I do believe the mouth piece is silver, but I am not positive, no sterling stamp. The silver mouth piece does have a few dings, note last picture. 82News Cover To Cover FloridaĆ s 1 Weekly Newspaper1. It is a strong statement, but then again he has produced flutes under such brand. The case is also in really nice condition. Emerson DeFord may have made more hand-crafted flutes than anyone else.
This is in really nice condition with some signs of use. But I selected an American cut Emerson headjoint, which I'm growing more and more fond of everyday. Beautiful Emerson ELD closed hole silver flute. I do love my Emerson though, it played just under the Yamahas. It could be that the new flutes are of the same quality as their former flutes, and I was just given sales bs. I'd love to hear what you determine about the quality of the flute. I tried to find an e-mail address for Emerson for some general inquiries, but I only found a phone number for Conn-Selmer on their web site. Keep in mind, this is the info provided by sales reps, so it should be received with some skepticism. They also said the new Emersons (2001 +) play much better, since Emerson started hand finishing the mechanism and hand cutting the embouchure holes, as well as undercutting the tone holes.
However, they were now selling them at closeout prices to get rid of them. Emerson Flutes continued their development through the. The sales reps did have a couple of ELD flutes, which they said used to be the best ones offered in their line. Deford handed stewardship of the company to Steinway Musical Instruments in 1997. I recently bought a new Emerson flute as my backup flute (but it's all I play currently since I'm saving for a Powell).