Case

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The price provided by the seller was incorrect : I had to pay more than 70$ to the delivery company (UPS) for tax and rights. I should have been informed by this important shipping cost !

The image of white flute provider by the seller on this page is incorrect : this is another model which cannot be played with modern pitch instruments. The flute is actually black and pitched around 440.

It is robust and pretty looking. It as an impressive mellow and rich sound for a plastic instrument. Most notes are easy to play, but some need mouth and intrument adjusments, as indicated by Aulos in their fingering chart, provided with teh instrument. The product may be an imitation of Rottenburgh flute, but it is not as complex and I think the Aulos team did not made a real copy. It is definitively easier to learn than the modern flute. The only detail I dislike is the D# key. It is so near the D hole that you need to turn it aside almost 90 degrees to gain access to the D hole. But this may be the way the original Rottenburgh flute was made. The flute can be detached in 3 or 4 parts. 3 parts are stored easily in a small leather-like case. Finally, the product is expensive : around 300$ (best plastic alto recorders are less than 40$), but definitively cheaper than wooden instruments (around 1500$ and more). The product was in perfect condition upon shipping.