A while back a posted a topic of the Sonare piccolo to the Yamaha piccolo.And here is my story of choosing my piccolo. It is sort of like in Harry Potter the wand chooses the wizard, I was trying out the Emerson P3 piccolo and it was very nice but I wanted something with a little bit better intonation. So I passed that one aside as one of my possible piccolos. Next I tried the Armstrong 308, VERY NICE, I found it had a very dark rich tone. I liked it a lot. I asked about the Pearl but the store does not carry it. So I went to the Sonare, WOW. I dont know why some peopole choose another student piccolo over it. Maybe I just got a good one. The intonationwas spot on perfect!! I also really liked the variety of tone I could get out of it, both dark and lyrical with bright and happy. (You know what Im saying right?) So I did the eyes closed test. I repeated an exersize I remembered from one of my studies. I really think I heard a big difference from the Sonare and Armstrong. I could tell from the lower register. The Armstrong was a nice amount of air while on the Sonare it was rather full. I ended up getting the Sonare. Its just my oppinion that I like it better then some brands but I think that some brands work better for different people and the Sonare works for me!! I am very happy with my new piccolo. You dont have to respond to this because I dont know what you would say, but I only did this so you could hear my story of buying a new Piccolo.

I personally like Sonare. Congrats. I only played one of their picc's and it had a great sound. Intonation, for me, on it was iffy. But, congrats. I know a lot of people say their mechanism is a little cranky, but I have several students who play on their flutes and haven't had problems. Maybe there are some bad ones out there that are ruining the reputation.

Yes, good luck with this new piccolo.
But I'f I could make a comment....

wahhHHH!!!!!
Now, I want one TOO!!!.

Ahem...
There I feel better.

Yay, good for you! I'm glad you found your piccolo Thank you for posting this, you have now reassured me that I am getting a Sonare Sp-500! Thank you, hope you love ur new Picc.


-Justin