Vintage Grassi Milano Silver Plate Flute

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Seller: sem012 ✉️ (1,700) 100%, Location: Burley, Washington, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 311747906610 Vintage Grassi Milano Silver Plate Flute.
Vintage Grassi Milano Silver Plate Flute
 
An interesting vintage silver plate flute made by Grassi, Milano.  It is a standard closed hole, C foot, off-set G, with French point keys and extended foot joint.  Both the headjoint and footjoint tenon covers are present.  There is no serial number and the headjoint is simply stamped Made in Italy.  The space under the tuning barrel is stamped with a number 1.  At 23.5 inches or 590 mm, the flute plays at A 440 slightly pulled out.   The mechanical condition of the flute is very good, although as found there are almost no pads present, just enough to sound a C or C#.  The springs appear to be bronze and are very robust.  The flute will need new pads and corks to be fully playable.  When put into proper playing condition we are sure it will make an interesting and useable flute, especially for doublers.   The plating is in very good condition, with only a minor area of loss near the thumb key and on the ornate crown.  There are minute nicks to be seen across the instrument and several very minor dents on the headjoint.  The embouchure hole is a squared oval and measures 12.5 mm by 10.5 mm, fairly large.  Of interest is the pronounced, rounded straps that attach the mechanism to the body.   The footjoint has the strange, extended tenon sometimes seen on these vintage flutes.  They are meant to allow for venting of the D# hole and have arrows stamped onto the body to line the hole up correctly.  Please note that the footjoint screw rod is slightly too long.  The end ring of the footjoint was soldered in place slightly too far up on  the footjoint, or some reason a common occurrence to vintage import flutes.   The case was in very poor condition and we refinished it by decoupaging it with pieces of paper and painting it a dark blue, then sealing it.  It has the appearance of glossy leather.  We refinished the inside of the case with blue velvet.  We are confident that this flute will be an excellent playing instrument when repadded and certainly has an elegant design decidedly more attractive than the standard student flute.   Note: I am a lifelong flutist with 24 years of active playing experience.  All the instruments  have been thoroughly inspected and test-played by me before I put them up for sale.  All the pre-owned instruments are dismantled, meticulously cleaned and polished and then re-assembled.  Any scratches or finish conditions will always be described and photographed to the best of my ability. Please email me through eBay if you have any questions about this instrument.  
 
 
 

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  • Brand: Grassi
  • Color: Silver
  • Skill Level: Intermediate

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