I played this flute in high school, and it served me fairly well however, it always had tuning problems and a weird head joint, and looking back, I think I had a lot more trouble playing it than I should have. Big, deal, I thought, at that stage of my life.
The Wilkins Model came with a little brochure with a picture of Frederick Wilkins, a premiere flutist, who had been involved in the design of this flute. The Wilkins was the top-of-the line Artley, made in Elkhart, Indiana, and I think by the time I got the flute, the company had moved to Nogales, Arizona and the model had been discontinued. It was a replacement for a cheap, nickel-plated Artley student model in a brown case, and it came in a slightly larger black case that was very similar, not at all like most high-line flute cases, although it was lined with very soft blue velvet, versus the shaggy red velvet in the cheaper flutes' cases. It smelled of smoke for years after I got it. I purchased it for half price from a fire sale at a music store, and I think it cost about $600 at the time, which was about half price.
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