Flute Overview

The Burkart Elite Flute:

The Burkart Elite flute is a handmade custom flute with soldered tone holes, featuring Burkart’s micro-Link™ pinless mechanism. Every flute option and customization is available in the Elite flute.

Elite Flutes are available starting at $12,500.

The Burkart Professional Flute:

The Burkart Professional model is handmade with the same custom built keys found on the Elite model. This flute features the traditional key mechanism, with drawn tone holes. The drawn tone hole is extruded from the material of the body tube. The Professional flute is only available in B Foot and A=442.

Professional flutes are available starting at $9,200

Feature

Lillian Burkart Elite

Lillian Burkart Professional

Scale

A=442, A=444

A=442

Mechanism

micro-Link™ Pinless Mechanism
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Traditional Key Mechanism

Tone Holes

Soldered

Drawn

Metals

Platinum
14K Rose or White Gold
10K Rose Gold
5-95 Platinum Enhanced Silver
998 Silver
.018” Sterling Silver
.016” Sterling Silver
.014” Sterling Silver

14K Rose Gold
9K Gold on Silver
.018” & .016” Sterling Silver

French Pointed Arms

Included

Gold Springs

Included

G Donut (High-E Faciltator)

Included

Gizmo

Included

G Keys

Inline or Offset available

Foot Joint

B or C Available

B Foot Only

Tonal Voicing

Included

Not Available

C# Trill Key

Available

Split-E on Offset G

Available

Split-E on In-line G

Available

Requires Pinless Upgrade

D# Roller

Available

Not Available

Convertible B/C Foot joint

Available

Not Available

Closed Hole

Available

Key Engraving

Available

Not Available

Key Customization

Available

Not Available

14K Mechanism

Available on 14K Gold and Platinum Flutes

Not Avaiable