Need advice on purchasing student flute ...

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Irina, 14, has been playing flute in school for three years now and loves it.

She has been playing a Selmer student flute provided by the school, but now her music teacher says it’s time for her to purchase her own flute. He’s sent her home with an Armstrong 104 from a local music store that’s asking $175.

I’ve done some Googling around and checking eBay auctions, and I see that there are other student flutes that may be more highly regarded. In particular, I see a lot of Gemeinhardt 2SP flutes, and it looks like I could pick out one that should be in good condition for around the same amount of money if I’m careful.

What do you recommend? I haven’t spent a lot of time on this, and I wonder if there are other flutes and other ways of researching this that I should investigate.

Thanks in advance for your kind help.

Best wishes,
Jerry

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Eh?

Search BandNow flute at Music123.com

and I think Jupiter had a good one at Giardinelli.com

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When I started playing boehm flute I was recomended to buy Yamaha by my teacher, as they are very consistent, good quality, good resale value and overall a great bang for the buck.
I did, and I never regretted it. I tried a few other brands in the same price range later and found that the Yamaha was superior. At least for me.
Didn’t try Armstrong, but I did try Pearl, Trevor James and I think I tried a Germinhart at one point as well. I wasn’t too impressed with any of them.
Europe and US models may vary a bit, but not too much, I don’t think.