Yamaha

Yamaha YFL-577HCT Professional Flute Solid Silver Open Hole

A professional solid silver flute with open-hole French model design, C# trill key, and white gold springs for superior tonal response.

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Overview

The Yamaha YFL-577HCT is a professional flute built for players who demand refined tonal quality, mechanical precision, and expressive range. Its solid silver construction produces a characteristically warm and full-bodied sound with strong projection, making it suitable for orchestral performance, chamber music, and solo work. The French model open-hole key design encourages proper hand technique while enabling advanced playing techniques such as pitch bending and multiphonics that closed-hole instruments cannot accommodate.

Yamaha has equipped this instrument with a number of performance-enhancing features. The C# trill key provides smoother execution of trills and tremolos, while the offset G with split E mechanism improves intonation and response on high E. White gold springs throughout the mechanism deliver a fast, even key action that remains consistent over time. The undercut embouchure hole gives players greater control over tone color and dynamics, and the B footjoint with gizmo key extends the instrument's range while aiding clear production of high C. The flute ships with an FLC-48II case and FLB-68II case cover for secure storage and transport.

Key Features

French pointed tips

C# trill key

White gold springs

Undercut embouchure hole

Low B gizmo key

Specifications

Model
YFL-577HCT
Body Material
Solid Silver
Key Style
French Model (Open Hole)
Key Layout
Offset G with Split E Mechanism
Trill Key
C# Trill Key
Springs
White Gold
Embouchure Hole
Undercut
Footjoint
B Footjoint with Gizmo Key
Case
FLC-48II case, FLB-68II case cover

Frequently Asked Questions

The flute features solid silver construction, which produces a warm, rich, and projecting tone preferred by professional and advancing flutists.
Open-hole keys allow players to use extended techniques such as pitch bending, multiphonics, and quarter tones, while also encouraging proper hand position and finger placement.
The C# trill key simplifies fingerings for trills and tremolos involving C#, making certain passages smoother and more accessible, particularly in orchestral and solo repertoire.
The YFL-577HCT uses white gold springs, which provide a responsive, consistent key action and are more durable and corrosion-resistant than standard steel springs.
It comes with a B footjoint equipped with a gizmo key, extending the range down to low B and providing the gizmo mechanism to aid in producing a clear high C.