Great advanced flute (Miyazawa PA-402E)

Member Name: mizzy

Product:	Miyazawa PA-402E
Date:	16/05/09 (69 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lovely sound, individual to player

Disadvantages: They cost a lot!

The Miyazawa PA 402E is a fantastic flute that I used to own. It was stolen from my student house last year, and I was very upset until I got my new miyazawa with the new brogger system.

This miyazawa flute has a solid silver head joint and body, the keys are silver plated.

This flute is for the advanced player, as it has open holes, which allow the player to feel the vibrations through the flute. They also mean that you can do extended techniques, and jazz is often easier to play with slides being made possible through the open holes.

You can expect to pay around £2600 - £3200 depending on where you buy it. I would also make sure you buy insurance whilst still in the shop as its an expensive purchase to leave on a bus or to get stolen.

The tone is really great, you can make a lot of different colours, and the great thing about this flute is that its so easy to play. If you make an effort whilst playing you will create a great sound.

What I like about Miyazawas is that every one sounds individual. Not one sounds the same to me. They make the player sound different to those playing say a yamaha or a murumatsu (they are just loud!) I bought another miyazawa after this one got stolen as I love the brand, and the headjoints are often hand finished.

The best thing to do is try them out, try several different flutes of the same make, to see which one suits your playing and that you think you can get the most out of.

Then take them on a weeks approval, so you can try them out in your own practice time, play them to your teacher and your friends and get their opinions.

A good shop that allows you to do this and stocks miyazawas is allflutesplus.com in London on warren street. They are really helpful and I have bought both my miyazawas from there.

Flutes arent just pretty silver sticks, they are great things that can create such different sounds according to the player, and miyazawas allow that creativity more than other flute makers.

Summary: Trying them is the best way to see if they are for you.