![]() Using 4 different scales made by our Chinese partner. ![]() Powell's President, Steven Wasser, wrote:ĭuring the first few years of Sonaré’s existence we wound up The new patented process, named "Zinki," was then used to produce the Sonaré bodies at Powell as well. In 2006, Powell developed a new patented technology for extruding tone holes. The bodies for these instruments, which had drawn (or extruded) tone holes, were made overseas in China. Each of these models had a Powell headjoint which was made at the Powell shop in Massachusetts. The SF-5000 had a nickel silver body with Y arms, and the SF-7000 model had a sterling silver body with pointed arms. Two SF models followed - the SF-5000 and the SF-7000. The very first Sonaré model was the SF-6000, which had a sterling silver body and Y arms. The history behind the concept is explained by Powell's President, Steven Wasser, in a previous post here on Flute Builder titled The Sonaré (R)evolution ( click hereto read the post). Powell introduced the Sonaré model flutes at the NFA Convention in 2002. We knew this from the model number and prefix, which have changed over the years as the line itself has. Going back through our serial number files, we discovered that the model he owned was the Sonaré SF-5000, which was actually a very early Sonaré model. We recently had a customer inquire about the model number of his Powell Sonaré flute.
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