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Without a direct comparison though, it can fool a lot of people.The first breath of air that touches the flute establishes the relationship between the player and their music. I have a 14K white gold head joint on my silver flute and the color difference is still apparent. If you place white gold beside silver or platinum, you will notice that it is definitely more yellow in appearance - it's not like yellow or rose gold, but still more yellow than silver. White gold is still slightly yellow in color (unless it's rhodium plated). The Altus, I have no idea.Īs far as your certainty that the Altus was either white gold or platinum, the color can be deceptive. I believe that the Muramatsu is platinum clad rather than plated. Now, if it was platinum clad instead of just plated, that could make some difference in the weight since there would be a layer of each metal bonded together instead of just flashed on by electroplating. Now assuming that both flutes were the same wall thickness, plating is usually so thin that it's affect on the total weight would be insignificant. I was sure it was either white gold or platinum.īefore discussing the plating aspect, you have to consider that comparing the weight of two different flutes would be inconclusive unless you also compare the wall thickness. I was completely shocked when I found out it was silver with platinum plating. We know that changing the weight of a flute changes the sound, but what about this? And furthermore, if it is to be concluded that plating in general doesn't impact the sound of an instrument, then does that mean going back to the drawing board to the metals debate?
It's enough that I noticed a difference in weight when compared to another silver altus flute that was very similar. But what about platinum? It looks like silver, so you aren't gaining much. We usually write off gold plating as a cosmetic feature. I thought it was just the headjoint, but thinking back on it, I do remember thinking that something was different about them. I tried several of the same model, but with some that were platinum plated.
#Rose gold altus flute series
Specifically I remember a series of Muramatsu flutes I tried at the NFA convention last year. But now that I know it WAS a silver flute with platinum plating, I am revisiting my experiences with similar instruments. The response was all wrong for a silver flute. Playing it, I was sure it wasn't a silver flute.
The thing is, is that when we were trying to figure out what it was made of (her English isn't too good and she wasn't even sure herself), we didn't have access to any model information. This flute had far less gizmos on it than mine, but weight SUBSTANTIALLY more than mine. I've picked up solid silver flutes (sterling and brittania) and compared them to my flute, and mine is usually heavier. What makes it unique is that it is platinum plated. One of the new members of my studio is a Taiwanese foreign exchange student. I only ask because I was faced with quite a conundrum this evening. I know that most of us think that gold plating is merely cosmetic. Sorry to bring up the sore topic, but for the first time today I thought of something.
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