Theres a great Haynes Robertos, open hole 6 diguit and smokin'. Haynes is Haynes for sure but this fits where my mind set is in this era. ( Harold taught Dolphy, Yusef and hundreds of NY guys ) I never played a better flute, BAR NONE. My flute teacher for over 25 years Harold Jones has one and that kinda did it for me. That said, FWIW, I've been playing a Burkhart-Phelan for about 4 months and am loving it madly. Thats what _my_Haynes is, and it is an amazing flute. This is the ' era' you mean yes? I think it was also called the ' bread and butter flute'.Īrtie Pinkus told me that in the 70's on 48th St. I'm assuming that it would be.#20, xxx. Haynes COMMERCIAL experts, let me hear from you. (late 50s to early 70s) BUT What about the closed hole, COMMERCIAL model flute? What are the good serial number ranges for those?Īre they the same Golden Era as the Handmade or do they have their own, different era.

I keep hearing about the Golden Age of Haynes and I have played some really nice HANDMADE french Haynes flutes from that era.

Adams Musical Instruments, Concert percussion. The Haynes-Schwelm flute was meant to be a knock off of the W.S Haynes. It is sterling and has a MN XXXX Serial Number. Research on Godfroy Cylindrical Flute Serial Numbers. * Estimate is based on the average of 48 flutes produced per year.

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