A flute teacher is asking me to help him sell his Muramatsu flute. I have no idea what would be a fair price for it. He bought it himself new in the 70's It has a three digit serial number. It is open hole, inline G, C foot, drawn tone holes. No model number, no indication that it is silver. Owner says it is totally silver, including mecanism. It has recently been repadded by a professionnal, and it is in pristine condition. I will post photos later. If anybody knows something about those older flutes, or can refer me to a link, it would be greatly appreciated. Muramatsu Japan is not very helpful either; they wrote that this flute is too old to have it in there records. Can't tell me anything about it!!! I don't work for any flute company but with most student flutes I can tell easily by its serial number, model number, condition, when they were approximatly produced and what they are worth on the used market (the price I pay & the price they can be sold once overhauled). 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Give the office a call (248) 336-2323, and we will be happy to assist you. Is there a dealer in my area? We have many authorized dealers throughout the United States and Canada. Please see our MAP of Authorized Muramatsu America Dealers & Repair Technicians. If you prefer, call the office at (248) 336-2323 and we can assist with any questions or concerns. Firearm Technical Data Search Form. Be certain to not confuse numeric and alphabetic characters, such as O's for zeros or we will be unable to locate your serial number. Only enter the serial number and no additional information. Do not insert spaces between any character in your serial number. For example: use BER431605 and not BER 431605. But nobody working for Muramatsu can help me! A 3 digit serial number means it is probably among the first to be made. This flute doesn't need any overhauling; it is unusually pristine for its age. You can view some photos here: How much would you guys, as flute resellers, would pay for this? I am asking because this is what is being asked to me. He needs the money to buy an other flute, an upgrade from that one. I cold also sell it on consignment, but that could take too long. And still, I don't have a clue how much we could ask for it. I could also sell it on eBay, but then what would be a reasonnable reserve amount or starting bid? Firearm Technical Data Search Form Now you can enter the serial number of your firearm and be directed to the correct schematic for it as well as order parts through our partners Brownells, Inc. And Midwest Gun Works. Additionally, you can see the approximate date of manufacture as well as being able to view/download an owners manual, choke tube information (where applicable and available) and product literature relevant to your firearm when we have the information available. We have recently added barrel information as well. Please enter the serial number of your firearm below and click search. 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Thing that bugs me is, the seller only says the headjoint is silver 'for sure' and just somehow knows these flutes are worth $2800 new and are like the GX etc etc. But doesn't actually know the model of this Muramatsu. Also goes on to say that 'maybe' the whole body is silver, coupled with 'I just don't know' disclaimer. Lots of obvious marketing here aimed at making the sale. You may be able to identify the model by elimination if you get the SN and date the age. I'd also ask for proof the headjoint is silver. They should be marked. Gordon, Thanx for the clarification on model engraving. The head that came with the EX III is clearly what sold me. A little unforgiving of attack angle compared to the Yamaha heads I have been playing, but the uniformity of timbre and warmth is worth the extra concentration. The focus and dynamic range is also incredible. It's funny.just two years ago, I was still playing the Gemeinhardt 3SB that I had been playing since I started flute doubling. I decided to switch to plateau and tried a range of flutes, but just ended up with Yamaha 200 series bodies (I did upgrade from an older 225S to a newish 211) and 300/400 series heads which can be obtained economically. At the time, my playing was uninspired and I really couldn't see why people buy high-end flutes. After a couple years of more inspired practice and playing (the Yamahas were so much more 'alive' than the Gem.) I now 'get it'.the Muramatsu will probably be the last flute that I ever buy, though.hard to imagine out-growing it!!! ABOVE: Around 2005, Rolex started engraving the Case's Serial Number into the inside edge of the case (at the 6 o'clock position, under the crystal and below the bezel), also known as the rehaut, as shown in these images, which were taken at BASELWORLD 2005, in Switzerland in early April. BELOW: A close-up view of the same watch, you can clearly see the Serial Number 'F982176', engraved into the case at the 6 o'clock position, with 'ROLEX' engraved repetitiously around the dial in a circular fashion. In 1927, Rolex began issuing every Rolex Oyster case a unique serial number to distinguish them from one another. This numbering system was originally believed to have started at 20,000, however earlier numbers have surfaced shooting holes in this theory. Around 1953, the numbers reached the 999,999 mark, at which time Rolex decided against adding a 7 th digit, thus continuing into the 'millions'--Instead, they started the sequence over. While it was originally believed that this resequence started over at 100,000, or even 20,000, but evidence suggests that it actually restarted at 10,000 or possibly lower. Around this same time, Rolex had initiated another dating system--They stamped the inside of the case back with a code consisting of a Roman numeral and two numbers. The Roman numerals were I, II, III, IV, which represented which quarter of the year the watch was produced. The numbers simply represented the two-digit year in which the watch was produced. Therefore, the code 'III 53' would represent the 3 rd quarter (i.e. July-September) of 1953--this code continued until around 1970. Please note, some examples (primarily from around 1959), did feature the Roman Numeral and a 4-digit year (i.e. In the early 1960s, Rolex once again reached the 999,999 mark, but this time added a 7 th digit and continued into the 'millions' until mid 1987, when the numbering reached 9,999,999. At this time, Rolex elected to start numbering with a letter prefix (e.g. The system started with the letter 'R', whcih was then subsequently followed by L-E-X. Thus spelling out the word 'ROLEX' with the 'O' being omitted, to help avert any possible confusion with the number '0'. This sequence continued through November 1991, when a new numbering system was introduced utilizing the letters N, C and S, which took them through 1993. In 1994, Rolex started yet another sequence with the letters: W, T and U, then A, P, and K in subsequent years, followed by Y, F, D, Z, M, V and then G in 2010. Please note, during the 1990s and 2000s, it is estimated that Rolex produced around around 1 million watches per year. Coincidentally, the numbering sequence of any particular Letter from this system (e.g. V000001 to V999999), would in fact also be 1 million serial numbers, and worked well with this system. It is worth mentioning that Rolex would not cease a letter prefix run at the end of a given calendar year, but would continue a letter run until all numbers were used before changing the prefix code. Therefore, letter prefixes could end at random times of the year, and did not start or stop at the beginning or end of a calendar year. Then, later in 2010, they scrapped the entire system and implemented a brand new 'Random' numbering system, in which each watch is issued a (unique) 8-digit 'Random' number consisting of numbers and letters. Muramatsu Serial NumberAn example of this number would be something like '16G9L7F4' and could start with either a letter or number. This offers them a seemingly endless numbering system by which they could continue indefinitely. Figuring 8 digits with a possible 36 characters (26 letters and 10 numbers) per digit, gives them over 2 Trillion (2,821,109,907,456 to be exact) possible serial numbers. Even if they were to omit the letters 'O' and 'I', to help avert any possible confusion with the numbers '0' and '1' (as they did in the previous numbering system), that would still give them 1,785,793,904,896 possible combinations. While this This also offers Rolex an opportunity to keep the exact year of manufacture for any particular watch a secret. Something that has come back to haunt them for some time now. Therefore, only Rolex knows exactly when any particular watch was made and they aren't talking.
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