founded april 1968 headquarters chiba japan products flute alto flute piccolo website www.pearlflute.com pearl flutes established chiba japan 1968 is part of the pearl musical instrument company which was originally founded in 1946 . the flutes are distributed worldwide by pearl musical instrument company in the united states by pearl corporation based in nashville tennessee and in europe by pearl music europe based in venlo the netherlands . pearl is more famous for its line of drums and percussion instruments but in recent years it has become highly regarded for its wide range of flutes from student and mid range instruments including an alto flute and a composite bodied piccolo which are made in its taiwanese factory to fully handmade solid silver and 10k 14k and 18k gold instruments in its factory in chiba japan . pearl flutes manufacture all of their instruments with french pointed keywork and a pinless mechanism system based on the use of socket headed screws . this is different from other flute makers most of whom would choose to use small pins to hold together critical parts of the flute s mechanism which have been known to snag on clothing and let moisture into the delicate internal workings of the flute . the slogan of pearl flutes is a tradition of innovation . external links edit official pearl flute website english official pearl drum website english official pearl drum and flute website japanese retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pearl flutes & oldid 733949198 categories flute makers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 04 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view