a little googling and only found these little rectangular catches on the Powell, Haynes and Brannen custom flutes…no where to be seen on any Orient mass produced or Japanese of origin. I regress…for what ever reason I was recently scrutinizing the build quality and noticed the spring catches were not your standard round pillar seen on almost all flutes… I’ve been an amateur flutist since the 70s and sort of stuck with Armstrong along the way.100, 105, 80B, never quite a fan of the Gemeinhardts and found the 60B a fairly descent flute and comparable with the Powell Sonares at the time…back in the spring I was considering doing an overhaul but came across a seller with nos 61Bs at very silly prices, the solid silver upgrade from the 60B and jumped on that. Back in 2010 I picked up a used Armstrong Heritage 60B flute…( ) totally aware that they were said to be only pale comparison of their former glory…and always assumed they were made in the orient.
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