"I love my Altus flute. It has a rich and vibrant sound, which not only gives a singing, well projected sound in a hall but also records very well.

The tubes of the Altus are made with the same process as the tubes of Louis Lot a century ago. This process causes the silver to have greater density than the silver in modern cold drawn tubes used by the other makers. This extra density gives the tone of the flute resonance and depth.

The tone comes from both the tubes itself and from the cutting of the mouth hole. The mouth hole of the Altus has been specially designed to give fullness and sweetness to the higher register in addition to having the clarity and quick speech in the middle and low registers. The intonation is about correct hole placement and this affects tone, for if you need to raise or lower the pitch of a note, you change the flute's tone quality. It is possible to play in tune on many instruments by dint of many adjustments with the lips, but the greatest quality of tone is obtained from the best tuned instrument.

I recommend the Altus flute because I prefer the tone and intonation of this instrument to any other modern instrument.

Evida flute
Designed in Cleveland, USA and made in Dalian, China. Evida flute ends our long search for a good budget flute. Certainly the best we have ever tested. It comes with these choices:
Model XY : Nickel-silver with silver plating
Model FC-10 : Japanese cupric-nickel tube, silver plated
Model FC-12 : Japanese cupric-nickel tube, solid silver lip plate & riser
Model FC-20 : Japanese cupric-nickel tube, solid silver headjoint
Model FC-30 : Solid silver tube