POWELL Custom Handmade Flute | 19.5K Gold with 18K Lafin Headjoint (Pre-Owned)
This pre-owned instrument is in excellent condition. It comes in a Wiseman Carbon Fibre Tubular Case, including a brand new cleaning rod and inside and outside cleaning cloths. It has been fully serviced by our technicians and will be covered by our 12 Months After-Purchase Care.
18K Gold Original Lafin Headjoint
14K Gold Lip-Plate
19.5K Rose Gold Body
10K Yellow Gold Keys
14K Gold Soldered Tone Holes, Rings, Ribs & Posts
Custom Enlarged Left-Hand C Key
Powell Pinless Mechanism
White Gold Springs
C# Trill Key
High-E Facilitator
B Footjoint
French Pointed-Arm Keys
Inline G
Open Holes
This pre-owned instrument is in excellent condition. It comes in a Wiseman Carbon Fibre Tubular Case, including a brand new cleaning rod and inside and outside cleaning cloths. It has been fully serviced by our technicians and will be covered by our 12 Months After-Purchase Care.
18K Gold Original Lafin Headjoint
14K Gold Lip-Plate
19.5K Rose Gold Body
10K Yellow Gold Keys
14K Gold Soldered Tone Holes, Rings, Ribs & Posts
Custom Enlarged Left-Hand C Key
Powell Pinless Mechanism
White Gold Springs
C# Trill Key
High-E Facilitator
B Footjoint
French Pointed-Arm Keys
Inline G
Open Holes
This pre-owned instrument is in excellent condition. It comes in a Wiseman Carbon Fibre Tubular Case, including a brand new cleaning rod and inside and outside cleaning cloths. It has been fully serviced by our technicians and will be covered by our 12 Months After-Purchase Care.
18K Gold Original Lafin Headjoint
14K Gold Lip-Plate
19.5K Rose Gold Body
10K Yellow Gold Keys
14K Gold Soldered Tone Holes, Rings, Ribs & Posts
Custom Enlarged Left-Hand C Key
Powell Pinless Mechanism
White Gold Springs
C# Trill Key
High-E Facilitator
B Footjoint
French Pointed-Arm Keys
Inline G
Open Holes
J. R. LAFIN
J. R. Lafin headjoints are some of the most sought after in the world. Prized for their immense projection, range of tone colours and ease of response, these headjoints significantly enhance just about every flute that they are attached to.
VERNE Q. POWELL
Our history is very much tied to our namesake, Verne Q. Powell. A jeweller by trade, Powell fashioned himself a flute in 1910 from whatever Silver he could get his hands on, including Silver Dollars, watch casings, and spoons. This incredible feat of metal working landed him a job at the Wm. S. Haynes Company. He worked there until 1926, leaving to create his own company. His goal was to be able to produce the world’s finest French flutes. Creating his own company gave him the freedom to devote himself to detail and artistry.
The instruments were immediately recognised as the very best a flutist could play and endorsements flowed in from flutists around the globe. In 1928, he completed his first all 14K Gold flute; soon piccolos and alto flutes were added. By 1930 the brand had representation in the Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York Orchestras. There were flutes which had a life of their own; #365 the “World’s Fair” Platinum flute of William Kincaid, #900 the only flute ever made entirely of 14K White Gold, #1142 the “Signature” Flute.
Over the decades, innovation became a hallmark of the Powell company. The first company to commercially make the Cooper Scale, the first company to mix Silver and Gold with the Aurumite Flute, the first to make 19.5K Rose Gold. In 2007 Powell patented a new method for extruding tone holes which is still being used today. The only handmade flute to be played in Space, NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman brought her Powell flute on the International Space Station in 2011.
2017 marks the 90th Anniversary of this characteristically American flute making company. Started in 1927 by Verne Q. Powell himself, the past 90 years have been marked by innovation, modernisation, and a dedication to artistry.
POWELL CUSTOM HANDMADE 19.5K
The lush, luxurious sound of the 19.5K Rose Gold flute owes its characteristic richness to the high density of this alloy. With a gold content of over 80%, the addition of copper gives the sound flexibility and colour.
This 19.5K Custom Handmade Flute has a 10K Yellow Gold mechanism, and is immediately recognisable by the addition of vintage-style flat rings on the headjoint crown, centre joint barrel, and footjoint.
