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Hi there. I'm trying to find out more about my Gemeinhard flute. I'm not having much luck. I've had it for a few years. I found the flute at an estate sale and bought it on a whim. I'm a sax & clarinet player usually. A couple years ago I sent it in for a COA and asked the shop if they could identify the model for me but the repair tech who did the work was out the day I picked it up and the counter person had no answers.

I've been on the Gemeinhardt website and my serial number doesn't fit into any of serial number ranges they have listed. Are they generally stamped or engraved with a model number anywhere???

Here's what I do know about the flute:

• I'm a terrible flute player but it plays easily and with good intonation. The pads & mechanisms are in good shape.
• open hole
• Inline G
• B foot, gizmo key
• Solid silver headjoint
• headjoint engraved with
  • On the lip plate side:
    • Gemeinhardt (cursive logo)
    • KGG (cursive script, like a monogram)
    • Elkhart IN USA
    • Custom (in cursive script)
    • near the tenon it's engraved: "SOLID SILVER"
  • On the opposite/back side,
    • just under the crown it's engraved SY51

On the barrel of the flute it has the some of the same engraving as the headjoint, just slightly larger:

• Gemeinhardt (cursive logo)
• KGG (cursive script, like a monogram)
• Elkhart IN USA
• then a large Roman numeral V
• then the serial number: 70197x

As far as I can see, there is no other engraving on the flute.

It has a stock Gemeinhardt hard case with nylon zipper cover. When I got the flute it was in very, very clean condition. Both the hard case and cover had nearly no wear. The lining of the case was perfectly clean. The flute does need a good polish now.

Given that I paid next to nothing for it, I'm assuming I got a deal on the flute. I would like to know the model name or number so that when someone asks what kind of flute I have, I can give a simple answer instead of sounding like an idiot and saying that I don't know.

I could post pics but everything is in the description. And you know how hard it is to take decent pictures of shiny things up close.

Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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