My impression of Trevor James is a Taiwanese instrument with a sophisticate English-sounding name imparted to it, but nevertheless, typical of Taiwanese student flutes..
My experience of TJ is:
1. Fuzzy tone. Hence not a patch on Yamaha's tone.
2. Blistering of the silver plating is rather common. Not a feature of Yamaha.
3. Some very short springs (IMO poor design, unlike Yamaha) means a sluggish feel in the action.
However this impression is gained from working on and test playing only 15 instruments between 1989 and 2004. Perhaps they have improved.
My experience of TJ is:
1. Fuzzy tone. Hence not a patch on Yamaha's tone.
2. Blistering of the silver plating is rather common. Not a feature of Yamaha.
3. Some very short springs (IMO poor design, unlike Yamaha) means a sluggish feel in the action.
However this impression is gained from working on and test playing only 15 instruments between 1989 and 2004. Perhaps they have improved.