Wichita Band Instrument Company
Wichita, Kansas
Engraving is very worn, especially that on the gold-cartouche on the head.
The flute is part of a small collection of flootish instruments that I've acquired over the years, which means I may offer to sell a few more in the upcoming months.
Flute questions? Write me! Always glad to hear from flute people!
Please keep in mind that all sales through EBay means they (not us) collect your local sales tax on the purchase.
*** In January of 2024 our small workshop in Wichita celebrated seventy-one years in business.
Over the decades, we’ve repaired and restored more than two hundred vintage French flutes from Louis Lot, Bonneville, Claude Rive and Buffet-Crampon plus hundreds of professional-quality flutes from Haynes and Powell. Today we have ten employees including five of the finest repair technicians in the country. We’re happy to report, a sterling reputation for top-quality restoration and ethical transactions. We are not amateurs, nor are we a “back bedroom” operation. We would be pleased to furnish you with references attesting to the above.
*** BEFORE WE SEND ANYTHING TO YOU…
The instrument is carefully inspected by us to make certain it’s spotlessly clean. We disinfect the exterior of the instrument, spray the exterior of the case as well. We do not send anything to you without it’s being checked and then checked again.
Wichita Band Instrument Company is a small musical instrument emporium located in the center of the USA. The owners are Kansas natives Gary L. Ray and his two sons.
Founded by a woodwind repair technician in 1953, we soon will commence our seventy-first year in business.
We're not a "back bedroom" operation but can report that we are the owners of a proper "brick and mortar" workshop.
We enjoy a sterling reputation for ethical business transactions and confirm to our friends and clients the simple fact that we expect to be in business forever.