Help finding a particular or similar flute
I’m so sorry to repost, my post got removed when I tried to include a link to this image which is the closest I can find to what was stamped on the flute.
Hello,
When I was younger I played flute in school using my mom’s 1970’s Noblet French open hole flute that she loved, I know it was around $1000 at the time and she was gifted it from an instructor.
My mom was amazing, she was in a combined school but became the first chair of her school’s high school honor band as a 6th grader. I used to listen to her play complicated pieces I could never touch.
However I was a dumb teenager and left the flute at school over one summer before we had a sudden military move. This was almost 20 years ago and I still feel incredibly guilty. I finally got my disability pay approved and with my mom’s birthday coming up I would like to try to find one that isn’t incredibly expensive but I have wiggle room. If I can’t find that I remember her talking fondly of a wooden French flute she loved but lost in a fire when she was younger and would love directions in finding something that isn’t the thousands of dollars I’m seeing.
I am well aware I will likely need repairs/pad replacements and such as additional costs.
I just want to really surprise her with something I know she still misses even if it hasn’t come up.
Thank you for any help in advance