Specifications of the Altus AS-1707 (PS) flute:
The pure tonal centre allows the artist great flexibility within the infinite colour palate. Classic Cut - Renowned for producing the trademark Altus sound, this headjoint provides vibrant warmth with excellent projection. With the commitment to put the musical needs of the performer first, Altus strives to provide an elegant sounding instrument that is precisely crafted for every level of flutist Altus offers a model designed for every stage of accomplishment. Each flute includes a case, cover, cleaning rod, and cleaning cloth. The springs are highly elastic, virtually indestructible and not subject to wear and corrosion.Īltus Flutes is one of the premium Japanese flute builders and continues to innovate yet respect the best qualities and accomplishments of the finest flutes of the past. The SP-1 springs are made of a very expensive alloy of gold, platinum, palladium, silver, copper and zinc. The Altus 1707 comes with soldered tone holes, which can only be found on high positioned flutes like this. The great density of 997 Altus Pure Silver provides the 1707 with a remarkable capacity of sound projection and an evenly distributed brilliant tone colour and a fiery response throughout the flute scale. The Altus 1707 is made of almost pure silver (99.7%), which was long seen as being too soft to enable it to be processed into a flute suitable for playing. Altus has developed a new and special process to harden this material, which is now used not only for the manufacture of flute tubes but also for particularly heavily-used mechanical parts of the instrument.
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