Theres a great Haynes Robertos, open hole 6 diguit and smokin'. Haynes is Haynes for sure but this fits where my mind set is in this era. ( Harold taught Dolphy, Yusef and hundreds of NY guys ) I never played a better flute, BAR NONE. My flute teacher for over 25 years Harold Jones has one and that kinda did it for me. That said, FWIW, I've been playing a Burkhart-Phelan for about 4 months and am loving it madly. Thats what _my_Haynes is, and it is an amazing flute. Artie Pinkus told me that in the 70's on 48th St. I think it was also called the ' bread and butter flute'. I'm assuming that it would be.#20, xxx.Ĭlosed hole low C. Haynes COMMERCIAL experts, let me hear from you. (late 50s to early 70s) BUT What about the closed hole, COMMERCIAL model flute? What are the good serial number ranges for those? Are they the same Golden Era as the Handmade or do they have their own, different era. I keep hearing about the Golden Age of Haynes and I have played some really nice HANDMADE french Haynes flutes from that era. PROFESSIONAL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER 6146 C FOOT CLOSED HOLE REPADDED/OVERHAULED/NICE MECHANICAL CONDITION. Here’s some info: Details: FLUTE HAYNES-SCHWELM CO. I’ve been trying to get some history on these flutes, but Haven’t found much other than the company was founded by W Hayes JR and Mr Schwelm- who worked for Haynes and later was the foreman at Powell.Ĭan you shed any more light? I’m particularly interested to find out if anyone knows The time period it was manufactured.

My wife had recently purchased an old Haynes-Schwelm flute.

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