Flute Footjoint Replacement

[Isitreal]

This morning something rather terrible happened to me. I was playing in a fife core type deal in a parade. The only thing is we were using flutes and piccolos. I was on flute. Well, my footjoint fell off. and before i realized it had fallen, it was ran over by a van. It is now completely flat. I came rather close to vomiting when i saw the thing!!!

So my question is about how much would a replacement footjoint cost?

[UOPJohnny]

Oh no!!

It totally depends on the flute, although any footjoint can be made to fit any flute.

I've definitely seen footjoints independantly for sale. I've seen cheap nickel ones for as low as $50, sterling ones for as much as $3000 (www.johnlunnflutes.com, last i checked) and karat ones as much as $9000. I think you can spend as much as you want?

What's the brand and material of your flute?

[Isitreal]

It's a gemeinhardt intermediate level flute. I left it w/ my teacher. he said he believe it was all sterling silver.

[Gordon (NZ)]

A replacement sterling silver foot joint will play no better than a student one, so just order a replacement student foot. It may need to be fitted to the body. (1 or 2 minutes)

[UOPJohnny]

Since your flute isn't crazy fancy, I'd say go for the cheapest thing that works. I have serious doubts a nickel or nickel-silver footjoint would affect the tone, even on a sterling flute (headjoint/body).