It was good that I purchased this instead of renting it. My friend rented it from a local music store for a couple of years and later purchased. She ended up paying triple more than what I paid to purchase this. My kid has been playing this for about a year and a half. This still looks good and there was no problem so far.

I bought this for my 10 year old daughter since her band teacher recommend this brand. So far she likes it. I guess it's too early to make any useful comment.

I bought this product for my niece and she loves it! This is her first year in band and she absolutely believes that she has the best flute in her class(and so do I)!! I am so happy to see how excited she is about it and how eager she is to learn how to play it,and I know that she will learn quickly. I couldn't be more satisfied. It's an excellent product at an excellent price!!!!!!

So far so good. We have t played it yet. I I'll amend my review on that later. I did want to say it comes with a hard case which is nice. Although, the cleaning rod is plastic so I'll replace that with a metal one and no cleaning cloth was included.

Bought this flute for my daughter after showing the amazon offer to her band teacher. His jaw dropped at the price for this flute. He said it is definitely a good student flute and a wonderful price for it. He said the only thing to possibly consider is that this is a closed hole flute as opposed to an open hole, which is a bit more challenging and has a slightly different sound. When she needs an open hole flute, she borrows it from the school. The flute has a lovely sound and responds well to my daughter playing it. As her band teacher said, "She can really make that flute talk." She used it for her solo competition and received superior marks. It is much nicer than her rental flute (which had an air leak and therefore not a rich sound like this flute has) and now we don't have to pay the monthly fee we had been paying for the past two years. This should get her through the rest of this year and high school band.