Nuvo Student Flute 2.0 black

As I was looking for a backup flute, I chose to try out the Nuvo Student Flute in black. On Youtube there were several good reviews and interesting musical collaborations which sounded funky and fun, especially as an introductory flute to beginners and young students, so I was inquisitive to find out if the flute lived up to it's reputation.

On first glance: the flute came in a plastic casing and was reasonably well protected. The black flute eyed modern, sturdy and trendy and was easy to assemble. The mechanism and seals seems solid. However, when playing I discovered that the lower and higher register were more difficult to play then the rest of the flute. The flute has a surprisingly good sound considering that it's made out of plastic.

The flute is lighter (which is great for people with ergonomic problems from heavier flutes) but lies slightly thicker in the hand. The notes themselves were easy to the touch to play but the flute is receptive to different temperatures.

Also, as I practice for quite a substantial amount of hours per day, the mouthpiece, made out of plastic had some little nasty plastic edges on it which tend to irritate the lips.

The bottom attachment (lower notes) work with a click-in system. This is good if one does not know how the flute should be assembled, but is not very practical if one has eg. a smaller pinky. (You cannot adjust that section of the flute to suit your hand).

The flute is quite solid and comes in a veriety of colours and combinations making it very attractive for children. It also has a special mouthpiece for kids to get them accustomed to playing the flute. As an added bonus, it can be washed and played under the shower! For a young child being introduced to music, this might be an attractive and funky option, but in this price-range, I think there are better flutes on the market, certainly for the more serious players...

Ich hatte die Flöte gekauft um mal "zwischendurch" ein paar Minuten spielen zu können ohne die Flöte jedes mal danach pflegen zu müssen. Im Lieferumfang war ein stabiler Kunststoffschuber, ein "first note" Mundstück welches ich etwas unnötig fand, Fett und ein Reinigungsstab mit Tuch.

Die Mechanik hat mich positiv überrascht und funktioniert hervorragend. Die Hebelwege sind ein wenig kürzer als bei meiner Silberflöte, aber die Umstellung ging schnell. Insgesamt scheint mir die Verarbeitung recht wertig.

Der Ansatz fällt mir als Anfänger schwerer, vor allem in den sehr tiefen Tönen und ab der Mitte der 2. Oktave. Wenn ich jedoch zwischendrin wieder auf meiner silbernen Flöte spiele spricht diese dafür hervorragend an. Möglicherweise hat die Flöte die Wirkung von "Trainingsgewichten", wenn also die tiefen oder sehr hohen Töne hier gut klingen, klingen sie überall gut.

Der Ton selbst ist besser als ich es von einer Kunstoffflöte erwartet habe, er klingt aber meiner Meinung nach hörbar dumpfer.

Fazit: Zum Üben zwischendrin ohne sich Sorgen ums Reinigen und Polieren machen zu müssen halte ich die Flöte für sehr geeignet. Mechanik und Verarbeitung sind Top. Bei mir als Anfänger ist sie kein Klangwunder, aber tut was sie soll: Häufigeres Üben ermöglichen.

Quite interesting instrument given its selling price. By far the best of all you catalogue of products I have tried and the only one I would recommend to a beginner to learn to play quite seriously before purchasing a real instrument. I am happy to own one and I play and discover new interesting nuances of sound within a plastic tubing and embouchure. Nonetheless, keys are still a bit noisy (which I am sure it is a hard problem to solve) particularly the low C and C# mounted in the foot and B and B flat being the flute operated by the left hand thumb. I also think you should work out a more advanced plastic head joint with a better lip plate and embouchure (even if it comes at slightly more expensive price) that allows better sound dynamics and a easier higher pitch notes quite hard to get from high G and beyond. I was also wondering why not to increase the quality of the plastic tubing used in this flute and use material of the same quality as the ‘ Toot’ model. A better work could be done adjusting the keys and plates and limiting lateral displacement and spacing, which is responsible for key noises and imprecise playing (keys moves laterally 2-3 mm since I received it). Overall interesting instrument for beginners to learn and for advanced flute players to explore new sound nuance, closer to wood (by the way, for when key less copies of baroque or traverso flutes ? There is a niche to fill for lower cost plastic instruments) than to Bohem system metal flutes. The flute case is sturdy, made of rough plastic which but does not look very nice and it is too bulky for what it is. It could be better designed to integrated space for the kids lip plate and tool. In sum, worth developing and improving it as a low cost, sturdy instrument that might make beginners and even advanced players as myself progress and develop new skills and nuances.