Thanks for looking and Happy Bidding! Please do NOT trust E-bay's estimate for shipping. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to try and answer them. Check out all of the pictures and see it for yourself. With the one exception of a little missing cork the flute looks to be in mint condition. I did notice that some of the cork on the bottom of 2 or 3 keys is missing. The pads all appear to be fresh and the return springs are in great shape too. The flute is made of solid silver, and is a plateau model. It comes with a C footjoint and has offset G keys. It appears to me that the tone holes are drawn, not soldered. more I am no flute expert and had to do some fairly extensive research to figure out what I have. Which places the date of manufacture in 1966. The item up for sale in this auction is a William S.