FL-200 Flute

by Simba Instruments

Product Features

• Silver plated metal body
• USA made pads form a tight seal
• Split E mechanism
• Cleaning rod & grease
• Hard Shell ABS case

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 7 x 11 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B00074UXBU
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,348 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

This flute is an excellent choice for the beginner to the advanced player. Like every musical instrument we sell, from our trumpets to our guitars, each Simba product comes with our 14-day "no play, no pay" satisfaction guarantee. We take customer service and each customer's satisfaction very seriously and we work hard to provide the absolute best service available. Buy your brass instruments today and find out for yourself why Simba Products is quickly becoming the best place online to buy your band instrument.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, June 28, 2008

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E. Maclellan "soccermom1129" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FL-200 Flute

I bought this flute for my daughter as her beginner's flute when she started band in 5th grade. She is now in 8th grade and it has worked wonderfully for those years. We did replace the pads this year, but that only cost us about $40.00, a necessary routine repair with any instrument at times. I would highly recommend this instrument for any beginner. The prices are reasonable for this instrument compared to others, so until a child figures out that they want to stay with the music, it is the best economic choice for the value!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid like the plague, June 10, 2008

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D. Suiter (Madison, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FL-200 Flute

I bought one of these for my daughter for $119. Total ripoff...it's unplayable. The pads don't seal and one of the keys closes when another one is pushed. The problem is that on a REAL flute, that isn't supposed to happen. It's pretty and shiny, but sounds dreadful. She had to use it at band camp for a couple of days while waiting for her Gemeinhardt to come in the mail and was so frustrated that she nearly quit band. I wish that I had read some reviews before I bought it because it was a complete waste of money.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AVOID, AVOID, AVOID!!!!, October 1, 2010

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Leopard726 - See all my reviews

This review is from: FL-200 Flute

BUYER BEWARE!!!! I have never owned one and never will because these mass-produced Chinese flutes are not flutes at all, but rather wall hangings. They are shoddy instruments and the scales are terrible. I think it's a crime that they promote them as being durable and reliable, because they are NOT! If you need to have them adjusted or have the pads replaced, you will most likely find that no repair tech is willing to touch it for fear that it will fall apart in their hands. The metal is so soft that it bends and the keys are so shallow that they will not hold pads correctly. I've heard that pads can fall out and keys can fall off! This would never happen on a good quality flute!

If you want to find a flute, save your money for one that will last forever or buy a used one! They are easy to find and hold up much better than these mass-produced flutes. I recommend Yamaha, Jupiter and Pearl because they have been around for a while. Yamaha is the front runner in student flutes and they also make intermediate and professional instruments.