Phil has been collecting vintage flutes for 35 years and possesses one of the largest collections found anywhere. The happy result is the glorious tonal colors found in these flutes, hence the intense interest in these by those who have discovered the "secret". They have more resistance and smaller embouchure holes. The approach to playing these special flutes are intrinsically different that the way one blows into a modern flute. Laurent flutes are not only exquisite flutes to look at, but have an amazing sound found nowhere else in the flute world.Īntique flutes offer a sweetness and purity of sound not found in modern flutes. Most can be viewed in museum collections around the world. There are very few found in private hands. These flutes are some of the rarest and most beautiful (and most expensive) flutes found anywhere. Laurent made flutes in crystal between 1806-1840. There is one maker that stands apart from all others: Claude Laurent. Many of these older instruments can be quite valuable, if they were made by the best makers of their day, like Louis Lot, Auguste Bonneville, or Clair Godfroy. Experience what it is like to play one of Paul Taffanel's or Philippe Gaubert's flutes. Playing older flutes is like stepping back in time.
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