Yamaha 677 Professional Flute

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Price range: $5,299.99 through $5,449.99

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Yamaha 677 Professional Flute
Handmade in Japan – Straubinger Phoenix Pads

Yamaha professional flutes are among the most highly regarded in the industry. Known for their exceptional build quality, hand-cut headjoints and impeccable intonation, these flutes offer players with amazing performance regardless of their level. The Yamaha 677 Professional Flute (687 model for in-line G) is the latest generation of design featuring even more performance value than ever before in a 600 Series flute from Yamaha. These new models have been designed to provide Yamaha reliability and response but with a tonal depth and color that had not been available in previous Yamaha 600 series flutes.

Straubinger Phoenix Pads
Straubinger pads are used on the world’s highest end professional flutes. In 2009, Straubinger released the Phoenix pad. This pad was designed to provide a performance closer to their highest end professional pads but also be able to be used in a flute that was not $10,000+. These pads still require a higher end caliber of manufacturing as well as a more skilled technician to work on, but their use in the Yamaha 677 & 687 flutes has helped to drastically elevate their performance above the previous Yamaha 600 Series instruments that used traditional felt pads.

Kessler & Sons Music is also a Straubinger certified shop meaning that we know how to fully adjust the Yamaha 677 flute to it’s peak performance capabilities.

.43mm (.017″) Wall Tubing
Traditionally, most flutes in this range use a .016″ thickness for the tubing of the flute. Yamaha’s “standard” wall thickness has always been a bit lighter at .015″ (.38mm). With the Yamaha 677, Yamaha has opted for a slightly thicker .017″ (.43mm) “heavy wall” tubing to offer the flute a slightly richer tone. The Yamaha 677 flute is the first model in the Yamaha line that utilizes this tubing option.

Professional Setup
Every flute we send out to a customer is not released from us unless it has been completely setup in our shop first. This is because the setup on the flute is of the utmost importance! Especially with the Straubinger Phoenix pad, the flute NEEDS to be absolutely perfectly dialed in to achieve its maximum performance potential. As a Straubinger certified shop, we know how to make the Yamaha 677 perform to its fullest potential.

Yamaha 677 Professional Flute Specifications

Series	600 Series
Headjoint	.017″ Solid Sterling Silver, Hand-Cut Type Am
Body	.017″ Solid Sterling Silver
Country of Manufacture	Handmade in Japan
Pads	Straubinger Phoenix Pads
Keys	Pointed Arm, Open Hole, Silver Plated
Foot	Low B (Low C optional)
Options	Off-Set or In-Line G Split E Mechanism (off-set G only) C# Trill Gold Plated Lip Plate

C# Trill Key
We HIGHLY recommend the C# Trill Key option on the Yamaha 677 flutes. A flute with C# trill key can do several unique things that you cannot do without it. Here is a list of the most common:

B to C# in the First and Second Octaves: By providing the C# with a full-sized tone hole, the intonation is better. Additionally, the two-finger trill is avoided.
C to C# in the First and Second Octaves: Moved from the first finger left hand to the first finger right hand, the trill is generally faster and better in tune.
High G to A in the Third Octave: Perhaps the better name for the C# trill key would be the High G to A trill key. Finger high G and trill the C# trill and the upper trill key. An otherwise awkward, treacherous, and too-common trill is made easy.
High G to Ab: Better in tune and much more comfortable.
High F# to G#: Finger high F# and trill the C# Trill Key. Much easier than the conventional fingering.
High Ab to Bb: A Mahler favorite. Finger the high Ab and trill both trill keys and the C# Trill Key.
Tremolos and Shakes: All the first octave, left-hand notes can be tremoloed with C# by just using the C# Trill Key. The same notes can be tremoloed with D natural by using the C# Trill Key and the upper trill key together.
Pianissimo high Ab: Play second octave Ab with all the left hand keys depressed, add the C# Trill and the high Ab will appear softly and in tune.

Financing Available

Multiple Financing Options Available!

We have a myriad of different financing options available for your new instrument! From affordable monthly payments over a longer period of time to other options that can include 0% Interest or Deferred Interest options, we can help find a way to make the instrument of your dreams become the instrument of your reality! Give us a call!

United Midwest Savings Bank

UMWSB offers flexible, long term financing with term lengths of up to 60 months at an affordable 12.99% APR. Better yet, their financing has No Pre-Payment Penalty so you can pay off your balance at anytime and only pay for the interest for the length of time you had the loan! Minimum of $850 required for UMWSB Financing
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Synchrony

Synchrony Financial is one of the national leaders in consumer financing. With deferred interest options (Interest if waived if paid off in promotional term) and sometimes, they offer manufacturer partnered promotions to offer you an even better term length. Minimum of $299 required for Synchrony Financing
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1 review for Yamaha 677 Professional Flute

Rated 5 out of 5

flute_john (verified owner) – March 9, 2018

I ordered the Yamaha YFL687HCT (Inline, b foot, c# trill) earlier this month, and I must say it far exceeds my expectations. I had originally ordered this flute as a backup to my 10-year-old Yamaha YFL684, but this will now be my primary flute with the 684 as a backup. In just 10 years Yamaha has made many improvements in the mechanism on these comparable flutes. I have played many $10k flutes that don’t sound as good as this Yamaha, and are hardly as reliable, which Yamaha has a great reputation for.

I will say too that the customer service that Kessler and Sons, particularly Dave, provided was far beyond what I had expected. Dave took the time to talk to me, offering advice from his vast years of experience, and provided me with the perfect instrument. This flute came to me in perfect playing condition. Thanks Dave and Chuck for the great experience of buying a flute from you. You’ve gained a customer for life!

And you know … I had heard great things about Kessler and Sons, and continue to hear great things, and all I have to say is IT IS TRUE! You can’t go wrong here. Thanks again guys!