[TPIN] Powell Flutes

[Michael Anderson]

I have played several of these trumpets and they are VERY good and very
competitively priced - cheaper than a new Bach.  One of my new students has
one and it sounds great. Check em' out.

MA


> From: Paul Grobusky <pgrobusky at comporium.net>
> Organization: Grobusky Music Services
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:44:46 -0400
> To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Subject: [TPIN] Powell Flutes
> 
> I just returned from Atlanta,Ga yesterday. I was returning some summer repairs
> for a good friend of
> mine, who owns a music store in Marietta.."Whipkey Music".Anyway he showed me
> a Powell Trumpet with a Cliff
> Blackburn leadpipe on it called the Sonar'e. One of the features that it has
> is the Microlok valve system. Designed by
> Cliff and a Steve Wasser of Powell Flutes. According to this new &
> revolutionizes valve alignment ..a custom-made
> tool sets the piston into it's perfect radial & vertical alignment postion. A
> set screw is then tighten to lock the
> adjustable valve guide and secure the monel piston in place. While this
> adjustment is permanent, Microlok allows
> the alignment to be reset at any time by a trained technican, without
> soldering..Cool !  Paul
>