As I moved on to trying new flutes, I decided to part with my “enter the world of flutes” Sweetheart.
The flute was bought previously from a C&F member.
This is a Blackwood flute with silver rings, which can be tuned by adjusting the tenon. It is in great condition, was treated with great care, oiled properly. It’s a fairly lightweight flute, relatively to other 3 flutes I’ve tried.
It doesn’t have a forgiving embouchure - meaning that if you learn to blow this flute right, you will probably blow any flute well - that’s why I think it’s a great “teacher” for beginners.
It has a fair volume, not very loud, but not too quiet either and it is porbably the best flute that Sweetheart has to offer.
a new one will be $575 as on the Sweetheart website
I’m asking $400 for it.
I have a pic of me playing it, but I can arrange more pictures if asked.
Technically, the Resonance model really is the most advanced keyless flute Sweetheart offers, and that’s saying something.
It can play three full octaves, plus a fourth D on top of that, which is to say that it has particularly good internal tuning.
As two-piece flute, its tenon is bare wood, and the head joint’s mortise is lined with cork. This also serves as a tuning slide, but without any metal.
The embouchure hole is something of a rounded oval, approximately the same size and shape as on a Forbes Delrin flute, not “small”.
My own Resonance flute in Blackwood might be a slightly older model, having no rings, but otherwise appears to be similar, with the third hole offset and with the lower holes all in a line. The holes are a medium size, not large, where the largest hole, the fifth hole, is about 9 mm, and one of the nice features of this flute is its relatively slim shape, making it easier to grip, and to finger.
Altogether, it really is a fine flute, and if you could only have one flute, this flute easily qualifies to be on your “short list” of choices.
BTW, the little Sweetheart Pro D flute is something of a miniature version of this same flute, very good!
