Eastar 16-Key Open Hole C Flute Kids Beginner, Silver Full Kit, EFL-2

I don't know much about flute I just start a week a ago with a Armstrong 104 I need a back up sent my flute need some work I'm on sate income I don't have a lot to go out and buy a high price flute while saving a little at a time I saw this one for under $200 I may not know how to play yet but Im slow I been on violin for 4 month so it not easy for me at all to go from Sting to key but the flute sound good to me I can do d note and my Armstrong got a leak in the key it play great for a slow disable learner and the sound is amazing to me if you just starting out this be the best bet for any beginner to get even my cousin want to start the blue is great but the case would w better color I dont care for brown I be taking to my teach Christina at Anaheim ca music and art is helping me on my way it all started with a green violin and the price is great and it fit in my hand great for some got a bad week muscle playability is great IT ALl Started With A GREEN VIOLIN

I bought this flute for my grandaughter were impressed with the quality and the silver nickel makes the flute look amazing ,my granddaughter hasn't tried it yet but she excited,she's been playing the flute for two years .She put it together and she says the keys are soft .We were also amazed with the the accessories that comes with the flute,the gloves,music notes the cloth to clean it also the rod and even a stand but it didn't come with the legs to stand ,but other then that it's worth the price.would recommend if you don't want to spend to much money .

UPDATE: Nearly three months in... I finally broke down and bought myself a Gemeinhardt 3OB because after three months, I had a lot of trouble with certain notes (mid E, F, A, and high C). I had watched several videos that said often, beginners on cheap flutes quit, thinking that they are at fault for the lack of quality. I'm here to tell you... it's absolutely true. So - still 5 stars, still worth it for a beginner, still stand by my original review, but know that once you really start to understand how hard you're working to produce good tone, it may be time to move up into something better. Eastar's flute will have a place in my heart as the start of a great adventure, but after three months, five days a week, one hour a day... I finally had to move up and now? I've got a tone like butter... (or at least beginner butter. Ha ha ha!) Original Post: ... I'm still playing it and enjoying it. A few things I'll touch on, which don't make this flute less than five stars, but are considerations for anyone wanting to buy a flute. 1) If you are acidic, (like me and my wit - ahahahahahaha), expect this thing to begin to tarnish within two weeks (playing ~5 days a week). After nearly a month, the point where my left hand index finger holds the flute is black, the 4th finger key is black, and tarnish is showing up on my lip plate and other contact points and keys. Flutes do tarnish, and it doesn't affect the sound, but it's something to keep in mind as the price of this flute costs less than it will cost to get the tarnish removed. (And yep, I clean it after every use - inside and out.) 2) It is a very bright and brassy sound. This isn't a mellow flute, for that, you're going to have to up your price point significantly. I don't think less of it for that simply because... I got a flute for 75 bucks. 3) It's 75 bucks. Don't think you're going to get a $3000 sound out of it, or even a $300 one for that matter (though watching a professional play this flute on a YouTube video did make it sound maybe $200-ish). Make your peace now. It is fantastic for adults (like me) who are wanting to try out the flute to see if it's an instrument they'd like to continue. It seems like it'd be stellar for elementary school students (4th-5th grade) who are starting out as well. But - if it breaks, you're going to be buying a new one, as the price to repair it will be over the price to just buy another one to start out. So why five stars? Because I was ready for a $75 dollar instrument. That said, it impressed me with the workmanship. It is actually pretty solidly built, which is great. It comes with everything you're going to need to take care of it. It comes with a stand. It even comes with a pair of gloves so while you're cleaning it, you're not just getting fingerprints all over it again. It has a decent sound and, hey, did I mention it's $75 dollars? It is well worth that price. If you're on the fence, go for it. You won't be disappointed.

I did a lot of research before buying this instrument. I have been playing the flute for 20 years and I needed a low cost option for my niece who has just started to show interest in playing the flute, but didn’t want to buy her a low quality instrument. After seeing a YouTube review on this instrument, I felt comfortable buying it for her as a beginner. The flute came carefully packaged, the keys were protected by pieces of cork and everything was wrapped in plastic. After I unboxed it, I played a variety of excerpts on it and was pleasantly surprised. The tone is okay, doesn’t sound dull or muted at all. The mechanism did require a tiny bit of adjustment, there was a small leak that was easily fixed by tweaking a screw or two. The pads look very durable and the action feels very responsive. I can’t speak on the longevity as of right now, but I can say that due to the low cost I doubt it will be worth paying to fix when something major goes wrong. (She’s in middle school, something will eventually go wrong lol) I would definitely recommend this for a beginner or even someone with previous experience who wants to get back into it. Very good starter flute.

I haven't played the flute since band in high school it's been a hot minute since then but I really enjoyed being able to play again without spending my whole paycheck

This review is specifically for the EFL-2 open/closed hole flute with silver plating, as I don't know if the nickel-plated EFL-1 has the same quality control issues. The first flute I received couldn't be properly assembled, as the fit between the body and the foot joint was too tight. The only way to grip it tightly enough to fully connect the two pieces would have been to wrap my hand around the entire foot joint, keys and all, which would likely damage the keys, rods, etc. Since I couldn't even get it halfway together otherwise, it was pretty much unplayable, especially since it left the foot joint precariously close to just falling off. However, Eastar as a seller was great to work with to get a replacement. This was a painless process, and they were eager to help. Unfortunately, while the replacement flute they sent would go together the way it should, a small piece of cork padding was coming loose from the mechanism that presses down the front G# key when the F key is pressed, leaving such a gap that the G# key wouldn't close the tone hole, which left the F key basically nonfunctional. While I might have been able to reattach the cork padding if I'd had the appropriate, durable adhesive, I didn't want to risk getting any on nearby key pads, since I'm definitely not a flute repair specialist, and even the tiniest goof would have also left the flute unplayable (concert flutes are very delicate and easy to mess up just by their nature). So, I returned this one as well for a refund. Two flutes in a row exhibiting such seemingly minor issues that actually rendered the instruments useless leads me to believe there are quality control issues that need to be sorted out before these particular flutes can be a worthwhile purchase. Until Eastar or the company from which it buys these flutes figures out how to ensure every flute that leaves the factory is properly manufactured, assembled and otherwise prepared for shipment/sale, I can't recommend them, not even at this price, because it doesn't matter how affordable an instrument is if it will serve as nothing more than a tchotchke to decorate a room. However, perhaps others will have better luck with this model than I did, and at least Eastar is willing to work to try to make things right when customers receive defective instruments. As a seller, I rate them highly. This particular product, though, not so much.

Hermosa 🤩 Espero que le sirva a mi hijo …

For what it is, it isn't bad, especially if you are unsure if you or your new student will take to a flute. It does sound acceptable for learning. I definitely wouldn't want to do a concert with it, or to use it in a band in highschool. It did take a couple times around to get it shipped without being damaged in shipping. I expected much better from Amazon Prime. The second one they sent, the box was ripped open but the contents were still intact. I had talked to Amazon, the guy said they would do something to make up for the shipping debacle (the damage and late delivery) but nothing was done less sending out the second one. Which was late, according to when the day the representative said it would get here. In fact, I cancelled my Amazon Prime because of the less than desirable experience.

Flauta decente, acordé con el precio.

中学時代以来のフルートです。室内楽の同好会でバイオリンとビオラとクラを担当してるのですが、去年から古楽のレパートリーを増やすためにティンホイッスルやらバロックリコーダーをやり始め、ヘンデルやテレマンあたりのソナタも吹けるようになり管への情熱(？)みたいなものが再燃し中学時代に吹いていたフルートの音が懐かしくなり購入しました。 フルートの3点支持だの回転重心だの、当時もそうでしたが簡単なように見えて習得の難しい基本のキからのリスタートです。確か当時吹いてた管がミヤザワ楽器さんのms95で、Eメカもリングキーもなく菅もこれより重くて始めは楽器が押さえにくかった記憶があります。それに比べて菅がかなり軽いので初心者の方でも疲れにくく吹きやすいと思います。あの頃と比べて体も発達したので最初はつまづきなく進み楽しかったのですが、最低音のcとDがめちゃくちゃ出にくくて萎えました。これは一般的な楽器でもアンブシュアにコツが必要で出すのが難しい音ですが、何となく必然的に出にくい感じがします。五年ほど吹いてた自分でも低音が出にくいです。構造の問題なのかな？ でもスプリングソナタくらいは音のつまづきもなく吹けたので趣味で吹く楽器としては充分だと思います。ヘンデルのラルゴ、ビゼーのハバネラ、グルックの精霊の踊りメロディーなどフルートソロの楽しい曲を吹くのは出にくい音が絡むので至難の業です。部活やオケやアンサンブルで使うなら音圧負けしないヤマハやクランポンの銀菅くらいの方がいいと思います。中古ならメルカリなどで安いです。この楽器も響きは綺麗で大きいですが何となく薄い感じがして、合奏では音が負けます。アンサンブルで吹いてみたら弦の音にかき消されてイマイチでした。低音は響きが良くないです、高音はまろやかで、歌うような曲に向いており、ソロでは映えるような不思議な音色です。音高時代はクラスにフルートの子が何故か十人くらいいて(全体で五十人も居たらしいです。 自分の専科の弦の子なんて二人しかいないのに流石に多すぎだろう) で、彼女たちは放課後になると廊下やら空き教室やらであの分厚いアルテの練習曲を吹いたりよくわからないコーダを吹いたりガヤガヤやってて側からみると楽しそうだったのですが、彼女たちがいつまでも学校に居残って練習してた理由が今になってよくわかりました。これ、壁の薄い古い集合住宅だとあまりにもうるさいんです… バイオリンやクラみたいに消音器がないので音漏れがストレートです。バイオリンよりも響くみたいです。家で長いこと吹くのは気が重いのでちょくちょくカラオケ屋に行って練習してます。楽器ケース持ってカラオケ屋入るのが久しぶりすぎて結構熱い…

この楽器は支払った価格に見合った品質です。

In 1999, I bought a Lark Chinese-made Boehm flute at Steve's Annex in Montreal for $99, to see if I would enjoy playing a metal flute. It played well enough to convince me to upgrade to something a little better, and after nine months of playing it I donated it to the local church rummage sale (it was still holding up). It was chrome plated and hence slippery, had thin tone, no dynamics, and required constant adjustment. This flute is about three levels above that: far better made from better materials, with far better key work, better finished, and reasonable intonation with good dynamics. The tone is on the bright side, but can be varied. The first two octaves are easy to produce, and the third is quite manageable. It is more fun to play on than the Armstrong student model I had been using for practice. Given 25 years inflation, this is a far better bargain than the Lark was. I have started playing again after a long hiatus, and wanted something with open holes for slides and finger vibrato in Celtic music, so I took a chance on this. How well it will play in a year is an open question, and at the price, service may be hard to justify, and repair unlikely. I would like to take this as proof of the brand's quality, but I have just returned an Eastar metal piccolo that had horrific intonation problems and badly finished tone holes, so guess it is a matter of where the instruments are sourced from. At any rate, they seem to have got things right with this flute.

La flûte a une belle présentation quand on la sort de l'emballage. D'autant que la couleur est jolie. Mais lorsqu'on en joue, il y des anomalies : certaines notes ne jouent pas ou sont fausses. Je suis obligée de la retourner. C'est dommage !